Forty Dry Raids Made Here

From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, December 29 1925:  “Indiana must be dried up” was the ultimatum and for the first time federal prohibition agents concentrated on Indianapolis today.  The biggest liquor raid in the city’s history saw federal officers, deputy sheriffs, and police bust into poolrooms, soft drink parlors, dry beer saloons, drug stores, rooming houses, and private homes with warrants for the arrest of sixty-five persons.  Prisoners were taken to the county jail where friends, relatives, and bondsmen soon appeared asking to see the arrestees but were refused.  Bond may be arranged when the prisoners appear in Criminal Court.  Maximum sentences of six months on the State Farm and $500 (2024:  $9,133) fines will be sought by Prosecutor William Remy. The raids were the culmination of federal agents working secretly for six weeks gathering evidence after months of preparation.

“Forty Dry Raids Made Here,” The Indianapolis Times, 29 December 1925, p. 1:7