Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-24
SEVEN ARRESTED IN
LIQUOR OFFENSIVE

What appears to have been a gen
eral offensive movement against pri-
waite stocks of whisky was made Sat-
urday afternoon whom under direc-
tions of Solicitor General John A.
Boykin, forty special deputies and
a dozen regular officers made thir-
ty raids on residences and small
stores. The wholesale search result
ed in seven arrests aud the capture
of nine and one-haIf gallons of
whisky.
At o'clock Saturday afternoon
Solicitor Boykin delivered SO search
warrents to Sheriff James I. Lowry,
who detailed the large squad of men
to the work, and ordered raids on
80 houses.
Solicitor Boykin's instructions
were to make a thorough search of
every place visited. and to arrest the
occupants of houses where whisky
was found.
In a number of places, the Off
GERS reported, cans, bottles. and 9TH
er containers were discovered but
the whisky had been moved when
the officers came in.
The effort to smash the whisky
traffic seems to have been directed
at the consumers rather than the
vendors of the forbidden beverag e.
The arrests made IN the raids
were as follows:
Luther Hurst, white, 222 Haynes
street special agent of the Geor-
gia Railway and Power company,
according to the officers, was ar
rested and charged with the owner
ship of one qua1: of corn whisky,
found in bis house. He was releas-
ed after making $500 bond.
Simon Echols, colored, 40 Rock
street. was, charged with having
one pint of corn whisky hidden in
his piano. He made $500 bond.
Nettie Dollar, white, of 597 Mari
eta street was alleged by the Of
ficers to have been caught with two
pints of corn whisky. She was
Jailed in default of $500 bond
West Mitchell street, was charged
with having IL gallons of rye
whisky. According TO the officers
| Williams is alreday out on proba-
ton, under suspended sentence of
u months in the chaingang. This
new charge will send him to the
gang automatically, say the Off
GERS. His bond on the new charge
was fixed ia $4,000
Pearl Jones, white, of West
Mitchell street, was charged with
the possession of J. IL gallons of
corn whisky. She was held in de-
fault of $1,000 bond.
J. B. Hicks, white, of 773 East
Fair street, was alleged by the of
Ificers to have been drunk 1t was
also charged that he had one pint
of corn whisky in his pocket. He
was released on 500 bond.
j. B. Langley, white, of Hayden
10 roll
whisky on the hearth when the Of
f1cers entered, according to their
report A pint of whisky later was
found. however, they stated. and
Langley was held when he failed to
make $1,000 bond.
Eugenia Levitt, coloredg of 9S
Central avenue, is being searched
for. by the officers. One pint of
whisky was discovered in her wood
shed. although she was not at home
at the time of the raid.
Acting on a tip the officers raid
| ed an empty house at an unknown
address on Houston street, confis-
eating three gallons of whisky in
bottles, cans and jugs, but making
no arrests.
Late Saturday sevening, Charles B.
Farmer, of 668 Woodward avenue,
was arrested and held in default of
SIG bond, charged with being drunk
and disorderly, his arrest coming
as an aftermath to the raids by
the deputy sheriffs.
| Farmer was arrested on charges
preferred by Ralph Thomson, of
645 East Fair street. He said Farm
er had found him in a barber shop
and had told. him that the deputies
had raided his, Farmers, home.
Thomson alleged that Farmer ac-
cused him of tipping the authori-
ties off concerning his whisky hold
ings, and that Farmer had attacked
him and injured him with a pair
of brass knucks.
The deputies stated that they
had raided Farmers place earlier
in the evening, but had found no
whisky.