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OFFICERS SEIZEHUGE STILL ONBASTROP BAYOOConfiscate Liquor Mania factoring Apparatus Tuesday Morning.NEGRO IS ARRESTEDOwner of Still Expected to Be Taken Into Cus-tody This Afternoon.The source of many gallons of com -likker'’ was cut off Tuesday morning when Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Martin, of Angieton. and T. J. Hassell and Ira Wilcox, of Freeport, confiscated ft huge still on the banks or Bastrop Bayou about a- mile to the east of the Angleton-Clute road.A negro. Williams, was taken into custody by the awaiting officers when he came to fire up the distillery about 10 o'clock in the morning. The negro is thought to have been only a employee and the owner of the stiJh reported to be a former game warden, against whom charges have been filed, is expected to be arrested today.Williams was lodged in county jail at Angletott and charges of liquor law violations entered against him. Another negro suspected of connection with the liquor factory was to be taken lor questioning Thursday. Officers hoped to obtain sufficient adltional information from the .second negTo to warrant the arrest of the suspected white man owner of the stSH.v Appearance of the negro on the scenrf*Tuesday morning toe the of* fleers’ reward for day and hfglit vigilance in close proximity to the still, during which they shivered in the cold damppess of the wet, thick woods which hid the,illicit industry-“We had *r plenty touRh time of it Monday night/* Deputy Sheriff Hassell told The Pacts Wednesday in describing how he and Martin spent the night sleeping, or rather -trying to sleep on the cold, damp qround behind trees or one of the numerous mash barrels, * We of course, could have no fire and no light of any kind, and it cot- pretty cold. We were thankful though we did not have to contend with mosquitoes.'*Tipped off by persons who unexpectedly walked upon the still a few days previous, the officers went to the scene Monday ncom Finding no one around the deputies went into biding where they remained until Williams, the neyro. arrived late the next morning.The still boasted ail of the equipment of today's up-to-date liquor manufacturing plants. The pot for cooking the mash was 250-gallon capacity. There were 32 barrels, containing 1650 gallons of mash. 3 large colls, a 300-gallon tank, booster pufup and pipes which brought water from Bastrop Bayou to the distillery. Officers estimated the equipment cost between $1060 and $1500.The equipment was broken up, transported by boat down the bayou to the highway and taken by truck to Angleton,Officers estimated the still had been In openuion some time, perhaps two or three years.The officers know of the location of a couple of other big stills in different parts of the county, they state, and are planning to swoop down upon them in the next few days.1(.«Other Liquor Violators Taken
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Freeport Facts
Freeport, Texas, US
Fri, Apr 11, 1930
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