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Agents Say Fioyd County Farm er Had Trap Set to Blow Them to Pieces.itFlan** were made to dn,i»dte Federal prohibition agents In the invent a rtt) was marie on the still operated ot\ the farm of Henry L,oi* farmer of Lafayette township, Floyd count}, but the officer* raided thy Loi farm so quickly they thwarted use of thd* dynamite layout, they :old Bert C Morgan, Federal pro-e hibition a^ent for Indiana, yesterday*Federal prohibition agents under DanMoore of Bedford, grout* chief of south- I ptn Indiana* raided the Ixd farm last Thursday according to a report made to Morgan, and surprised Loi before he could make any defense,Shot From Ambuvih*According to Hoore, 100 feet of lowtension copper wire wa* found near thestill and connectcd to several sticks oFdhamfte, with caps ready for explosion.The dvnamite was used In case the prohibition agents approached the still. the report said, A 100-gallon still was found, seventy gallon* of 4 mule,1* twenty-seven barrels of mash* sugrar, oil sto\es and other equipment The apents said they received a * tip'1 on tKe ex-ploshe and that threats had b^ejj made thpy would be 1 blow^d to h—11 if they made a raid.The a Ken tz also arrested Matt 5Urle-jrelp a farmer of the same town, th* same afternoon. Three stills were found on his farm, it 1* said, and seventy gallons‘of ‘'mule seized, After the officers had made the raids and were returning to New Albany, they were shot u at from ambush, Op* of the bullet* wounded Striegel In the knee. * tlL*shHE PIC'
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Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 30, 1923
Page 19
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