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TRACING SLAYING GLUE, POLICE FIND 500-GALL0N STILLDiscover Plant in Sub-Cellar Reached by Hidden TunnelRunning down a clue in Hit* slay-• inn of Joseph Adduce!. ('apt. Micha* I CJrady and a squad of Kmsmutnn jm»!h •• Tut sd.iy uncov-♦Trd on* of tla* iargest and most efficient distilling plants ever discovered hire.Acting on a tip, inilice were following an auto whii h It *1 them to rCM* tht» alley in the rear «»t 33s \V. Instli l,,n? place. Surreptitiously investigat-I inn the. premises they discovered a trap door in the c* in* nt floor in tin garage in the rear, leading t« a suh-bas* ment untler the house where the stil! was loonted.Rectifying Still.It was a r»00-gallon rectifying still I for redistilling moonshine into highproof alcohol. Kntrance t«» tTie stilt room was gained through a s*etion I of a cupboard in a room built in Ho basem*nt. A bit of molding in one of the sections was moveable hiding tie* button which \\h*n , pressed, released a door in the floor of one of the sections, which contain**d innocent looking sh**lves, each holding tableware.When tin* floor sprung up it disclosed a ladder leading down to the still. Pipes 1**1 from the still thru walls of the house carrying off the odors. Th** tunnel to the garage was us*d to carry moonshine intotin- still and cans of alcohol to the waiting trucks for transportation.Police took into custody John Za rtf ini. who o. cupi»*s the bungalow. He will I*** turned over to govern-no nt agents.
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Chicago South End Reporter
Chicago, Illinois, US
Thu, Sep 20, 1934
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