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tfL -Sunday Register, Rrcklrv. W. Ya., Sunday Morning. March 20, 19537ationGranted Four Mem7ersodmanGang* •Enrol /* 'arm house \\ hereit ★ ★ *Ireusedit(iarifj Leader Tommyit ★ it(ioodnutnitWas * I nested * * *PINEVILLE — Four prisons who police said were members of“one of southern West Virginia'sworst crime rings” have beengiven suspended sentenceinWyoming County Circuit Court.I The four, who pleaded guilty and were among seven accused members of the ring who appeared before Judge Robert M. Worrell Friday.Billy Ray Belcher received one to 10 years on a breaking and entering charge. Truman Blankenship, convicted of arson, received two to 20 years.Bert C line and James Goodman, convicted of moon shining were sentenced to one year in jail and fined Si 00.Alex Belcher received a one to five year sentence on an arson charge. ;Judge Worrell placed all. except Billy Ray Belcher, on a three-;year probation.An 18-year-old youth, BryanToler, convicted of arson was sent to the State Industrial School. Buddy Carter, charged with breaking and entering a store, was allowed to post $265 bond to guarantee restitution to the store owner, and his case was dropped.Trial of Thomas Goodman, 42-vear-old invalid described by of-ficers as head of the ring, was postponed until the next term ofcourt.Trials of four other alleged members, including juveniles, were not docketed for the March term.At the time of the arrests, officers said the crimes of the prisoners dated back three and a halfyears. Sheriff Paul Goode said his•*office began investigating the activities of the gang in November.The officers’ raid included searching a room dug beneath theexposed roots of a tree on a river bank. Digging back rrom the bank a large room was excavated and boarded up. making it availablefor vcar-rotind use. Living quartersWr ■ *also were established and officers found a still in operation with a gas burner i^oviding heat for the operation as well as warmth for the operators. Three barrels of mash and 26 gallons of moonshine were confiscated.The alleged leader of the gang. Goodman, has been crippled since early boyhood when he was accidentally shot in the back. Since then, he has been confined to a wheelchair. A* the time of his arrest in January he admitted ownership of the still and told offi-ceis he hired men to operate it for him.IVrsoiialsOfficers Found Still in ( '.one Behind This Entranceit it it it it it itHaiders9 Loot Included 2d (gallons of MoonshineAccepts Employment .the poultry packing plant in Ron-RENICK — Mrs. Ruby Ramsey, | ceverte. She started her duties f of Renick, has accepted a job in Thursday.PINEVILLE - Ivtr. and Mrs. Dorsey Freeman, Railey-Murphy Addition, have returned from a two-week visit at Hot Springs, Ark.They were accompanied by his j brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. James Buzby, of Washington,ID. C.I Mrs. James Simmons is improving at her home in the Bailey-Murphy Addition, after receiving treatment at a Welch hospital for several days.Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gramme and son, Freddy, have retured to and son, Freddy, have returned to visit with relatives in Pineville, and her mother. Mrs. C. P. Simmons, at Oceana.Mrs. R. D. Bailey, Mrs. C. W. Shufflebarger and daughter, Myra |Sue, have returned from a month's vacation at Sarasota, Fla. jBrooks Nichols left Thursday for Charleston, accompanied by his father, B. C. Nichols, and his wife. He left by plane for Camp Stone-Former Pineville Lirl Named to Dean’s ListPINEVLLE — Miss Joan Car-roll Bowman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Bowman, of Norfolk. Va , recently of Pineville. has made the dean's List at Marshall College, Huntington.Miss Athlene Morgan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Morgan, of Brenton, a senior at the college, has also made the list.Miss Bowman is a freshman at Marshall. Her grandmother is Mrs. Mary K. Bowman, Pineville.PAYNEWILL BEOPENMONDAYNIGHTman, Calif., after spending a 10-dav vacation heie with relatives after completing his course in the Signal Corps at Ft. Monmouth, N.and offering aJ.10% SALETf you fire bothered by Backache, Getting Up Nights (too frequent, burning or stinging urlnatlom, Pressure over Bladder, or strong cloudy urine, due tc minor temporary Kidney and Bladder Irritation, for palliative relief ask your druggist about CYSTEX. Popular 25 years 20 million packages used. Satisfaction or money back guaranteed. Ask druggist about CYSTEX today.REFUNDSEE PAGE 14ThreeitBarrels of Mash Were Confiscated In/ Baidiinj Officers ★ ★ ★ * ★ ★ ★Mrs. SmithrrTaken by DeathSmith. 81. wife of L. H. Smith. 332 Mercer St., Princeton, died Friday 8:30 p.m. at the residence.Born in Kegley Sept. 19. 1891, she was the daughter of W. B. and Amanda Saunders Smith, nativesIof Floyd County, Va. She was a lifelong member of the Methodist; Church.Survivors, in addition to thehusband, are two sons and two daughters: W. E. Smith, Pilot Junction; J. E. Smith, Riverdale, Md., Mrs. Sadie Gillis, Thornhill, and Mrs. Marie Simms, of Mullens; five sisters: Mrs. W. H. Sinclair, Athens; Mrs. Nettie Gunter and Mrs. Luther Blankenship, of Princeton; Mrs. Cora Reed, Roanoke, Va., and Mrs. J. H. Smith, Pineville; and one brother, Wf. U. Saunders of Niday, Va.The body will remain at the Memorial Funeral Directory until Monday when it will be removed to the residence, Services w ill be conducted there by the Rev. T. D. Dickenson at 2 p.m. Monday, Burial w'ill follow in the Brown Cemetery on the Beckley Road.Run-Off Made from Milk Coil, Barrel (Slate Police Photos)rA
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Beckley Sunday Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sun, Mar 29, 1953
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