Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16
NEW VOL. 55-No. 81.
Illicit Booze Dealers Come to Grief

Federal and State prohibition officeh
made raid in Martinsburg la3
Thursday and Friday, and as a result
of their activity seven Martinsburt
men were arrested on the charge OF
violating the liquor laws. and i26
quarts of whiskey we're confiscated ana
siill and quantity of moonshiue
Liquor unearthed. Those arrested
were Harry Lord, Edgar Lord, Edward
Llnthicum, George Clemmons, Stanley
kid~eli, William Fauver and Thus
man Marker.
Edgar Lord was released at a hear
ing before United States Commission
er Downs, when his brother, Harry
Lord, assumed all responsibility for
the charges against Edgar Lord, and
William Fauver was also released
shortly after the arrest, because of in
sufficient evidence. All the others
were held under bond for hearing. !,
The party OF officers was in charge
OF q. l.. Hannen, Of the Federal forces,
assisted BY local Federal Agent Lam
beth and assistants II. r. Stotler, e.
M. Rinker, c. II. McGhee and ]. ".
Fitzgerald. The warrants under which
they worked were issued at the federal
Offices in Clarksburg.
The plans OF the authorities had been
carefully laid. The out.of-town Of,
ficers arrived In Martinsburg Thursday
and within q few hours started to car
ry out their plans. About 3 o'clock they
searched the premises Of Harry Wyatt
proprietor OF q pool room, examining
| he hQor over the store. but found a
wet goods.
Failing at WATTS, the officers turn
ed to the Douglas Building, almost di-
rectly across the street, where they
found crowd OF young men, bu, no
booze. There IL was that Linthicuin
and Fauver we're taken into custody
and removed TO Jail, charged with
bcotlcggng.
About 40 o'clock the authoritics
secured an automobile and went 10 ID
Lord farm. They searched for sonlS
time without finding anything. Final
ly one Of the officers picked up a paste.
board cover fer a quart, and, convinc-
ed that there was liquor in the build
ing, the search was continued. On tin
second floor OF the stable the booze waa
located. Eight full cases containing
nineiy-six quarts were picked UP, and
further search resulted in more
quarts being found under some
wneat Inc Shiskey was Of several
varieties, including McGinnis and
George Cenmons, who lived In tho
county, had q visit from the officers.
who found q still at his place, besideS
a gallon OF moonshine and two barrels
OF mash. The last man to be an.
pretended was Stanley Kidwell,
Queen street barber. At his place the
Officers found nine quarts and tive
pints Of whiskey cunningly concealed
beneath the steps OF his property. n
was cleverly concealed by an ar
rangement OF the carpet and screws
that allowed the covering OF the booz1
compartment 10 be worked as if n
were hinged.
II has been believed generally for
months past that some Of the men
above named have been carrying on !
wholesale business in liquor, bringink
il into Martfnsburg by the automobiK
load at frequent intervals. They had
become very Bold about il. and local
omcers were apparently Indifferent II
the Illicit tSaos. One man who SEEM
ed to know what he was talking aboia
said that II the officers found onIS
about l25 quarts In their raids they
simply scratched the surface. II hai
been carried to Martinsburg in muc6
greater Quantities in anticipation OF
Christmas Festivities.
Friday night four more arrests wert
made by the officers: Mrs. FannS
West, in whose Kitchen nine quarts and
two pints OF whiskey were found: Mra.
Kate Leggett Smith. who had "moon-
shine In her home; and two negf6
cab drivers, who were accused OF self
ing liquor.
All OF the eontraband liquor seized
in the above raids was shipped n
Clarksburg for safe keeping. II
whispered thai heretofore LIQUOR lea
in Martinsburs has mysteriously dis
appeared, and that bottles OF fun
strength taken from bootleggers havS
become very veak-almost as though
some one had poured ou. nine-tenths
OF the contents and filled the bottles
up again with water.
Ernest ". Miller, well-knowh
s'orekeeper Of Hagerstown, was tried N
that city last week and found guiItt
OF selling Intoxicating liquor. Th{
stuff that he sold was an imitat'pn
brandy that contained IS to 40 per cent
of alcohol. The concoction was son
o Frank Mccoy after his wife had
warned Miller not to sell it to him. and
Miller replied that il he didn't sell \
some ore else would. II was testified
that Miller had the local wholesale
rights to sell the stuff. Sentence in
ms case was suspended by .IudgS
Wag, man.
W. W. MeCauley, well-known Ha,
gerstown maA, who conducts an autoi
mobile accessory establishment os
Court House Place, was arrested laS
Saturday for selling liquor and was
fined $500 and sests.