Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-08 | Page 1 | Rum for Wife's Birthday Puts Grandpa in Jail

RUM FOR WIFE'S BIRTHDAY PUTS GRANDPA IN JAIL CHICAGO. Feb. S. Ben Sma-son. Sma-son. 71 years old, will not hold the party twday that he had planned for his wife's 7oth birthday. birth-day. Bmason was arrested Saturday Satur-day for having five pints Of whis-' whis-' key and twelve bottles of homebrew home-brew In his possession and was arraigned ar-raigned late yesterday before a United States commissioner. While he was waiting for a friend to come and furnish tho $1,000 bond set by the commissioner, commis-sioner, tears trickled down bis cheeks. "I only wanted to hold my party when my wifo celebrates her 70th birthday tflrtniww." he said, "cod 1 didn't know I was doing wrong." ATLANTA. Ga., Fob. 8 Mrs. J Sarah Glass, CO years old, from the mountains of Pickens county, Georgia, today began serving serv-ing a thirty-day sentence for operation oper-ation of an illicit still and. according ac-cording to prohibition officers, after af-ter servng her sentence, will return re-turn to bo tried In the state court for killing the man who told on her. Clad In a gingham dress, topped by a gray shawl, the sturdy little woman gazed defiantly at the "revenooers" who testified against her, and when the verdict was j read her only comment was, "they didn't tell the truth." rm