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Judge Parks will immediately take up the duties of his new official position, and will preside at th^ May 'term of district court in this eity.oBOOZE SLEUTHS toST;. 4 ' FIND LARGE STILL600 Gallons of mash and contents destroyed by strayed officials'.IT PAYS TO GET LOSTThat is the opinion of Special Enforcement‘Officer Joe Morgan; Deputy U. S. Marshal George W; Ritter and Deputy Sheriff Fred Bradley.Wednesday evening while these men were trying to find their way out cf the wilderness of the mountainous area north of Marble City; they climb-ed over a' large boulder to look down. - * t m ' 1 'upon the largest still ever located hi this county and perhaps in eastern Oklahomai, They had foamed around• ’ ■ ,m. _through the hollows and underbrushi i * ► • r^ - rfor two hours trying to get sdme tracewhere they had left’ their ear—-but the large still payed them to get lost. The officers brought in one gallonm • .i ■of moonshine for evidence and destroyed 11 barrels of mash. The still was on a large furnace and had wood in the firebox. and, all ready to fire up and make the run of 600 gallons of mash. The still was so situatedthat it would have been nearly im-i .possible to locate it other than to accidently stumble upon it, according to the officers. \
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Sequoyah County Democrat
Sallisaw, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Apr 13, 1923
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Rick E.
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