The Belding Banner News

Arrest Sand Lake Garageman

Tom Kinney, garage proprietor over at Sand Lake, was arrested on Saturday charged with a violation of the liquor laws. He was taken to Grand Rapids and arraigned and demanded an examination, which was set for Friday of this week. The general opinion seems to be that Kinney has been engaged in the illicit liquor traffic more or less ever since the state went dry and that he has cleaned up a considerable bunch of money in it. The officers have been laying for him on this charge for a long time and have always been unable to secure evidence strong enough for conviction. This time they are sure that they have the man who is responsible for a lot of the drunkenness among some of the young men in and around Sand Lake and they are hopeful that he will be convicted and get a sentence strong enough to serve as a warning to others engaged in the illicit traffic of selling moonshine.