Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-10-22
LOCAL MEN HELD
AS MOONSHINERS
LarOque and Harris Arrested in
Bristol at Gun Point

Edward Laroque and Charles Harris
of Middlebury were arraigned Tuesday
before United States Commissioner J.
/ Enright in burlington and placed
under temporary bail in $1,000 for trial
in the federal court on the charge of
being "mOonshners" The evidence
used against the pair were utensils,
found in the buggy they were using
at the time of their arrest Saturday
in Bristol, alleged to be parts o. still
for the manufacture of whiskey or beer
Laroque, son of Mr.. and Mrs Charles
LqrcQue Of Seymour street, Middle
bury, is a Brother of Jane Grey, actress
and motion picture star and Harris is
ner brother-n-law.
Laroque and Harris were arrested in
Bristol last Saturday afternoon. They
had hired horse and wagon from An
drew Blaise of Middlebury and drove
off early in the morning Shortly after
noon they entered George Farr's hard
ware store and presented a copper coil
for soldering Unfortunately for them,
they did not recognize in the plumber
the sheriff of Addison County. Say
ing nothing about his suspicion, the
proprietor told them that he was un-
able to oblige them as he did very IT."
work of the kind When they went out
he watched them carefully They loi-
tered about the park and entered into
conversation, it seemed, with only the
more intimate friends of John Barley
corn, Cthat was. This increased the
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amiss and prompted him to search the
buggy, which had been hitched to the
rail at the common. for contra5and.
He examined the contents. of the
vehicle closely and IdlscoveAed two
quarts of whiskey of the homemade
blend, with certain apparatus that
might have been used in its manufac
ture To continue his investigation
he approached the two men to ques-
tion them regarding their possession
of the liquor They evidently were
aware that their little game had been
upset for before the officer could speak
with them they bolted, One was
caught in a very few steps but the
other ran behind the hotel and was
about to make good his escape over
a wire fence when he was stopped by
the sheriff firing his pistol in the air.
The two men were brought to the
county jail in Middlebury where they
were detained until Monday afternoon
when Internal Revenue Officers Ed
ward Lockwood and d. R. Newbold
took them to Burlington. The same
officers, aided by Sheriff George Farr
of Bristol and Deputy Sheriff Noble
Sanford of Middlebury, searched the
Laroquc residence on Seymour street
Monday afternoon but did not find
anything that might be used as evil
dence
They are now in Chittenden County
Jail awaiting trial, or else the furnish
ing of their $1,000 surety for appear
anCe
Harris has had an unusual career in
Middlebury He will be remembered
as the gentleman who started in the
tailoring business here some time ago,
and after getting considerable
amount of clothes in his shop. never
tailored He was here again during
the Fair, claiming the agency for a
southern tire dealer Both he and La
rogue have been in the show business,
and appeared in this vicinity. OF this
a contemporary weekly has
this to say: "They brought a company
to Vermont a few years ago which |
were about as tough looking a bunch |
as the footlights ever shown upon