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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1897

Page

4

Prisoners and wreck of Sink Moonshine Distillery battle

Jim and twenty men ambush a cave hideout of shiners in the hills. After a fierce fight with lose and prisoners, four shiners die, six wounded, twelve captured. The wrecked distillery burns as prisoners are moved to Pineville and Frankfort for confinement. Easter suits promotion follows.

Jim Henry Baird Taven Stork Shiners Marshalls Baird Alf Stark Gen Lowder Lclt Pineville

Whiskey stash and a tramp horse shoer tale up Starks farm

A narrative describes Alf Barns supervising whiskey removal. instead of forty barrels, twelve found. discovery at Stark farm with four barns. hundreds of barrels to Harlew for sheriff sale to fund government. Alf rest, buys leather apron, seeks work in Keuckels, encounters a mule being shoeed by an elderly smith while a young woman assists.

Alf Barns Jim Alf Fine Stark Harlew Sheriffs Sale Starks Keuckels McDonald Muth

Popular Columbus Lady Voting Profile in Star Prize Wheel

The Star reports votes tallied for Columbus prize wheel selections with Susie Coons leading at 2409 and Low Stadler at 2334. Others include Anna Tooley 116 and Emma Moore 178, with several names and small tallies noted as withdrawn. The paper advertises a twice weekly Courier-Journal and Star subscription offer at 1.25 for one year, valid until May 15, 1897, via Kinney & Turpin.

Columbus Susie Coons Low Stadler Anna’ Tooley Dot Matthews Emma Moore Jessie McLeod Tone Sadie Leach Courier-Journal Weekly Star Columbus Morning Star Ind Kinney & Turpin

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