The Little River news., 1919-06-07
SIlLL AND TytO OPERA
 TORS TAKEN IN RAID
PrOugh's Pet MOOnshiner Is in Bad Again; Officers Get Men and 15O
 Gallons of Mash.

Glenwood, June 5.--A moonshfne still raid that netted Sheriff Tom Steu- art, Deputy Bob Steuart and Special Deputy Liveoak a 150 gallon still in full blast and two operators, was pull ed off near Langley, small settle ment twenty miles west of Glenwood, Tuesday morning. Sabe Morphew, a well-to-do farmer and owner of over 300 acres of fine land near Langley, and John Pinkerton, an assistant, to- gether with the big copper still and all parapharnalia, were hauled into Glen wood yesterday en route to the county seat where a preliminary hearing will be conducted, and where the still outfit will be cut up.
 Sabe Morphew is fifty years old and was once before arrested on similar charge but was released for want of evidence. Pinkerton served peni- tenitary sentence for operating a still two years ago and is reputed to be the spiritual advisor and main chemist for a number of plants operated in Pike and Montgomery counties, and is said to have a stock In ol dcopper outfits sequestered away in the hills to be hauled forth and set up as fast as others are captured and cut up. He was pardoned only few weeks ago from the penitentiary by Governor Brough on similar charge.
 The raid Tuesday was the result of informs tion that leaked to the ear of Sheriff Steuart last week, and was con- ducted in such quiet way that not shot was fired and few even in the neighborhood knew of the raid until teams were requisitioned to gather up the plunder and arrested parties. Then the countryside awakened to interest and several hundred farmers and townspeople gathered at Glenwood to view the exhibit, which was photo graphed.
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 The raid was made at night. Bob Steuart and Liveoak made their way to where the still had been previously located and hid in a clump of trees near the plant and waited until day. light, when Morphew came down and, after accommodating the premises. built a fire under the still and got the brew going. Then, just as he was talking to himself about having every thing going, Deputy Steuart dropped his gun on him and ordered hands up Morphew promptly complied and was conducted by Liveoak to a hiding place over the hill while Sheric Tom SteHaft waited for other operations to appear. i. After about an hours waiting Pink erton came on the scene and stirred up the fire, for half an hour, kept things going so satisfactory that the circumambient atmosphere began to bear the fragrance of real stump juice as they make it in Pike. At the psy- moment. Deputy Steua.t drew bead on Pinkerton and advised him that "a feller lying back here in the weeds has double barreled shot gun dead on you and you better not wiggle too much or the trigger may drop, so throw upyour hands and step this way
 Pinkerton was paralyzed with aston ishment and threw up llis hands and walked toward the clump of weeds where Steuart was half hid in the weeds and said:
 This must be Pinkerton, glad to see you. Hands up and step easy straight ahead"
 Morphew talked freely after arrival at Gienwood and will plead guilty to first oflense. Pinkerton declares he was looking for lost mule and just happened tc run across the still and thought 1t was a sorghum mill and just fixed up the fires and kept things going Haiting for the owner to return so lie could ask If he had seen the lost mule