Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-12-06
POLICE MAKE REAL
HAUL OF BOOTlECCERS
Quintet of Winchester Negroes
Caught Here With Is Gallons
of Moonshine

HC OiSScol Cdplult Ol HiOOh-
shine whisky and bootlcggers re-
corded i'll police circles here in 4
long time, was made about :
o'clock Monday night BY Officers
Wade Golden. Jacl. Hardin. Jas.
Turner and Chief Dcvore. when
they nabbed FIVE negroes from
Winchester in n Ford car with
about 25 gallons OF liquor.
The car came speeding down
Fast Main street At 8 o'clock.
The first named three officers
were near the corner OF B and
East Main street and saw the car
coming with only one light burn
ing. They stopped the machine
and when they did SO noticed =
glass jar OF what seemed TO be
whisky sitting on the front seat
between the diver. a young col
ored man. and colored woman.
Further examination showed thai
the car was practically loaded &"
lugs. jars in sacks and bottlcc.
] hc officers found three pistols.
two autOnaticS and revolver. on
the back seat They took charge
OF the party Immediately am
locked them up. The four u1c;,
gave their Names as William NJ
Donald. Tim Romes. lanes Sl;ii'
ncr and Walter Perkins. The
woman was registered rs Ada
Wilson.
In police court Tuesday ate
ucun Judge g. Murray Sulit!:
held al I'VE 10 await :"tiun ~
thv grand jury under $50 BOND
each. At the same tirrc. tc>sc
Owens. who said he was a part
nrr with Ds." IIaggard. coi"rcd
undertaken. # Winchester. III :;
garage. was fined $40 aud @ivcn
10 hours in Jail Tor contempt nf
court. When tile woman: was or
tin. stand tcstifying. Chief o.:
Pulicy Claudc Dcvore called at
;cntiJn II Judge Smith - Ov-
,n~. who was sitting in the au-
6itn"c. and re chirf said was
shaking his head ut the woman
= she made her answers TO the
questions put 10 her by prosecu
t-r !. L. Chcnault. Hers wa'
the only case tried ont hy -\;tcr-
ucv X {. oldham representing
the defendants. The woman
claimed tha. she hal merely
been picked up by the men ard
nskcd TO TAX: = ride with them.
and that She did No; know they
were going after whisky nor was
any OF it her. She said ;iI2t she
at i'm the ca- while tile men got
out and brought the whisky in.
The arresting officers testified
that Monday night when they
were taken in charge The men all
denied ownership of the liquor
Officer Turner testified that the
voting driver of the car told him
that both the car and the whisky
belonged to Dave Haggard. The
license number ON the rear OF
tilc car was $500.
Owens. who was put Un the
stand. said that when he heard
Perkins had taken the car to
Richmond. hc came hc:c Tues
day morning looking Tor him md
found him III jail. Iie said that
Ec was a partner with iiaggard
IN this and several other cars.
He said he rented the car 10 the
boy driving it for percentage OF
the profits and did not know
where he went or what he did
with the car. He claimed tnat the
ierryman at the river crossing
II Boonesboro knew his car well.
Owens denied he had shaken his
head at the Wilson woman. and
when he was being taken away
10 Jail on the contempt charge,
wanted his attorney TO take his
case to the Court of Appeals.
The Perkins boy and the wo-
man both said they did not know
where the crowd went TO get thr