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Bootlegger arrest and a flapper’s escape in Maryland
In Martinsburg and Hagerstown a young woman described as a modern flapper aided by suspected bootlegger Fry is connected to a liquor shipment and a chase. Officers seized a six to seven foot Spanish auto weapon near the Valley Pike as Fry faced transport charges and possible injuries from a police shooting while another incident saw a tool shed burned by a storm near the Western Maryland Railway line. authorities consider Shore Virginia ties and an ongoing hunt for Fry.
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Hagerstown
Can
Chia
Martinsburg
J. William Wry
Mariasburg
Sherift Panett
Fry
Flapper
Bilorta
Shela
India Cap
Tare
Winchester
Hqnor
Valley Pike
Taxterb Drivere
Virginia
Lightnir
Algal
Western Maryland Railway Company
North Junction