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RAID ON TOURISTCAMP NETS EIGHTFour Couples Arrested By County Officers On Statutory ChargeFour couples who gav«. their addresses as Kingsport and Johnson City were fined Sir? including costs today by Magistrate George E. Bra a ley as county officers cracked down on w.iat they termed tlie vice racket.The arrests were madeaantraband liquor will bo turned over to Sheriff Roby Milam as required by law. ■*The officers said the raid wu* conducted last Friday afternoon*nd that Jess than three cases of liquor in pint bottles was confiscated, They said the exact n mo is nr. had not been recorded, but that none of the three cases was full.early hour Sunday. Each of the four men and four young women were charged with statutory offenses. according to the warrants. It was the first vice raid outside the city since- FBI -agent . and county officers raided The Tavern on the -Johnson City highway re-' suiting in 5? persons being arrested. two of whom were charged with violation of the Mann white slave act.The arrests Sunday were made at an establishment located on Chestnut ridge operated under the name of Barger Tourist Camp, the officers said. 'The arresting officers. Dqputy Sheriffs Tom Still. Joe Churchwcll. Walter Morefield a ml Constables M. H. Witt and J. E, Upchurch, said they searched each cabin connected with bhe establishment by authority of search warrants.The operators of the tourist camp were not arrested, the officers said, in view of the couples having’ registered as required by the stale statute.Officers said none of those arrested denied the charges of violating the statute as set out in the search warrants.i\\sIbeLa11raksaat
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Kingsport Times
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Mon, Feb 06, 1939
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