Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-24
V|RC|N|A's CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAYS WILL Be: DRY
Prohibition Agents Succeed in
Virtually Cutting Off
Liquor Supply.
FORCES STILL Ans At WORK
itnm -Itnnncrs Captured In Desperate
thasrS After Pistol md RIFLE Dur1S
Federal building Here Ncritnbic
Warehouse or t"nfscntcd booze.

NrGinias Christmas holidays this
year will he dry Prolshi,ion en-
forccmcnt agents. although still hard
At work virtually have succeeded in
cutting of tho states liquor supply.
Daring runl-runncrs whose activity
lately was unparalleled in the history
OF the war on booze. have been cap
'urod in desperate chascs after futile
pistol and rifle ducls with Federal.
state and police agents. others. UNI
caught. are rumbcd with awe at the
appalling SwiftncSs and dircctness
with which the hand Of the law has
snatchcd away the very heart and
nucleus Of tn" rum-r running indus
Try. together with the basic source
moonshiners.
y dozen stills have been success
fully raidcd and destroyed within the
past ten days. Ton men arrested in
connection with the raids face con.
Iiction. Others are fugitivcs-huntrd
by dry law agents. Thousands OF
gallons of liquor and mash. thousands
of pounds OF meal. and still more
thousands OF pounds of sugar, have
been seized and destroyed in the re-
i"ntless. never ending activity of the
prohibition agents.
Storchousc of Booze.
ON the third floor &c the pcst-oiIicc
building massive oak door. shcathcd
with sheet steel barred with uumcr-
ohs ana Special locks and guarded
daily and at night. marks the ware
house wherein are safely stored
thousands II quarts Of good ana bnh
liquors. And this stronghold is i'm,
a minor symbol OF Federal Prohihi.
tinh Director Fuiwilcr'S success i'm
ms determination 10 make Il finish
night of the war on booze it's makers
and its pcGdlcrS
Thus the holiday activities of tho
rum runners aud manufacturers in
Richmond ANA Virginia has hec,,
hrouShi virtually to a complete haIt
ny a limited number Or State ana
Federal prohibition agents aided by
police lighting u trained orr:,niz.I
army OF iaw violatorS
Gone viii be the auihori,,ti,.o or,
noe. the custom of Christmas hnfi.
Gays OF the past. Gone the vari,ns
stimulating connections, the cheer
lmpa",inG liquids with which eucb
christmas WAS celebrated tho. country
or. The essential element win a..
'acNihs, Director Fulwiler and S,ot,
Commissioner Smith say. as they
uiHIN destroy stills, liquor and The
"SFcd!cnis OF it's Manufacture.
htse stirring events trauspirc In
me vicinity Of Richmond and chiefly
IN me adjoining Counties of Iicurico.
ro"Gh!hnd' Prince George, Dinwiddic
'h"stcriicld. Sussex and others. ac.
corning To reports OF the chiefs OF
INC FORCES of drN-law agents
SEIZE states HiErc>t sim.
me biggest booze mill in Virginia
ever discovered. with a capacity or
"oo gallons, was seized in tioochlanJ
courthouse Thursday. State ana
y e"erai agents destroyed 1900 gal
IONS OF mash, 1000 pounds OF meal
and lOou pounds OF sugar. tn.
I'M operated by a steam engine. was
ncihs completed when seized. Every
ming combustible was reduced IN
ashes In Charles City County two
SUITS were confiScatcd by Inspector
"'' Ihreo men We're arrested
near FIN liili. Goochland County.
,W'ntE-iour 50o-gallon galvanized
Ne't'eS ana ll.ooN gallons of mash
We're seized and destroyed
The copper kettle stolen from tho
at Prince George shorty
inc alleged killing OF William Stat
ford by Policeman Anthony was re-.
covered in raid on still NSi~ piS.
pnianta. Two arrests w.trc>" made
ono OF the prisoners was a boz of
~. married but week ago. The
sun was SAID 10 be one Of the most
completely equipped ever captured
IL was operated by iX-horsc
power engine The exhaust could be
heard 100 yards away on the main
hiEhway from Dispu;anta 10 Peters
h"rE' Its productive capacity was
"sGlhFei 10 be approximately forty
gallons an hour,
Thus have :hc State and Federal
forces thrown their entire power
against vioiators. daily making adj
Hauced strides toward the achieve-
ment anticipated tonirht-dry Viz
sinia, Christmas. 1921.