Arizona republican., 1917-09-08
MYSTERY TANK
 IN AUTO GETS
 WET GOODS MEN

When the recent drought began kill ing off cattle in Texas and the stock men were without remedy, information reached J. w. Breedlove, his brother R. c. BreedloVe and Walter Brown, that Arizona, too, was experiencing a drought that was having it's effect on humankind Thereupon this trio of Texas stock growers decided that the Arizona drought was of an order that could be relieved in part, at least It was the efforts of this beneficent en- terprsing party of three to supply the wants of thirsty Arizonians and at the same time turn a nimble penny, that brought about their arrest on Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Charles Nafziger on charges of transporting liquor into and through Arizona.
 The Breedloves and Brown came in- to the notice of various and sundry peace officers in Arizona through the frequency of their trips to and from California. Two big 1917 Hudson Super Sizes formed the equipment of the company There was nothing ill the appearance Of either machine to Indicate that thcy were being em- p!cyed in ether than a legitimate en- terp4tise. 4 house was rented on Park road which was used as a stop ping place for the Texans A gar age on the property afforded shelter for car after it had made the run from Arizona to California and re- | turn. Another house at 1912 East Mcdowell road was the real abiding i place of the Breedlove and Brown. i There was pretty well defined suspicion that the party was engaged : In illicit traffic in liquor but officers i were unable either to locate liquor In i their car or about their premises, nor did they secure positive evidence of : the sale of any liquor.
 Nose Leads To l.
 On Thursday word came to the sher- | ifs office that one of the big cars had just returned from a California trip. It was learned that it had been driven into a garage on the Park road Deputy Nafzinger found the car but the men were absent For over an hour the officer conducted search for liquor but without avail. His astute sense of smell finally de- termined for him that there was i- ouor in the car. Everything about the machine, however, appeared regular. Finally the unusually deep uphoister- ing of the back of the car seat at tracted his attention and then the discovery was made that beneath this upholstering there had been cleverly concealed a thirty five gallon copper tank, and that this tank was filled with perfectly good red iiquor
 The rest was easy. The Breedioves and Brown returned early last even- ing after an afternoon spent down town. They found a man sitting in the shade of tree in front of their place. They greeted him pleasantly and then went into the garage. The man rose from his seat by the tree and approached the garage and ?1- nounced that he was a deputy and that the men were under arrest. He mentioned something about the up holstering of the car.
 T guess our name is mud, said one of the men as he submitted gracefully to arrest.
 The three were taken to the coun- tv jail. Two were locked up, while ]. ". Breedlove furnished cash bail in the sum of $500.
 Deputy Nafziger said that the trip
 inst finished was at least the
 fourth the party had made in the , past few weeks Paying about four
 dollars per gallon for the liquor Tn California. and with a present mar ket price in Phoenix of about s2S- 20 per gallon. the sale of the contents
 of the tank would have cleared sev- eral hundred dollars for the trip The trio was arraigned in Justice De Souza's court yesterday. The pre- , lirninary hearing was set for next Sat urday at 3 30 o'clock. The Breedloves
 furnished bond each in the sum of | $500