Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-28
|REMEN PROTECT
DRY AGENTS FROM
|NCENSED CROWDS
.veral Shots Fired in Air
by Angry Mob at
Winchester.
JRL STONES AND BRICKS
AT GUARD OF POLICEMEN
'ohibition Commissioners and
His Deputies Disappear From
Scene of Near-Riot.
d. HUDSON STILL LIVING
lcscd Bootlcggcr Shot by Officers
Expected to Recover From
Two Wounds.
d. HUDSON STILL LIVING
legged Bootlcggcr Shot by Officers
Expected to Recover From
Two Wounds.


Two Wounds.
10 protect J. Sidney Peters and At
ncy Edward y. Duntord from in
At The hands of jeerinE mob
~ hourishcd pistols and dared the
ohie!tiol officials to come out OF the
tei. the fire department Of Winchcs-
round II necessary on Wednes-
night to turn out In full force.
-ordinS TO adviccs received ycster-
y by The Times Dispatch.
. several shots we're fired into the
One thousand men surged angrily
ound the building. Stones and
icks were hurled at the police who
arded the hotel doors. Changing
ngs and the weird noise OF sirent
nre trucks added TO the general
niusioh and excitement. State
ardsmen were ordered by CAPTAIN
gan X. Fay 10 assemble for eventu-
t!es' but the situation cleared before
Is could bc done.
'NDS ARE FURNISHED
Bf PROiIDITION AGENTS
such ist the story Of the storm pre-
l1!tated III the Valley OF Virginia by
killing OF Raymond G. Shackelford.
eyed S,s dn,,,;s, bo0iiegser. and the wounding
rtment These officials, who were
er arrested and were objects with
Peters and Attorney Dunford OF
mob's fury. are Harry f.. sweet.
sou. Harry i. Sweet, Jr., w. G.
III. J; II, sullivan. ). Doubrey and
mn W. Williams. They have been
leased upon a bond of $4,000 fur
shed by DR.. Peters.
rhe prohibition comm issioner is
Id To- have been unable to purchase
Sol!ne in Winchester for his auto
'bilc, and found II necessary TO hide
e machine IN q private garage. Nearly
~ leading citizens who constitute The
" Enforcement League OF Winches-
cct that the mob which menaced the
Ne OF tho prohibition officials did not
Ice the sentiment of the comm unity.
toWDS STORM MoHGUE
TO VIEW VICTIMS BODY
1t Is reported that 200 people stormed
Sons, where the body of Shackel-
rd was taken, c!anoring tc see the
s; white bootlegger killed in Nir-
MIA. commemorative Attorney Will
ms, OF Shenandoah County. had
sued strict orders that no one was
view, II. The dead mans wife tele-
aaphed from Petersburg TO have the
dy seci 10 Raleigh, y. G.
An inquest begun yesterday after
on at Woodstock was postponed. as
is the preliminary hearing OF the
U lFeE5 tudESel WIN Inc hllllnS. IniS
tion was taken, i; is said. in order
allow the feeling which has been
gendercd in Frederick and Shenan-
an Counties TO subs!dc.
commissioner Peters and his asso-
ites left Winchester yesterday after
'on. Their destination was not re-
aled. II was generally believed that
Xey wished 10 avoid a probable repe-
ion OF Wednesdays performance.
INFERENCE WITH LAW
IcSInI{CI.NII.N
Before leaving they conferred at
5ngth with leaders Of the Law En-
rcement League. but neither the one
g. Or the other would issue a statement
III reference to the conference.
Hudson received wound in the
east and one IN the abdomen, but is
id 10 have a lighting chance for re-
very. He sworc yesterday in deposit
onweilth's attorney tnat the agents
ed the only shots OF the occasio ion
either ne nor Shackelford. he said,
cd a revolver once. The pistol of
en- found with three empty cham
RS. Will be exhibited at the hearing.
Hudson testified further that upon
ing halted by. the agents his COM
nion asked II they had taken the
tion upon authority of search war
nts. with the reply that none was
eded. they started off. whereupon
officers opened fire.
JOTLEGGERS PREYED UPON
Br OTHERS OF THEIR CRAFT
That there are gangs of liquor
anslporters who prey on each other
statement made yesterday by
cents of the United States Depart
ent Of Justice. here. in commenting
the. Winchester situation. These
,dcral agents expressed their regret
at the people OF the Winchester sec
IN had shown such hostility TO the
'ohibition officers. One of them COM
enting OH one phase of the matter
- 'Practically all transportars of liquor
heavily armed these days. Some
mes the weapons are used on officers
the law, and on two occasions our
en- have been fired on, but, as a
neral. proposition. the transporters
Try these weapons TO prevent rival
ansp93r,ters fro from ,,,., holding them up
There is no doubt about the fact
at many transporters are the prey
members Of their own clan. for even
Ter ,mr.'y Gs,"g ,rn neln no up and r9bbed they
ibicity by making Il complaint"
HACKEi.FORD CRIPPLED
AND DANVILLE NATIVE
Raymond Shack kelford was for many
,ars a resident of Danville, and n
'ipple, having cork leg. l.. d. Hud :
~ wno of ase vas soo ~ounded nc rs was eighteen
3ln He was formerly a telegraph
essenger, but left Danvillc for Pc
rsburg year ago. His mother was
{, I'D on the telephone today that the
by had u bullet below the heart, but
rat he, would probably recover.
lackelford was convicted in the Fed
al court in 1912. and served term
,r moonshinging. lie. too. lived at
|etersburg.
w c. Hall was formerly n member
the Danvifle police force, and was
oted for his impetuousity and disrc-
ard for danger. He killed negro
hile he was on the force. and twice
I.ent TO tho hospital from injuries
istained in fights with negroes. His
3,cts OF a pistol ball fired at him, by
negro.
BeIgIan Soldiers Coming.
BRUSSELS. March ga special