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Alleged Bootlegger Turns on Arresting Officer andI hen Lscapes.O roups of officers tin* scourlivfBlythevUle'a negro districts and surrounding territory today In u♦ aiih for Churley Whitnvore, nl-leged negro bootlegger, who beat Constable Elbert Taylor about the hue with n club when the officer arrested hhn early this morning and escapuri after securing Taylors revolver.Tavlor, who is mild to have been watching the negro for sot Tie time.armi'wl him this morning In anouthouse at lus Ik .me as the negro Ls mild to l»ve b**en In the cu*t of bottling a quantity of liquor.Wife Srlm GuiiThe constable, who was armed, but did not draw his gun. marched the negro out of tin* iluick and into the yard of the negro's home in the quarters across the railroad tracks from the Blythevllle canning factory A rtlmct hanging from a heavily kMKkd clot he* line ls said to liave obstructed Taylor s view for an instant The negro grabbed n broomstlrk. striking Uie officer In the hue and knockbig him to theground, according to reports. As Taylor Hell his gun slipped out ot Its hoalter and was grabber! h Whitemore’s wife, wlio ts said to have held the gun while her husband continued to rain blows or.the oflloer. The woman then brok* tine whiskey bottles and will Whltctnore holding the gun at th« officer on Qie ground, the negri and his wife escapedl/ook For TroublePolice amvlng at the scene aoor aftar the negroes escaped and off. eers ormed with hu -powered rl Acs aeari tied the fields and mill ) In the district as well as u»-outrters. Imp no trace of tlie twe| could be found.Officers are guarding all road from the city today and It Is bc-I lleved the negro man and possible the woman will be captured wlthll a few fiours. Tfo*» negro is kno.tr to be armed and officers have indicated It Ls tivelr belief lie will not tail to put up a fight If cornered.
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Blytheville Courier News
Blytheville, Arkansas, US
Fri, Aug 16, 1929
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