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Someone Had to do it before it Spoiled
According to court records, Patricia Hill, hired John Saunders to care for the property, which would have included safeguarding nine 12-bottle cases of whiskey she found hidden in a century-old mansion built by industrialist J.P. Brennan after she bought it in 2011.. But when Hill went to have the pre-Prohibition Old Farm Pure Rye Whiskey appraised in March 2012 she discovered 52 empty bottles, on which police said they later found DNA from Saunders' saliva.
The whiskey was produced in 1912 and bottled in 1917 by the West Overton Distilling Co. and was appraised at more than $2,000 a bottle.
A district judge last year ordered 63-year-old John Saunders, of Irwin, to stand trial after hearing testimony from the owner of the South Broadway Manor Bed and Breakfast.
But the Tribune-Review reports Saunders died July 21, ending the case.
I bet he died with a Smile
Charges dropped of theft of century-old whiskey in Westmoreland County as suspect dies | TribLIVE
According to court records, Patricia Hill, hired John Saunders to care for the property, which would have included safeguarding nine 12-bottle cases of whiskey she found hidden in a century-old mansion built by industrialist J.P. Brennan after she bought it in 2011.. But when Hill went to have the pre-Prohibition Old Farm Pure Rye Whiskey appraised in March 2012 she discovered 52 empty bottles, on which police said they later found DNA from Saunders' saliva.
The whiskey was produced in 1912 and bottled in 1917 by the West Overton Distilling Co. and was appraised at more than $2,000 a bottle.
A district judge last year ordered 63-year-old John Saunders, of Irwin, to stand trial after hearing testimony from the owner of the South Broadway Manor Bed and Breakfast.
But the Tribune-Review reports Saunders died July 21, ending the case.
I bet he died with a Smile
Charges dropped of theft of century-old whiskey in Westmoreland County as suspect dies | TribLIVE
