The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-01-01
HOMIE RAIDED
| AND WHISKEY
| STILL FOUND
hief of Police and Deputy Sher-
IFS Find Booze Machine in
Shaw Home
!, RUNS WHEN STILL STOPS
81 Eludes Captors and Does a Mar.
athon Cross Country-Pleads
Guilty

Guilty
AS q result of. raid on his hom
the south part Of the city Tuesda.
orning, Sam Shaw is in the count,
n and a crude moonshine still AM
no barrels Of mash is in the keepin.
/ the sheriff's Office.
Shaw was not lodged in Jail, how
yer, until he had given Chief Of Po
ee Shepard and Deputy Sheriff Car
Ianson an exciting cross-country
un which started at his home and
Dded near the home Of r. ID. Wash,
mn in Section Seven, distance Of
mile and half.
The raid was due to the diligence Of
kisf Shepard and G. E. Copeland
, y local deputy sheriff who have sus-
5setsd Shaw Of moonshining for some
1ne. After quietly collecting enough
violence to justify a.search they no
3Aed the sheriff's Office and Monday
lttht Deputy Hanson arrived from
Btosser. EARLY Tuesday morning the
three officers went to Shaw's home.
The search brought forth the parts
Il : rudely constructed still from the
1ath room, one barrel Of mash from
ths pantry and another from the back
borth. Altho q thoro search Of the
AsuseS and grounds was made none Of
~ finished product was found. The
nearest approach to it was an empty
sibn iug loud with the sdor Of
~eawn" whiskey.
After the seizure was made Shaw
asked that he be permitted to eat
breakfast before being taken to Jail.
{ 11he request was granted and he step.
.ped into an adjoining room and start,
- to wash his hands. He failed to
return and within few minutes the
c@cers woke up to the fact that their
captive was. nowhere in the house. In.
qniry at the home Of II. w. Terrill
hrousht che information that. Shaw
bad passed there 3. few minutes before
n great haste and coatless. He had
stopped long enough to borrow coat
Of Mr.. Terrill and headed across lots
down the valley. .se,.
Deputy Copeland was. left at the
home in charge Of the still and Chief
Shepard and Deputy Hanson took up
the fugitive's trail. They soon locat-
Sd Shaw doing great marathon
across an alfalfa field. Shepard took.
70 the alfalfa and Hanson,accompanied
py Bill Peckenpaugh started an en-
encling movement down the road in
sn auto. Both officers used their guns
out at each shot Shaw increased his
speed. He was maintaining his lead
over the chief beautifully when Han
eon and "Peck" headed him off and
- was brought to the city Jail. !
8 In the absence of Justice Staser,
Shaw was given preliminary hear
mg before Justice T. c. Browne. He
Plead guilty and his bonds were fixed
. $1,000. He was unable to furnish
esll and Tuesday evening was taken
= the county Jail in Prosser.
NO sooner had the moonshining
ease been disposed Of than Shaw was
arrested for driving his automobile
snoer false license. He plead gull
= 70 this charge and was fined SO
ana costs, amounting in all to $3.50
lhe officers are of the opinion that
enaw has been operating his still for
s0me time, but are convinced that he
nes disposed of but little of his pro-
auct !. here. They are of the belief that
!" mas been marketed, probably in Sc
.etle' by confederate.
Shaw has made his home here, off
ana on, since 1917 and has been en- !
y'oyed as a teamster by w. A. Mo
's'n and as truck driver by the Ken
~lck Transfer company. He has
wne and nine children, the youngest /
= which is a week-old baby. The
.smlly is said to be in almost desti-
"te circumstances.