The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-03
LIQUOR PANIC Up
DANV|LLE WAY
Out of % OistiIIeries 19
are Siezed
7. M. ANGLE AGAIN
In Virginia Many Iorr.arr North Gar.
-I.epetiou There al SONS.
Carolina Hl>toFt->pr4n-
kle Free Dcc n
RY 1NnHEN lDNNIp
BY ANDREW JOINER

Especial Is >cns ana Observe
Greensboro. \ e.. Nov 2S-A psn-
v!lle liquor man here las, MIGHT re-
ports a.mosi . panic. in dlstIglery ear
cles in that section = VirSuia lie
SAYS that out of twenty tnree d-t.i-
leries running in Pittsylvanla county
nineteen are under seizure hy the gov
Tor alleged fraud ana irreg-
uiaritle@ AMI many OF the stolek-ep-
ers ami gaugerS as Nell ii dlstuers
are under arrest and being tried in
federal court there THIS .vrk AH>
one who has kept up with federal
court proceedings IL f-trI-N s-
the past Ave years. wIil recognize as
lat:44iar the names al most ~ the dis
tilIers under Indictment in Virginia.
Ihe not only migrated from \ortn.
Carolina after the Na''s law. hut theN
migrated from the territory Of Judge
BOYD and United states Ii9l.4et tr
torney Holton. one 81 the chief names
prominent among the alleged f.Iudu-
lent operators Is II NJ Argie Three
yeirs ( after a big Trial IN the fed
eral court here. he ana - r SPIN
kIe were convicted Of pracuCIng gicuu-
nc frauds approaching $l25.0VO b&
means Of spurious raised chips
This trial involved a lot OF ~gaugers.
etc. and man were indicted but onIy
''AE tAAiA@ go 80 ~ a. RiAA - tAt - -
itentiary. all the others beng let 20
without trial.
In that trial as is leing shown In
the Virginia cases now il was lemon
strateG u have been Impossible FOR the
frauds to have been perpetrated With
out the connivance ana assistance II
gaugC.S and StprekeeperS. one Of the
officials indicted as an outcome OF the
Sprinkle-Angle trial vas one OF Col
lcctor Duuyan'S deputies. named
Green. This Indictment for some
cause was never prosecuted and Mr..
Green was given a postn. astership
down east somewhere. Gaugers in
dicted. We're given a certificate Of char
acter and are yet IN the service. only
Davis was punished
As for Angle and Sprinkle Ju lp1
Boyd sentenced them to two years in
the p~enitentiary. An appeal MAS tt
ken and the case was being fought cut
in the higher courts. The circuit
court Of appeals affirmed the jIdg-
ment. The case NaS taken u tie
United states Supreme court. @prin-
kle declined TO go any further. lie
said his lawyers fees ana costs would
take al he had and lie believed he
would go on t. the peltitentiarJ 50
he was accommodated lie has ABOUT
served out his term. ON December
Sth Mr.. Sprinkle VIII 4rfiYc at his
home in Reidsville a 'ree man. and
his relatives ana IFlttHIS are dEftlIS-
ing to give him 2 banquct in hone"
of the event. He has made a model
prisoner and his health ha1 greatly inn
proved under the regular habits re-
CURED at this great government re-
.formatory as well as prison.
Angle. not only kept fighting, but
he moved over to Dry Fork. Va. and
established as big a liant as he had
formerly conducted in North Caro-
lina. Although the United state, Su-
preme Court affirmed the decision OF
Judge Boyd sentencing him to a heavy
fine and three years in the penitentiary
over six months ago. for some reason
Angle has been able = keep the case
still hung up. his business in Virginia
being evidently profitable enough to
permit the employment Of the best
legal skill necessary to CircumYent the
law and hold up the courts.
The charges against hlm and other
distillerS in the case o being inves-
tigated in Virginia are Identical with
those exposed in the big trials here
involving exactly the same class Of
revenue officers. gaugers and store
keepers. A goYernmen, officer here in
speaking of these big distillers said
their trouble wa they never knew
when to stop. They viii snip a whole
car load of blockade liquor today" he
aid, land instead Of 'rolding off for
a while viii go ahead and ship two
car loads tomorrow, until they get so
bold they just have t. be called
down"