The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-01-01
IS GALLON STILL
FULLY EQUIPPED
CONFISCATED BY.
2 REVENUE MEN
white Mule" Factory I'm
covered on Lincoln Park
Ranch; No Liquor Found.

There is on exhibition at the city
hall very compete copper still with
all the 'appur,enances thereto De-
longing" that was seized few days
living on Lincoln Park. by Internal
Revenue Collector Norman Roberts
of Denver. Deputy Internal lsevenue
Collector Antonio Dell kguiia of Cree
ley and City Marsha. c. f Skinner.
In addition to the disiiliing outfit four
40-pound boxes OF California raisins
and the cap OF an older and larger
galvanized iron still WIS confiscated
by the federal officers 50-gailon
barrel of mash ready for distiiia-
tion. was destroyed. but no liquor OF
any kind was found
kastelea is a boarder at the home
OF Mrs. Conelia. who lives near the
western terminus of Grand avenue. a
short distance east Of Ninth street.
and claims the still did not belong
10 him. but was placed In h.s custody
by a man who left here TO-. irlniJad
IA couple of weeks ago. When the Of
ficers raidsd the place last Suncay
afternoon kastelea was not at home,
but he presented himself at the city
hall on Monday and acknowledged he
had been associated with the distlll-
ing operations carried on at the place
OF Mrs Concelia. who is herself pay
ing fine To the government for sell.
ing liquor. for with she was convict
ed in the courts here two OF three
sae.isi:s ago.
The officers In their search OF the
premises had considerable difficulty
In locating the stili which was eventual
- brought to light in chicken shed a
hundred yards or more from the house
where 1t was found covered up with
a lot OF clothing and old rags. The
esoper pipes used In connection with
she stsli were found secreted under
.the mattress of Kastelea's bed. The
Stll appeared TO be- a new one and
II Is probable that IL had not been
used more than two or three times.
IL had a capacity for fifteen gallons
of mash and was capable of dis
tilling two gallons OF whiskey. or
white mule as such liquor is called
by the revenue officers, In - hours.
In view of the fact that no liquor was
found about the place by the federal
authorities all they could do under the
law WAS To seize and destroy the stiil
aud mash and confiscate the raisins
under the food control law and have
Kastelea arraigued in court on the
Charge OF boarding. In consideration
OF the light punishment likely TO be
meted out To the defendant for that
offense he was turned over to the To-
cal authorities by the revenue collect
or and complaint was filed against
Kasteiea by City Marshal Skinner un-
der the state laws He voluntarily
appeared in Justice John X. Kennedy's
court at 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
and pleaded guilty to illegal posses
xion OF still. as well ms 10 making
liquor lie was fined one hundred dol
lars and costs.
II may bo interesting 20 knDv that
white mule" is in great demand
among a certain section pf the .iai-
Can and Austrian population and finds
ready sale at SO quart. Tho big
profit in IL causes. no doubt, good
deal of II to he made. II IL said that
at one time last summer eight carloads
OF California raisins consigned To Ere
,xnout county purchasers stood on the
.Adetrncks in the Denver & Rio Grande
,ylriiroad yards here. What became of
ali OF these raisins is not known. but
there Is good reason TO believe that a
large part OF them were used in the
manufacture white mule