Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-24
UNCLE SANS
CLENCHED FIST
COMES DOWN
ON THE ILLICIT LIQUOR TRAF-
Fic TO THE SOUTH AND
TENNESSEE BECOMES A
SECOND SAHARA.
ARRESTS AND MORE COMING


With the passage Of the United
States lsv prohibiting the shipment
Of whiskey into dry territory. the in
genuity Of the bootIeessrs. who try
to get though TO Tennessee with wet
goods. has been met BY the clever
ness Of the U. s. Secret Service. II
Is now war to the end and the ''bloek-
ade runners" must combat the CON-
bined forces Of the state and gev-
ernment. The federal authorities Of
both Kentucky and Tennessee have
Joined hands and District Attorney
Merrill Russell. Of Kentucky, h here
In person 20 conduct the campaign,
which he hopes win stop the Illicit
traffic.
Every road into Tennessee from
this city Is watched and from all ap-
pearanees very little whiskey Is get
ting through. The government now
holds over 100000 worth Of cap
tured liquor. snd $4,000 worth Of
blockade running Cadillac SIS. The
cars can be libelled and sold.
There has been some bloodshed.
A few nights ago IN N sttemp< near
Nashville. the the driver Of one Of the
whiskey cars showed fight and wound
ed one Of the officers In the leg with
a pistol bullet II seems the boot
lcggers 20 TO any extent to get by.
The other day at Springfield. Tenn.
the succeeded in evsding the oficers
by a clever ruse. Knowing that
consignment Of whiskcy was being
run through. the Chief Of Police Of
Springfield set up barrieade In the
road. Soon car came into
sight loaded with liquor and with an
officer covering a man in the car
with a revolver. The Officer ad-
dressing the Springfield chief. said,
81 have this gang. Got them south
of Adams station. There's another
big lot on the road. I'll take this
fellow on to Nashville" That was
the last the chief saw Of the officer
or his prisoner.
But the u. S. Secret Service will
be harder to handle shd since the
seems determined to
stop the traffic, stop Il, Il viii.
Last Wednesday afternoon a car
load Of booze was captured on the
Bradshaw pike.
James II. Frazier and b. o. Hun
ter. who were bought here wednes-
day have waived examining trials and
were held over on $500 bonds. Two
negroes. Emmett Clark and Harry
Bell. are also In custody.
There are growing rumors Of big
things to happen, perhaps today,
The Assistant District Attorney
and a special agent from Nashville
were here Thursday night in consul
tation with Mr.. Russell and the 9 or
10 men working under him. II Is
unde,stood that a great deal Of evi-
denee is In hand and that the Reed
Bone Dry law will be construed TO
40 a great deal farther than Il was
thought Il could go. II Is said TO be
violation Of the law TO sell liquor IN
wet territory to be shipped into dry
territory. II the seller has knowledge
Of the fact The Tennessee cars
were easily Identified as being from
dry territory and some Of the dealsrsl
who believed they were entirely
within their legal rights In loading up
cars with liquor for southern towns
are now In a very uneasy frame Of
mind aud are now making sales with
the greatest cireumspeetion. In the
meantime the dry territory In Ten.
nessee Is said TO be so dry that com
pared with Il the Sahara desert is|