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Campaign Against Resorts Tc Be Waged Following Killing of William GillespieThe killing: of William Gillespie, 33 years old, of 1616 Main street, Cincinnati, at the Kaintuek Country Club, aba.ve Melbourne, Ky., at 5:30 o’clock on Sunday morning, not only resulted in an investigation by federal prohibition agents, but will be the cause of a campaign against such places in Campbell County by Sheriff Louis B. Tie man*Gillespie died Sunday night at Speers Hospital sixteen hours after he had been shot in an altercation with Ferd Moeller, alias Mueller. 25 years old, Third street and Central avenue, Newport, who admitted firing the shot 'that killed Gillespie, but maintained he killed the man in self-defense.Working on the theory that the killing was the outcome of an all-night orgy, caused by moonshine and home-brew. Prohibition Agents Wood and Kinnard visited the place yesterday. They searched the rooms and found a pint bottle of moonshine.In a hut near the Melbourne j Brick Company's yard the agents , said they found two men preparing to make beer. A large copper boiler and 600 gallons of mash were de-1 stroyed.Two men, registering as William Carr, 30 years old, of 1422 Race street, Cincinnati,, and Harry Bird-ner. 35 years old, uf 5 35 McMicken avenue, Cincinnati, were arrested and taken before United States Commissioner Itoetken at Covington.They denied knowing anythingabout the said they the time, bonds ofkilli$t the camp, and were at their homes at Botf were released on i50frp ach to appear for preliminary hmiing on Friday.John Taulb«fljM0'years old- Thirdand Central aTOTHie; Hugh Johnson, 32 years old. cfVner of the club, and i Clarence Mqjpj'e, 35 years old, | Twelfth and I aghton streets. New-( port, were ar' jsted last night by Agent Wood oV charge of violating the national i '•phibitipn act. Their bond was fixe^ it $1,000 by L nited States Comm * loner Roetken at Covington. , 'jLWood and K ifnard said they found three hundred 'bottles of beer ready for consumption. They charge that the beer was owned by persons associated with the club.Sheriff Tiema,n said yesterday that he was determined to lt;put out of existence such places as the club pecans e all-night. parties at these resorts which been attended byyoung girls anj|youths. He said would instruct^ his. deputies to every such place in the. county, andforce in breaking would bed he visitif necessarythem up. Paraphernalia destroyed. hf'-F|id.Residents ir the vicinity of the camp told the*': yesterday thatthe camp haf been the scene of many such pi rties as that ending ip the killing of the Cincinnatian Sunday morning. They promised to assist the Sher.ff.Coroner Hughes has not completed his investigation of circumstances surrounding th^ killing of Gillespie.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Nov 18, 1924
Page 8
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