The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-24
TALKS WITH HACKER

all the tribute possible and still up
hold tho dignity Of the law. 1t was
reduced to junk with the Aid of
hammer and an axe.
STILLS LIKE MUSHROOMS.
Isle Of Wight county ID one OF the
"Blue Bloodp counties Of Virginis. II
10 . church county. When the state
was wet, Isle, OF Wight was looked
upon as . "goody -goody" county. Now
II holds the record for Illicit manu-.
facture Of whiskey. Hundreds of
stills have been located in the county
many of them in the homes OF re-
spectacle citizens.
because whisksy.is still plentiful In
the county.
stills pre- like mushrooms" said
Mr.. Wagner. 'as fast A. you pull ont.
two others bloom In its place"
In Princess Anne county, another
law-abiding section Of Virgins, stills
are numerous. In fact they are so
plentiful that = sort Of vigilance COM
mittee has been formed among the
citizens for the purpose OF locating
moonshine outfits and arresting the
operators. Many stills have been
found and many operators arrested
soil IN Princess Anne IL fertile and
stills grow fast am thick.
TWO HUNDRED IN FIGHT.
Just q few days ago while men,
bers OF the Princess Anne Law and
Order League were taking part in
raiding a plant near Lynnhaven, r. r.
Reeder, a county Magistrate, was mis-
taken for one OF the bootlesgers and
shot in the leg by one of the raiding
party.
L. II. Davis, accused of being In
| terested In tho operation Of the still,
also was shot. Both men are now In
a local hospital George Irving. also
accused Of having an interest In the
Lynnhaven still. was arrested by the
faiding party and will face trial In
Princess Anne at an early date.
There was = fres-for-all fight near
the svll before the raiding party sue
ceeded In making any arrests. A
number Of shots were flree by tn
raiders and those found At the stiIi.
Reeder got away from his party and
was fired on by one OF his own mon.
He threw his hands up in tims TO savs
his life, but he had already been sh Ut
In the leg.
LIQUOR 10 CHEAP.
whiskey 10 plentiful and cheap in
Virginia and North Carolina 1t can
be bought as low AS 81 a quart. A sad
feature of the Illicit business Is the
number Of boys VINO are making and
selling whiskey, and drinking 1t.
From North Carolina comes word
that there 10 an alarming amount Of
drunkenness among boys between tho
ages OF sixteen ana twenty. A num-
Der OF these are waiting trial In Caro-
lima courts on indictments for maxi
ing ana selling whiskey.
A mail negro boy who gave his
name as George Wilson and his age
as eleven years. was arrested several
days ago. He was driving a county
cart. Nine half-gallon Jugs of whis-
key were found In tho wagon. The
boy has so far refused to say who
owned tho whiskey.
"Ah will 60 to Jail II ali has to-"
he said, but II ali toll who owns dat
boose ali won't 1.-Two long"
Airpianss are being used TO locate
stills In the Carolina and Virginia
hills. Photographs are made from tho
air.
STILLS IN ODD PLACES.
An kinds Of hiding places arc being
used by whiskey makers to secrets
their plants. A few days ago a forty
gallon stili was found on the bottom
Of Pasauotank river at Elizabeth City.
The police decided the still was used
on tho bank Of the river, and after
the booie was made the plant was
sunk. II was only In about ten feet
Of water and could be moved without
great difficulty.