The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-14

ners ARE always IN hiding. and they
pass 1t over, the fist ones not coming
inte-tf1e- city~.~at all Witnesses in
police court daily taI4~ tf paying as
nigh as IS ana 81 o pint for book =;
AIDE Hahor, wAidh a few years ago
could be PURCHASED fer 81 per gallon
of a vastly Superior qualify. Small
| merchants in-'thc county. report THAI
as fast as iron or galvanized tanks are
bought by them. 10 be used for storing
oil or gasoline, the moonshiners steal
! them. using the tanks for the still"
Madison County--.James Ramsey.
of White Rock is lying at the point
| of death at Mission hospital, his body
entirely paralyzed and with the pis-
tol bullets in his spinal column Grant
Sans, blockader. while drunk en-
tered Ramsey's house and slapped
one OF his children. Ramsey asked
/ him to leave, and when Sans refused
| to leave. Ramsey repeated the request
when the intruder drew his pistol and
/ fired twice. Immediately after the
| shooting Sans disappeared and is
/ hiding in the mountains. The sheriff
| OF Madison county and deputies are
prosecuting vigorous search for
him"
| IstaUioll toGilt9-~ A4FRIbt Henry
Johnson, Cal, is in the hospital,
/ the result Of a bullet wound in the
| thigh. fired as he claims by an UNI
known negro who also robbed him of
| $3.50" The shooting occurred at
1 Landing street Little Wash ington,
and Deve Ganor. material witness
held by Detective Nowitzy, said that
johnson and two other negroes were
| drunk and gambling, and he knows
nothing of the robbery or who shot.
as he was in his back yard at the
! time of the firing.
! Guilford County-"The report of
the chief OF police OF Greensboro for
! the month OF November, shows that
during the month, the following COM
victions were had in the city munich
pal court:
Drnnks, retailing whiskey. auto
Transportation. thirty-eight. During
| the term of Gulford superior cours
which ended Friday, December 30.
Judge .Bryson imposed sentences ag-
EEregating twentyfour years and eight
months on IRE county roads, seven
teen wears in state prison and a total
OF three years and eight month"; con-
finament in Jail. Most of these SEN
fences were for violation of liquor
laws, the longest for men being that
of Shube Anthony for man slaughter,
whose car while he was driving 1t in
toxicated turned turtle and killed two
OF his lady friends The long termer
in jail is Blanche Alexander, white
woman who received a total of three
Years of confinement AS punish ment
for retailing and Vagrancy. "Jaiier
Mike Caffey says that in one day last
week he sent twenty men to the roads
to begin working out sentences.
fs5 ARRESTS IN MONTH
| Mecklcnburg county, Charlotte. Dec.
| B. During month of November a
total of lG5 arrests have been made
| in the city according to the report OF
| the desk sergeant and Clerk Nc
| laughlin. Among the cases listed for
, the entire month arc, affray and hav-
! ing liquor for sale, four each, pickets,
recciMng too much liquor, three each.
| December 20" The seizure of large
/ quantities OF liquor here has stirred
the city commissioners TO inaugurate a
tcampai ign against bootleggcrs special
| ffifars being appointed To break up the
| traffic which has spread during the
past few months. Mayor McNinch an
nounced in making public this de-
-c3sion that the courts have aprar-
| emily failed in efforts to stop law
! hrea king. where liquor was concerned.
/, and that it~was high time something
was being ACCOMPLISHED Commits
J! sioner OF Public Safety Page announc-
+ ed that heetl@@eAfs are becoming So
! erazen in making sales here, he had
| heard of certain sections of the city
where vhiskey was sold on the public
! streets In broad DAYLIGHT 'W. A Fry
| owner ~ an automobile garage. was
! fined $500 ma the cost by the re.
! coraer Yesterday on charge of bcine,
: implicated in keering whiskey for
sale" TAO mon ana one woman were
| orrest Il Yesterday, CHARGED with keen
! ing whisky Tor s3lc.-thjs being a raid
! on a. rcstanrant IN ttfU blocks OF In
] depend ice Square where "a aAa IT'S
! cf -whisirew were found. ~ A. Hill
| ton autoU ofilc trader -ana Mira Albert
I Maynor, prepri tor Of thn liberty Cafe,
are out under bond for alleged liquor
aca linrs 4"
! Cherokee countv--"Durine a raid
/ In Grape Greek township Cherokee.
WALTZ Ei1e who seriously wounded
1 an officer WIS captured .hv rrohiSi-
/ tion enforcement officer John Caho ~
Aehetil1e Another MAS taken but his
i3ontitV Is not inoWrf ru~inc the
raia two largo stills were cut M . zoo
gallons OF h"cr incurred on ana fer
: mo gfcd iiqUid g,tffi@ut for making act
gallons 1T whis&eps"
T.onoir count w. Persons Interested
lin the movcfnnnt ~ icuth Einston's
morals claim "a ser - gradual fhanre
in public sentiment in tho Increasing
frequency ~ convictions in sainerinr
court of persons charged With retaiitg
liqpor During TINS December term,
now In snssion Anonnv Convictions SO
far ares@y lNufFp Walker Ifliian GRAY
Tanner White Villa Robertson Robert
waller Ind ifarrH Perry for vaerancy
and 'inror selling
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