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IWMMM— AI** iDisposed of Automobile Which] Had Been Seized Here Dur-u ing Week of Fair.IFINAL OFFER WAS $710.00jMachine Was Purchased by \ Resident of Edinburg Community After Race.An automobile, formerly owned byWilliam X. Drybread, of Edinburg,*vice-president of the bank there, and a prominent resident of the town, which was ordered seized by the! she iff of Shelby county, after In- J toxicants had been found in it, was sold today, at an auction sale conducted by the sheriff in the yard in \ front of the court house.A Mr. Lacey, of near Edinburg, i bought the machine for $710, and the l cash was immediately paid into the |hands of the sheriff. There were anumber of bidders to.' the machine, several being from Shelbyrille. AlSchneider, owner of a garage here, [was In the bidding until the last, j mailing an offer of $705 for the car. !The machine was ordered confiscated by Ehr.e' Bassett, prosecutingattorney during the week of the Shelby county fair, after Drybread, who j was in the center field at the fair1 grounds, had been arrested charged with having intoxicants in his pos- j session. !The defendant had met some of his friends at the fai ■ grounds and had j treated them to a drink. He was no- ; ticed and later arrested, and brought j here where he entered a plea of; guilty and paid a fine and costs of! $130. iThgre was a fair sized crowd ofpe sons present In the court house yard this morning when the car was iplaced on the Mock. T*he bidding was ] started hrw, but continued to climb on through the hundreds with bidders falling off at each century mark. !County officials deserted their j posts for a short time, while they , listened with interest to the pro-! ceedings. The case is the first of the 1 kind in Shelby county, the automobile being the first that has heen ' seized by local authorities for vio- i lation of the liauor law.
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Shelbyville Republican
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Tue, Sep 13, 1921
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