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City and County OfficersJoin Forces wiith DryAcients in SwoonSEVEN LAND IN JAILAnd, Cleanup Is Not YetFinished. Officers HintHoof It ‘'ginir in 1 hi‘i community' 'U a severe jolt In tin* soku plexus, I lmi stiay ai tvniuun, wl'en st»voral stato liquor !aw t*nfoi eoitu ritui’caU chopped into town anti, withtin aid ot i!ie poiioo if1 the city and Sheritfs office* outside of the citypiocecded to nutko raids and ar-r* sts. Seven })♦ i'si»n were pickedup before tlieii work was linallvi*halted temporarily, ami these half! dozen are now awaiting tin ir turn ; fefore the Common Pleas Court it. which the afiidav its were filed.Because of the stringent ruCn ittathcd to the furnishing ot bond, none of the suspects had bailed out1 of jail up to early Friday afternoon 1 The state ofticers were called elsewhere before 'lieii work herewas half completed; .so ihat thor** engaged in the illicit handling cf liquor and escaped ibis time may not he so fortunate the next time, it was indicated.Those against v. iiom charges of I possessing or selling liquor without a state lictnse was hied are;.Mona Ack'ey Hoskins. ChurleIkinahoe, Brace Peters, John Will i a ill s and Worley M« Munav. all of this city, and Meredith Haithem k and Nellie Docarti of Blooming-!Iburg.It developed that the State men hod been here sometime ago on a little buying'expedition, and that they did not nernl additional evl- j denoe to bring about the arrestst(cmade, out it was easily obtained ini several instance* when the stale! f officers and local officers staged a series of raids, they said.At th* Hoskins home Mrs. Hos-I ♦%tkins was absent but on** of lb-* sState men went ahead and tried to [ nurcchnse a bottle of Illicit liquor.! t This was n fused, but an offer to es* 11 him a drink was accepted. Ina? much as the other officers hadnot arrived, the state officer hadto dispose of the Fquor, which h * did, and ordered a second drink.sHe was holding this in a glass | win ti the other officers rushed inin addition to the glass of liquor,a pitcher containing a small quantity was seized before Chas. Don-tthoe could pour it out.During ihc JO or 40 minutes thlt; police and officers were about theplace, one officer counted 27 auto* mobiles that halted Uiere atul thensped on when they saw the police were in possession. Several thirsty customers were on hands when th*»raid was made, the police stated hut no names were mentioned.Ponnhoe was taken into lt;ustody and later on Mrs. Hoskins apcktitlreared to arrange bond on the pos ,,«ession charge filed against her.Grace Peters, of Third street, A*ns alsi picked up for selling, and Worley McMurray also was arrested on a similar charge, the offense taving hern committed some time igo. according to the affidavit,John («. Williams in Florencedreet, was raided, ami sellingyU|ftzfia!ofharge filed. 'At Bloomingburg a half gallon ofnlt;ofiquor and some home brew were ounrt at the Haithcock home, andeized as evidence The “Toadies Department of the j ountv Jail vas almost bulgingelt;b(MvIfh occupant* after the mid.Hearings will ho held within theioxt lt;|siv or twocthihiI lifi.
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Washington C H Herald
Washington Court House, Ohio, US
Fri, Aug 17, 1934
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