WHISKY IN A HEARSE.
STRANGE CHICAGO FUNERAL.
ARREST OF " UNDERTAKERS."
CHICAGO. Dec. 9. Old John Barleycorn still rides in Chicago hearses.
A prohibition agent, John Early, followed a sad-looking hearse, which was followed by a retinue of strange-looking mourners, but instead of proceeding to the cemetery it parked in a South-side garage.
Aft er the mourners had departed Early raided the hearse, which contained 200 gallons of alcohol and whisky, stored in a silver-plated casket, covered by a wreath.
Early arrested three undertakers while they were romoving " the corpse " from the hearse.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18901, 26 December 1924, Page 7
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