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MOONSHINERS IN HARD LUCKsheriff and Deputies Until ''till Near Arcjuliit.ED MOORE, NEGRO, IS KILLEDWIii'ii liosKliim oiliii-is on WlmmIlf Leveled (.1111 Willi Mmili'i-nits llltncl.Kil Moore. eoloiVd. tillered ii’oon-iiinor. i- ilcuil, .mil l’i Jlrovn, :• I-11 colored. is iti tin county Jail, »-■ tli result til a raiil on a moot him .till li.vnr Ui'udla on thlt; Hast and West lt;’nast Itailrniul Thursday mtmilng at IZ o'clock, by Sheriff Dishon- and Dep-1 uUi's fc.l Albritton and Thud Carlton.I The sheriff and both deputies wo I lin'd itpon h tliv mo'onsl.li'.''ra und (■arli oltiret was slrurk by several hirdshol. but none of them .snlferi'd jnny froin the incident.The sheriff's office li.it- had rt-hson to believe tliui these negroes were 'operating a .still and had located the upot, whore a crude affair was con-st rue ted for thv purpose ot making l*oozo. The secni is within the Ar-.eadia city limits but In one oi the (densest spots ulong the bottom land of I'eaee river.I About I he midnight hour, they (crept clone to the dill anil heard the ’shiner; potirlut: their bucket and .making the irtliff. .Shortly afterward! the two negroes loaded a sack with hot I. lea and cans and Mailed out of the Jungle. They spied Sheriff Dishorn? and Deputy Carlton and iinmed-; lately opened lire upon I bom with a shotgun The lire was returned by Carlton who was carrying a sho gun I loaded with buckshot. Then Alb: It -non and Dishong both tired at the itloelng fugitives, but fulled lo stop them. The negroes fired tut they fled, !and one or the shot bit Deputy Al-IbtTtlpn in Iho shoulder.A hot. chase was on and (he first, ot the negroes to appear along tho Hast and West Coast tracks was **ld lo bo Drown. Albritton tired upon hint, whereupon he threw up hiu hands. While Albritton was approaching him with flashltglrt in one hand and revolver In the other he stumbled In the ditch along the tracks and the negro tied. Carlton boarded bis ear und canto up into the city and had Night watchman Neal and (Jeorge Co* to proceed to Brown's house and await bis arrival. In less than thirty in I n tit os he showed up and was placed under urresl and locked up in jail.In I he meantime Sheriff Dishong bid bluiaelf along the tracks and awaited the arrival of Moore. After nearly an hour's wait the man showed up. walking in n stooped position (with shotgun in hand. As lie reached ti place Just opposite the sheriff ho was demanded to hall and drop ill • gun. he falling lo do so. the sheriff emptied a load of buckshot luto 'his left side, killing Id minstantly.I The negro died with tho gun in his hands, cocked. A pint of the illicit Hint or was found In hi - pockets.I.urd ean;., four barrels of mash land the still Just as .he m croon left lit. remains as evidence oi the Illegal iralllc which no doubt, bus been In |operation (or some time, an it had [boon moved at least on two previous uccuslons. il Is said.
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Punta Gorda Herald
Punta Gorda, Florida, US
Thu, Sep 16, 1920
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