The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-22
SQUAD
TELL TALES Of
M0ONSH|NE MEN
Uncle Sans prohibition Men Come into
Wheeling After Arduous Trip
In Mountains.
Curious ParaphsrnalIa Used In Manu-
facture Of Prohibited stun Cap
tured BY the Party.

CQTo0 ny
! The adventures OF United States
! rrohibitio officers who so into the
! West Virginia mountains in search OF
+! the moonshiner and his lair arc ad-
! yenturous in the extreme and the simple
! recital Of one Of their trips. made by
! a member Of a party that returned on
! Monday 10 this city would furnish
! basis for a lurid volume OF the scnsa-
! tional class.
There are 1--WE Of these officers in
! the northern district OF West Virginia
and they are kept busy the major part
OF their time. The members made a
request that their names be Kept out
nf print as their calling is SO hazard
Gus L is thought best 10 take all pre-
cautions.
Early Sunday morning tho FIVE made
a raid that resulted in the capture or
a still but the owner was not Drought
to book. This still was located about
three miles from Elkns; in the hills
and the prohibition men had word that
whisKcy was being made in quantities
at spot in the woods near there.
In wait IN the Rain.
AS usual, all they hau was the tip,
as their informant absolutely refused
to go near the place as he dreaded
discovery and was in fear OF his life.
The five anti-liduor detectives found
the place and laid In wait in the brush
in Il pouring rain for hours.
For some reason the moonshincr did
not venture forth. His home. one
story lex house, could be seen In the
distance. Finally the secret service
agents went TO work They found two
under pile OF leaves. in syrup cans.
worm was also found was the
still. an old wash boiler.
!. The paraphrrnaia was smashed up
and the prohibition officers left not
visiting the moonshiners home; but
they will so back in the near future.
For, II is as hard for man to quit
mconshining as II is for small boy
to stay out Of the creek when the
August sun is shining.
|, Everybody Armed.
In the towns Of Thomas. Pierce and
Douglas, three stills were found and
broken up. and three men were landed
in the Elkins Jail. The prohibition
officers state that conditions in that
country are certainly primitive. One
map was seen delivering groceries with
Il big revolver strapped about his waist
and they were assured that most OF
the reputation carried guns. The Of
Iiccrs. however. had no trouble taking
their prisoners through, the population
looking upon the men who made whts-
key in the same light that the resi-
dent of a city looks upon profitcer-
ing merchant.
There has been a sort Of rivalry be-
tween the officers as to which one
would get the largest exhibition OF
Illicit stills and the men who make
thrir hcadouarterS AT E'k'nS no"
claim the honor.
Diont Use ~ AAhsei' -,.
; pnc sun was caplurSu IRON, " TrceA
MADE OIL an army earDaEH can WIN d
hole three lhch"S III diameter porru III
the ia ana worm mace OF 'hrec-
! men ieau pipt. men '"e o,cN
toid that whISkcy run 'nr0uEh inc
icau pipe wouiu proraoI! MI, man,
nc ShruEE%d ms SnoutoerS ana Sa'd nc
dluh urInk IL nihscli' 49,
! IN inc IiarhSpurS uis'tlct. H'h|T 'ne
Init>d states term 81 court hcId IN
May IN inns city, thIS SQUAD mas cap
turcd SIX suns ana fourteen prisoners.
! y SraPhlc description "aS gwen y!
the chief or the squad OF NisI 10
IN" country known as inc Sinohr H"it'
Inc upper ch9 OF GIah' county anu inc
lower enc "i Pchdiet"n county. lhEre
~ n" railroad IN thls part OF lchule-
! ton county. II was stated. and wa X
OF 50 miles over the mountains was in
order TO got to the Smoke Hole coun-
try.
One on the Engineers.
| The liquor officers tell humorous
story Of stopping at mountain farm
house and lying Oh tho floor.
The farmer asked one of the dctec-
tiVos If they were United states cngi-
necrs and the man sleepily answered
| Yes" The prohibition men made
several raids and since that time there
have been several letters received
from the [. $. Engineers Department
at Washington.
The United States has lot Of TIM
Der lands in that section and II ~ ne
the property. The natives swear they
| will Kill them IL they do as il is