The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-15
CAUGHT TRANSPORTING
WHISKEY TO CAROLINA
Sheriff Sydnor and Chief Seay, OF
HenriCo. Arrest Two Men and
Confscate $50 Pints.
RALEIGH MAN BELIEVED
TO HAVE BOUGHT LIQUOR
John beavers, of Washington, and
Roy Williams, of Tarhccl state, Are
Held, While Police Are Trying To
Land Man Who Purchased II.

Making ono Of the largest hauls
since the prohibition law went into
effect in Virginia last November
Sheriff Webb w Sydnor and Chief of
Police T Wilson Seay of Henrico
County. Yesterday afternoon placed
two men under arrest and cohdscated
$50 pints Of whiskey, which are
thought to have been en- route to
Raleigh. n. c. The intoxicants were
found in an automobile i'm the upper
part of the county, the machine hav-
pe stopped there to undergo several
repairs.
The two men arrested are believed
To be John beavers a j}tney driver in
Washington, D. G., and Roy Williams.
a resident of Raleigh. y. G. The last
named man gave the county officers
three names while he was being
brought from the place of his arrest
to the county jail He fest declared
that his name was Roy Williams and
later said il WAS Roy wilkins After
being brought to the jail he told the
officers that he is =. W walker.
However. sheriff Sydnor has reason to
believe that his real name is Williams
and that he is n resident of Raleigh.
Leak From Broken Bottles.
The whiskey-Iaden RIA nhine broke
down in the uppnr rarr of Honrico
around 10 o'clock Satur1ay night and
the occupants OF tn" car got permits
sion TO place II under Il shed until
Yesterday in or1c- rhq+ they might
come to Richmond to get several
articles with which t0 repair the auto
mobile. Severed If The bottles in the
machine were brrten wh,ie the men
were on th@ road AMI "a wall.ing lay
tho she'd ~. man VIM hal given the
MOI, ,,a,,,,isa,,,f -, ,,,tt tl,. oar in tbe
shed for thu night began 20 smell
whiskey
An Investigation -f,aad that tho
ca CONTAINED "A otf,9,it,. nr hooze and
he immediately. IA in toucp, with
Sboriff cr4,inr v,rr lattnr accom-
napind nv Cht.f n. ta:i,n S,aav left
p{~hn,nr6 at II o..ionIy Saturaa,. ntrht
to r,ola a., irv,s.iae,fon when thew
arrived they exagfneI tho car only to
ana If loaded w}fh honza In the
machine the,. dfsroverad seventaap fui1
cases each continuing twentv-four
pints. besides ISL loose bottles The
men are said to have s+nr+ed ant with
500 rints hut eleven Of tho hotties
were broken on tho road which served
to r}vo Thorn auay
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south oar"Hi't- ana lA'er said theY
VERY htvitS E"'"S a Sn"it distance Out
:" ~, W aA'l'' ,"a ""t '"St ,lF'l way,
"'iliahta ioi" 'he ON, efT that ne was
III 'he aN o. gong "@'h /" the ma
uohai FaplLat "htN 'i"Eht, lheE oS-
tafollnA. hht an l9FFSlIsauoh ny
SheriH SE"nof ana 'hlei Ssa} late
AestefaAN a afternoon 1ls9- los" ti'it IL
was .h route 1" kalei&tI NfiFr me
men ma heeh 'ockeu hH r. we faii,
Niiiiau's toln thF ponce "Ht"r% that
ne knew nothing ~ Va" destination or
fidihs with beavers to see that every