The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-08-27
FOUND WINE STILL
IN THE WOODS
Latah Deputy Sheriffs Made
Raid Near Potlatch.

After working for IA months on
the case deputy sheriffs of Latah
county were rewarded ABOUT 3
O'Clock Friday morning by captur-
ing still in full operation IN the
deep woods on Gold creek, six miles
from Potlatch. and securing an
almost new Overland touring car in
addition to the still and lot Of
| finished and half made illicit
booze. The man in charge of the
still escaped IN the underbrush and
darkness, but later followed his car
to Moscow and gave himself up and
is in the county jail.
The arrest was attended by many
wild west" features and tlnged
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, being we'll 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
Moscow, 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, it used in the distrlbu-
tion cf Illicit liquor. II is being
held.
The still consisted OF copper
boiler with copper worm" or
coil, and this was fitted to gaso-
line stove with three burners so ar
ranged that the light from the blaze
: could not be seen 10 feet from the
: stove. The entire outfit was located
in heavy timber and under brush on
S Gold creek, a wild and desolate
: region, several rods from an old
wagon road.
Y The officers had located the i'm
: mediate neighborhood OF the still
\ but had been unable to find 1T.
C They had watched two nights, in
vain. About o'clock Friday morn
Ing they came upon the car with
the woman and children sleeping in
1t and heard the man at york.
They tried to surround and capture
- him but he heard them coming and
;. jerked the boiler off the stove, re-
i. moved the coil and fled into the
;, dense darkness. A 60-gallon barrel
of ralsin mash, and nearly two
gallons of the finished product were
9 found and these. with the still, the
stove and entire outfit were seized.
- The officers who made the raid
y were Deputy Sheriffs Charles Sum-
= merfield, Pat Malone and L. G..
= Peterson. eve could have shot and
killed or crippled the man but did
J.. not want to do so, said Mr.. Sum-
,s mertield. "We knew we had him
~ dead to rights and could get him
later and sure enough he came in
- and surrendered today and asked
for the return of his car. We ex-
:, pect the state will contiscate IT.
- :, This is the second case within a
short time in which officers charge
\, that a wife had at least guilty
~ knowledge" of her husbands oper-
~ ations in making booze in Latah
-, county. Several days ago they
~ - raided the home of Wayne Keeney,
70 on Rock creek. about eight miles
=. from where the still was found Fri
49, day morning. They were after
W. Keenev, 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
whereabouts are known and war
I'd rant for his arrest has been issued.
ey Mrs. Keeney was taken into custody
,g and brought to Moscow where she
ay was released on her own recognlz.
ru ance. Deputy Sheriff Summerfield
er claims that four quarts of finished
r. product were found in the Keeney
.o home and charges that Keeney was
the distributor for Clawson.
en- There are many Greeks and ltali-
ed ans and Salvs in the timber. being
H. employed by the PotIatch Lumber
ia Company and the officers claim thai
=. these men are buyers of the illicit
" liquor and that prices ranging all
til the way from Sc to $25 per quart
IS. are obtained for 1t.