Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-01-05 | Page 6 | 186 Quarts of Liquor Stolen from Evidence Room at Police Station

M QUARTS OF LIQUOR STOLEN FROM EVIDENCE : . E00M AT POLICE STATION i One of -the first acts of Mayor Frame Francis on assuming charge of tho clly'si uffaliM today was to sin to that he -would make an Investigation In an cff6rt to arccrtuln what became of tho largss amount of liquor stored in an upstaird room of tho pollco sUitlon. This Honor had been seized In raids of the police sinco prohibition went Into effect In thu state of Utah and which was not loft In evidence or ordered destroyed de-stroyed by tho court. It was stolen from tho station the night of iho Union Pacific Ico :iouse riro, it was explained. According to an Invoice of the liquor, made April 12. last yoar, the following amount was in the lot stolen. Tills Invoice In-voice was made for tho collector of internal in-ternal revenue. Ono hundred and eighteen quarts or whisky. CI quurts of wine an-- T quarts of miscellaneous liquors. There was also 37 pints of wine, but this was not taken until today, when It wan seized by th-j internal revenue department. It Is the intention of the commissioners, commission-ers, who havo the ovlacnco of the thctt. to Investigate the loss. With this In mind, It. IT. Argubrlght, deputy collector of Internal revenue for this district, was naked for a report on tho liquor and It is lo be ascertained by the city commissioners why no report of the theft was made at the timo tho liquor was- stolen. Further than making the report, tho Intel nal revenue service has nothing to do with the liquor. Muted Mr. Argubrlgliu In tho lot that was stolen was tho liquor, consisting of 50 quarts of Sunny, brook whisky and 110 bottles of wlnt-. taken from Otto Meek In the first seizure seiz-ure of liquor after Utah went dry.