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“BOOZE SLEUTHS’' TAKE STILL/■rftDeputy U. S. Marshal Ritter and Other Officers Make Raid oni .I-: -• . *% ...----in n4*»i...... -1 ' 'A raiding party composed of Deputy U. S. Marshal George W. Ritter,Federal Inforcement Officer Joe Mor-■gan and Deputy Sheriff Fred Bradley captured a large still and its alleged owner in a raid near Sandtown bottom community late Monday afternoon. In the raid the officers arrested Albert Smith, a negro who is now in the county jail.P ►The raiders left Sallisaw Monday morning to visit the “whiskey community” of Sandtown and they raided Smith’s home finding two gallons of fresh made “corn” and about fifty yards from the house a, large copper still and fifty barrels of mash were found. The still was located in a dug-out in an isolated place, but not so isolated as to keep the keen eyes of the officers from seeing it. Smith denied being the owner of the stilling outfit, but the circumstances' were such that they landed him in jail for investigation. The still was almost new and a modern outfit, according to the raiding party. The coil being ofisolid copper and all essential parts being modem and well constructed. ItM Jis thought by the officers that the. owner of the still was going to make a run Monday night, if his plans had not been interferred with, as plenty, of fuel was on the ground.. .„ Deputy U. S. Marshal Ritter statedI •1 ■ * jTuesday morning that the fifty barrels of mash was one of the largest hauls on record in this county.Officers Ritter, Morgan and Bradley have been making life miserable for bootleggers in Sequoyah county. Since the first qf the, year tl\ey have suppressed more than fifty stills. They11 are an effective combination, but a* . €hard one on the “dry law” violators.Smith lives about three miles south-■ .. - • -■east of Vian anc^ was at home 'when the officers arrived., KBs ^preliminary-hearing was held before tl. S. Commissioner James W.I• i i^reedlove Tuesday morning, and hewas bound over to the federal court* - . . ( *at Muskogee. His bond was set ati$500 which he was unable to give and he is now confined to the county jail Smith will be taken to Muskogee before the week is out, providing he does not make the required’ bond.•o —)tr1S'sf■f’-fhr0ad*nA:s
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Sequoyah County Democrat
Sallisaw, Oklahoma, US
Fri, May 25, 1923
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Rick E.
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