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.ft .. .ft —V■ rSome sections of Sequoyah county• i* * ■ * * »•are as sdry as the Volstead act could possibly make them since, the sweep-- ^ • ( ' t • Ling raids of last week by federal en forcemeat officers. Eight men, five complete copper stills, 30 gallons of fresh “com whiskey4 and more, than cue thousand gallons of mash were confiscated by the raiding parties under the guidance of federal officers., • i- *T: * 1. .\ri. • * 1 * , rRaid number one took place earlylast week two miles hosth of Liberty,. ■. «*• - * , \ .in the extreme, eastern portjon of thef • , rP’* * ” * ,county, whdre Howard Hehson andv J .» f ( r « y . iBob Taylor were caught flat footedby Joe Morgan, *officer, assisted by Whit 'Morgan and~ ' ' ' ■ n.n.i'iMin l a|| • ' ' s i 1 f y »*'Hoy Morgan, running off illicit whis-key. The boys had ten gallons' ready ior the market and had 150 gallons of mash to-be run, when caught. They were given their before Commissioner Breedlove antia i • a, t • • _* t ,r|. • * -under a $500.00 bond each.. - .1it4 :Raid Two”—More WhiskeyArkansawyers were the Victims* - • . \ ’ 1 '■ k • - lt;' j.a raid two iniles north of1 m . — I *4It seemed :aB though an al™ tskey making; gang out of Et. Smith had been coming across the river td make - their. brand! The federal• ’J W W~ . It * . . ^ 1 * . . b I . • . |their• .1 ^ ’•’’*■* • -course. -' »4. 1 .O'-fofcv some - t\n- ^ ■ rlj* 9 V,rlt;. ^ ' -- i w ‘ f/• -located the still. E East_ ■ i ig.. _1 ,”»■ j ,« j*.,,. i k (Bill] Harvey,Tfc Andersen■ ■ ahd 'T. W.Anderson, all of . Port Smith, motored over across tht river and headed for their hole1 north bf Greenwpelt;A Junction. They were closely followed ay Joe-Morgan;. Euis Pollan, special eirforcemenf of-Poteaa and Ben Hardsetv.j, t *■ ^also of Pbteau, These men were op-crating two stills, and were turning put “corn” by the gallon when the officers arrived. AIL of the, men were^ , . i * ^ .. * — i ^ ^ ^. ( *i.™. *B»captured, with the exception of T. W. Anderson, who: successfully eluded the officers, and. according, to Joe Morgan he is somewhere in Louisiana; They had more than 500 gallons of mash -and 5 gallons^pf ready naade .corn when operation of.the stills was- halted by the officers. The- men .were tin-■ ^ 1 ' f * ■ 1 | ' ■ I, ' 1 “ ' r I’able- to. make bond and are now in the., federal jail at 'Muskogee. - A ?;;^Third- • ,t-and Warren Czarnikow' were' the' alleged; owners of a still loeated: in the wilds’, near 'liberty. .They were made viethhs, of ..the^ federal^hraid E and- ' '’•v:'ET«: E^VE.f i’,,. vv, , ,, ■ ■ .. had their, machinery confiscated. The. boyg kad 400 gallons- of mash in barrels ; near- the. still, while out id the weeds there were ten gaiiohflpf ^corQ*^ jarred and ready for. thennarket; Ac-to e Officer M organ this still was the. most Odmplete one to be de-i+f ' ■ ■ * l ■* l i » : / ■ *il ■ * ..tirppjf TUpJum im~ wire feoaght to SaJUsai^ Uj J ■ r \ . , - V r J h , ,, ,r, B| • . • — , twas .. releasee ■ under,- a - • 'was•sent to MuskogeeE to .the . when ■ v he ...was- unable tp; secure I: thenecessary^ bondsmen, t ■ i' . '-V- -V'w V ■ if. : J ' r‘. iWhiskey-^-but Mash' Mat. BowimMiEE'd^ded 'he-codld Ap-crate a Estill; 'single,:not need any partners jn his business Well, Mkt, just like the rest- of the fellows, who had. partpers,’ was caugh;' just as easily, but the federal officers did not, allow Mat time id fire his still~-he, was just bringing - the woolt;| ■ near the. scene .when • taken in custody. N.ear ’ the btBl* thpre. were, 800. - gallons of mash.'v Bowman . was arrested bnPJne .Mountain, which is 7.miles north-east of Liberty. He in in the federal'jaildnable to make the $500.00this wmer-he• * f.' vron* « V •• - ••.T ■- /*. ■Jpe Morgan has been making a■ 1 1% 1 J • i lt;» • ^ . rrecord- as an enforcement of-f ' t- ■ • • ' ' M^ficer and perhaps he haa made one pi’• • * t i ct: *■ -*, p . ! ff-i Iii' J* J , 1 ' -i • • ( ' - ' • J i -the best records o£ any r' the federal, enforcement ialways vcmt„......
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Sequoyah County Democrat
Sallisaw, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Sep 26, 1924
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Rick E.
NA, 26 Apr 2025
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