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U S Day Agent in Toils of Law In Raleigh Mercer Counties
A U S deputy from Beckley disclosed a liquor bootlegging case implicating four men and a state prohibition agent. Jap Fink and Elger Jack confessed ambushing them near Flat Top Mercer County while attempting to import liquor from Virginia. W. E. Toney faces a preliminary hearing in Beckley. Additional arrests may follow as probes continue.
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Raleigh
Merccer
United States
Mar
Phal Absalom
Beckley
Beas
W. E. Toney
Absolam
W. H. Bardin
Bluefield
Paderal Prohibition
G. J. Bimmons
Jap Fink
Elger Jack
Flat Top
Mercer Onty
W. H. Ford
Mercer County
Simmons
Justin Ord
War‘ants
Fink
Jank
Jack
Virginia
L. Davis
Theodore Hatcher
King
Waring
Ayl
K. Toney
Jeckley
Mr. Absolom
Toney
Davis Jd Hatcher