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Show Beer Emptied Into Sewer By Citv Officers ZION CITY, 111.. Nov. 21 From a platform six feet high 13S.907 bottles of 2?; per cent beer today were emp-tie( emp-tie( into a specially built trough that ran to an apen sewer. Mayor 11 Clendenine poured the nr.st bottle and chiei 01 l'olirr Theodore Becker and his aides finished the operation. The empty bottle were sold to a junk dealer deal-er for $2,148. The beer was ordered destroyed by Judge Claire C Edwards after it had boon confiscated when seized Irom smugglers from Wisconsin. The money from the sale of the bottles, it was explained, ex-plained, will be used to defray court expenses. |