The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-07-30
TWO BARRELS Of
Rh|S|N JACK ARE
TAKEN IN RAID
Robert Dcty and Steven Stein
Apprehended By
Officers
Utensils For Making Booze
Found Just South OF Mt.
Vernon; Can't Find Still

Four barrels, two full of raisin jack,
and two used In the process of the
manufacture of liquor, hot plate
burner on which the brew was boiled,
strainer, tin boiler, a glass tube
and one quart jar Of the rasin jack
were found last night. about 9 o'clock
by Sheriff Mosholder and County
Prosecutor Paul M. Ashbaugh and a
posse Of officers, in raid 4 miles
southeast Of the city on the Martins.
burg road.
The officers were disappointed in
not finding the still, thought to be in
operation. A complete search Of the
premises was made, but in vain. All
the evidence showed that the party
made the liquor as best he could with
out the aid of a still and sold it in
the crude form to his customers. if
he sold it, as has been suspicioned by
the county authorities.
Shortly after the search of the prem
ises had been completed the owner
4 of the place and his wife returned in
a buggy from Mount Vernon. Upon
taking charge of them the officers dis
covered that they were Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Doty, formerly Of this city,
but now living on this farm belonging
to the Marvins.
On sharp questioning from the Of
ficers both denied that they had still
concealed somewhere about the farm.
Both said that they did not sell the
raisin jack, and both held firmly to
their right to make all the concoction
that they desired. They offered no OBJ
lection to the officers loading the bar
rels upon truck which had been or
dered out to convey the findings back
to Mount Vernon.
: The situation became serious to the
family when they found that both the
men of the house, Doty, and the broth
erin-law> of Mrs. Doty, Steven Stein
Y of Dayton, Ohio, who stated that he
was here on visit, would be taken
to jail Mr.. Stein was in the house
with the four Doty children when the
officers arrived to search the house
and oqered no resistance.
When Mr.. Doty went to get into the
sheriff's car the oldest child a girl
of about eight years, jumped around
his neck and would not let loose. The
officers could not calm her. Mrs. Doty,
who has been under the care of ply
sician for some time, also became
hysterical and had to be assisted into
the house. The officers brought the
little girl to the city with her father,
in hope of getting her to go back
home. But she still persisted in her
. entreaties and upon obtaining the
promise of the father to appear today
before Mayor Tiger for a hearing, he
;, was allowed to return to his home for
the night.
. Officials claim that they have on
! hand one or two bottles of booze that
: was made at the place, according tC
;, sworn statements of the men from
whom it was found. Samples of the
+, beverage were taken away this morn
>. ing to get an>analysis of the alcoholic
content. The barrels of raisin brew
were placed in room of the city hal
=, to be held as evidence.
a. Sheriff Mosholder said this morn
r ing: "This raid should be good warn
ing to many other joints in this com
munity where we have good reason.
k to believe that the owners are plying
q. the same illicit game"
N A farmer who was at the scene o
% the raid last night stated that, whil
T. Mr. Doty was farmer ostensibly, we
he made regularly two trips day t
Mount Vernon. He also stated tina
at several occasions suspicious look
N ing parties came and went from tn
X house, and that at one time he sa,
d. three men returning on foot, one @
ows them being so drunk that he hat