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Show FilT MARQUETTE, Mich., April 22. The IhroO Scalcucci brothers, on trial in federal court on a charge of Illegally possessing liquor in connection with the so-called "whisky rebellion" in Iron county, were found guilty by a jury today. to-day. In imposing fines of $100 each, Judge C. W. Sessions blamed Prosecuting Prose-cuting Attorney Martin S. McDonough for the fact that the respondents stood convicted. The Judge assorted that notoriety given the Iron River fiasco was tho most unfortunate fact in connection with it. "A mountain has been made out of a mole hill and there has he foolish and boyish conduct on both sides," he said. Testimony during (he trial showed McDonough was the adviser of the Scalcucci brothers and that practically practical-ly everything thny did after state police po-lice began action (0 seize their wine was done under hiB direction. Under cross-examination today John Kcalcucci admitted a woooden partition parti-tion was built in the basement of th.e store to conceal the wine upon Mc-Donough's Mc-Donough's advjee. Iron River officials testified that McDonough ordered the recapture of the wine from state troopers, acting with L. J. Grove, chief prohibition agent In the upper peninsula penin-sula of Michigan. The legality of Grove's seizure of tjio liquor was not decided by the jury and the court did not rule whether or not his action was legal. Federal agents ag-ents here Intimated that there was a possibility that Major A. V. Dalrymplo might press charges against McDonough McDon-ough for interference with enforcement, enforce-ment, of the law. |