The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-02-11
Chase Bootleggers


woods. and over portions of two
counties, Latah county deputy
sheriffs have landed Charles Sweck.
er and Andrew Olson in the county
jail on charge of manufacturing
liquor. A well equipped still and
several gallons of what is claimed
by the officers to be the "best moon
shine we have ever selzed' were
captured and are being held as evid-
ence. 1t is believed by the officers
making the arrests. Charles Sum-
mertield and Pat Malone, that this
arrest is an important one in break
ing up illicit liquor manufacture
and traffic IN the timber near BovilI
and Deary, where liquor has been
dispensed freely during the past
several months.
The officers went to Deary and
searched the homes of Swecker and
Olson, and claim to have found one
quart of whlskey and number Of
empty bottles that had contained
the liquor. They left the homes of
the men wanted and started for the
old Swecker homestead, which has
not been occupied for some time.
They found evidence of hasty re-
moval of lot of barrels and other
equipment believed to have been
used in making liquor.
Returning through the woods the
officers heard two men talking and
threw a flash light onto them. The
men fled and as they crossed a small
bridge the officers heard splash
and investigation disclosed a gallon
jug of good liquor that had been
!. thrown in the creek. This was res
cued. The trail was followed
through the woods to the home OF
, "Chuch' Wells. a negro, whose ca
bin was scar ched but the men were
not found. The officers claim that
Wells had tie men hidden in his
barn and warrant was today lssu-
ed charging HIM with assisting
criminals to escape and "obstruct-
ing officers in their line of duty"
Returning to Bovlll, travelling
part of the time through snow on
foot and part of the time IN a sled,
,, the officers learned that Swecker
, and Olson had eaten an early break
: fast there and had left on foot. The
two officers waited for the after
: noon train leaving Bovii at A
o'clock on the Milwaukee, and
4 boarded it. At CIarkia the two
. men wanted boarded the train and
! were promptly placed under arrest.
y Each was heavily armed with an
k automatic pistol, but they submit
ted without resistance. They were
0 taken to St. Maries and kept over
= night and returned to Bovil by
: train.
}. Both men confessed that they had
). been making whiskey for months
: and had sold from $3.50 to $500
l. worth a month in Deary, Bovlll and
d the logging camps, and they took
y us to where they had hidden the
} still IN slaughter house and dug
up 81 gallons of double-distilled
J. whlskey. that is the highest grade
d moonshine we have ever captured, >
IS said Charles Summerfield, deputy
~ sheriff. The men were brought
;e from Deary to Moscow by team anC
g lodged in the county Jail. "Thes,
S. men had walked 80 miles, part Of
u the way through snow three fee
N deep. from the time we first me
in them in the woods and they escaped
until they boarded the train a
rs Clarkia at o'clock the next even
~ ing," said Deputy Sheriff Summer
= field, land they were completel.
h. tired out. We followed them OF
Y, foot, IN a sled, and by train and We
~ too, were pretty tired after the al
night and all day chase.
n The men were taken before Judg
e. Steele, of the district court Monda
morning and entered pleas of guilt
,lI to the charge of having liquor i
V, their possession. Swecker was fine
$50 and sentenced to 60 days in Jal
- and Olson was fined 500 and ser
at fenced to 60 days IN the county jan
&C. They begin serving their sentenc
y: at once. 1t is understood they viii
VI pay the fines at the expiration o
he the jail sentence.
IS. This is a good time to pay tina