Originally published in The Vidette-Messenger of Porter County on January 3, 1931.
MYSTERY FIRE STIRS HEBRON
HEBRON, Jan. 3ーTHis town was agog with excitement last night when it was learned that a barn on the William Alyea farm, four miles east of here, was destroyed Friday noon by fire, resulting from an explosion. According to reports the place had been leased to a foreigner last fall. Following the blast a man was seen running from the place, and the next minute flames burst out from every part of the barn. Remains of what some declared to have been a still were found in the ruins.
