The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-26
CORPSE INDICTED
BEFOREU.S.G COURT
". A, Minor Had Been Slain
Probably By River Whisky
Pirates.

Indictment a5ated by death OK the
eetendant,' will be the solemn order
entered on the records Of the United
states district court when an indiCt-
mont charging violation o. the Reed
Wendment against W. A. MINOR. New.
Andrid, Mo. is called FOR trial.
All Of the facts surrounding the
aeStA OF Minor near Friar Point about
eye month ago probably will never he
baown, but tho INFORMATION received
~ some federal officials Is that Miner
nls shot 90 death under mysterious cir
:Htstancns and his ralrderers have not
tascn apnreheCdcd.
through sources Of information that
hIe considered by some officials t. Do
aiiable although coming to them in d
9undabUut way, the theory has beea
aolved tlat Minor met mis- death at
&c hands Of boctleggers while attempt
Iag lake IN 4 cargo OF whisky. The
bfactice Of ~'highiacking," as ii is
known 10 the DootlegEing fraternity still
IN vogue along the river above and
below Memphis.
~'HighjAckiug'' Is the tenn applied to
Tie taking Of coutraband whisky from
wEiSNy-rJnner by another. The
Nethods employed in this innocent
astilna AIRY according to tic parties
~9plicateG. Tho general method of op-
4fat!on, however, is for the whisky run
Q W W SAAANAtlAtN Ifjll-AOtlttl ny tue
.er pirate and to be told to hand over
: contrahand Gjmpla5 is usually re-
trted 10 and those Who do not comply
With the demands oil the 'hiEhjackers'
nc shot.
Whether Minor declined TO cornply
til the demands made upon him by
vac member Of the bootlegging fra
trinity and died defending his cargo
whether he was waylaid and shot
mi ambush as his boat touched the
"a IRE during the dead hours of the
light probably never will be revealed
affice to say, however, that his body
DIS found neal Friar Point about one
MDnth ago and no trace Of his slayer
MS been found.
Mrs. Teitelbaum Free. w..
Minor was arrested along with Eaw
ftnce Masterson by officers from the
Enited States marshal's office severa
@onths ago, near Osceola, Ark, and
boatload of whisky was seized at the
tfne. The officers allege that the two
men were bringing tahe whisky from
Missouri to Tennessee in violation OIL
TIC provisions of the Reed amendment
The federal grand jury Wednesday re-
armed indictments against the twt
men charging them with this offense
AOther indictments returned Wednes-
Gay at noon were:
ROy McCOtcheon and j. j, LOmDdrdl
Violating the Reed amendment; FREQ
Wilkerson, antinarcotlc law; Charles
Allen, antinarcotic law; Charles Writ
6ntinarcotic law; +. j.. White, antinaf,
c@tic law, and Opey Shepard, Reed
amendment. %
During Wednesday morning the court
8tsposed of the cases against Mrs. Ids
: eitlebaum, charged with violating thu
Hoyernment prohibition laws, and Ferdi'
HHe Claiborne, negro, charged witt
epunterfeiting, The statutes of limita'
Tons was invoked In the case Of Mrs
Teitiebaum and the evidence did no
III TO the jury, her release being or
dhred by Judge Mccall. An insuffic'
t3fncy Of evidence also brought abou'
E1e release of Claiborne, the court in
sssfucting the disposition of the case
Fritz Sodini, indicted for violation o
tNe wartime prohibition act, was triet
fhAfore a jury for the alleged sale Of
pint of whisky to an agent of the de
pArtment of Justice in July last. Thu
case was given TO the jury just priol
% adjournment for lunch. They wer'
Tit reassemble later in the afternoon t
Sansider the evidence. Na.