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OU J 1T1U T lllg 1 1U11Fr40 PLACES RAIDED;NO LIQUOR IS FOUNDSheriff and Deputies Scour Places In Clinton Township; Also Search Places In North End of CountyFollowing a rapid decline during the past few months following continued cleanup moves by both federal and county officers, the moonshine industry is finally moving from Vermillion county according to a report from the prosecutor’s office today. Prosecutor W. A. Salterlec said that he had obtained reliable information to the effect that all the last of the boot-. | loggers are pulling up stakes and leaving for other counties.During the last two days Sheriff Harry Xcwland. with his two deputies. Dave Clover and George Price, accompanied bv Mr. Satterloc. have scoured Centenary. Jacksonville. Klondike. Cedar Park and Syndicate asf | well as several suspected places in the.(north end of the county. Over forty , IRI'7I7Q C*„ | places were raided and not a still. nn|OU1V1C# rTVlZ-HO1 j liquor nor any moonshine equipment j AND SOME YET TO, was dlwovenM l.y the raidrr*. ; Rp pn.nnr.rj r»PPy I The officers were told at Centenary I3IL V-/r rI that the rum venders were moving | DV I I IP If VJ their stills to Shephardsville. Vigo | D 1 Ij! county, and also to Parke county. He;Jsaici the poopi,. wrr.- P’liinR pi- niy of (Andy Gilmour Proves toj j •mule. but that it was being broughtQ. in from Shephardsville. Be Lucky Though Got! At the home of Mrs. Marv Sonzski., . i:i Klondike, the raiding squad dis-No Big Fish, | covered a large hole underneath al -j ‘ barn on the premises and suspected it i The prize has not yet beenwas being converted into a distillery, i claimed, two of the prizes oi $25, - There was no evidence of liquor lawjeach have not yet been taken, there i violations there, however. Newlandjare still two ten-spots for the right , (ordered Mrs. Zonzski to have it filled! ticket holders and only five of the , ■ up again and told her he would be 1 ten fives were gone up to noon today. ,'back to search the place again later;. Rut. as a result of the ad club Ion. She said she was having the cel--awards of Wednesday, tlie following | lar made for the purpose of storing ! have been enriched: Mrs. Mort Car-j her potatoes in the winter. man. Elsie Ralston. Mrs. Albert Pas-j Nearly all the places raided were. coe and Frank Omahne, $5 each those the officers had been ’tipped!M. F. Stinson. Fred Ewing. Mrs. O. off to through letters received from j P. Middleton and Anna Savant. $25 residents over the county, who saidQ’ach; Marie Stant. Castle Kuteh, A. there were stills, liquor, etc.. at tho’B. Gilmour (21. Orville Lamb and places. Howewr. there was nothing j Harney Gili. $10 each: Maud Blacke-found at the suspected moonshine ■ ter. Beulah Thomas. Claud Jones. A. plants, although many of them B. Gilmour and Nora Lark. $5 each.showed evidences of having been distilleries.Andy Gilmour proved to be the prize lucky man. from the standpoint of the number of times he was
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Clinton Daily Clintonian
Clinton, Indiana, US
Fri, May 04, 1923
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