The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-08-20
RA|S|N VINE STILL
FOUND THIS MORNING
LATAH COUNTY DEPUTY SHER-
IFF'S MADE RAID IN WILD
SECTION WITH RESULTS.

AlIeT working Tor IL months or
the case deputy sheriffs of Lataf
county were rewarded about o'clocl
this morning by capturing still il
1uli operation in the deep woods or
Gold creek, six miles from Potlach
and securing an almost new Over
land touring car in addition to the
still and lot of finished and half
made illicity "booze" The men in
charge of the still escaped in the un-
derbrush and darkness, but later fol
lowed his car to Moscow and gave
himself up and is in the county jail
The arrest was attended by many
''wild west" features and tinged with
romance. The wife and two small
daughters, aged two and four years,
OF the man wanted were found in his
car short distance from where he
was working. They were asleep, be-
ing well wrapped in blankets. They
were taken to their home in Potlatch
and the car and still were brought to
Moscow.
Today w. L. Clawson came to Mos
COW, admitted he is the man sought,
surrendered to the officers and asked
for the return of his car. Under the
Idaho law this can be confiscated, if
used in the distribution of illicit
liquor. It is being held.
The still consisted of a copper
boiler with a copper worm" or coil,
and this was fitted to a gasoline
stove with three burners so arranged
that the light from the blaze could
The entire outfit was located in
heavy timber and underbrush on Gold
creek, wild and desolate region,
several rods from an old wagon road.
The officers had located the i'm
mediate neighborhood of the still but
had been unable to find it. They had
watched two nights, in vain. About
3 o'clock this morning they came up
on the car with the woman and chill
'dren sleeping in it anG heard the man
at work. They tried to surround and
capture him but he heard them COM
ing and jerked the boiler off the
stove, removed the coil and fled into
the dense darkness. A 60-gallon bar
rel of raisin mash, and nearly two
gallons of the finished product were
found and these, with the still, the
stove and entire outfit were seized.
The officers who made the raid
were Deputy Sheriffs Charles Sum
mer-field, Pat Malone and L. G.
Peterson. ssWe could have shot and
killed or crippled the man but did
not want to do so," said Mr.. Summer
field. I'VE knew we had him dead
to rights and could get him later and
sure enough he came in and surren-
dered today and asked for the re-
turn of his car. We expect the state
will confiscate it."
This is the second case within
short time in which officers charge
that wife had at least "guilty knowl-
edge" of her husbands operations in
making booze in Latah ounty. Sew |
eral days ago they raided the home
of Wayne Keeney, on Rock creek,
about eight miles from where the still |
was found this morning. They were |
after Keeney, but he was not at |
home. His wife is alleged by Deputy |
Sheriff Summerfield to have "sneak-
ed out of the house, into the timber |
and gave her man the tip" and he
is alleged to have escaped, but his |
are known and war
rant for his arrest has been issued.
Mrs. Keeney was taken into custody
and brought to Moscow where she
was released on her own recognizance.
Deputy Sheriff Summerfield claims
that four quarts of finished product"
were found in the Keeney home and
charges that Keeney was the distri-
Dutor for Clawson.
There are many Greeks and Itali-
ans and Slavs in the timber, being
by the Potlatch Lumber
Company and the officers claim that
5hese men are buyers of the illicit
liquor and that prices ranging all the
way from Sc to $25 per quart are
obtained for it.