Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-12-20
VIII Face Charge There of Rob
bing Tyrone Distillery and Be
Tried Here Wednesday In
Pete Wells Case

Armed t. the teeth and with a
machine gun in their car. dele
cation OF Federal officers headed
by l.. :. Commissioner Charles
Wizard. of Frankfort. and Prohl-
bitiOn Officer Felix G.. Fields.
came over Tuesday morning and
took Lawrence Piercy back to
Lexington to face examining trial
before Wizard there at 2 o'clock
tuesday afternoon for alleged
completely in the robbery OF thc
Hipy distillcry At Tyrone. when
some $50 cases and II barrels OF
whisky were stolen few weeks
ago.
Iicrcy nas been in Jail here
since Saturday night awaiting cN-
amining trial OH the charge OF
abducting and attempting To kill
Pete NJ. Wells. OF College Hill.
When news was scattered
about to., - early Tuesday that
officers had come for Piercy. Il
great crowd gathered in the court
house yard. The crowd was very
ORDERLY and assembled solely thru
curiosity tC see 4 man. who oit-
GERS pronounce to be one OF the
most dangerous they have ever
had To deal with. The ic
men sair hat a rumor had been
been current IN Lexington Mon
day that an effort might be made
to lynch l'iercy here but they
found no indications OF such dis
position ON the part of the law
abiding people OF Madison cOun-
y.
Another wild report came to-
them that friends of Picrcy
might make an effort TO liberatc
him. II j. charged that he wa
.hcad oi gang OF Is men who
robbed the diStillery at Tyrone,
ami the officers heard a rumor
that this gang might attempt to
lake their leader from them and
give him a chance to make get
away. So the officers came well
prepared. and that machine gun
in the back of their car looked
mighty formidable.
The federal sleuths talked to
Mickey k-.th for some time ON
the second floor OF the Jail be-
iurc going Down to the first tiOOr
To get Picfcy. They had hoped
that Keith. who confessed about
The Wells crime. might be able
To- tell them something about the
li,tillcrv robbery and other
crimes % which they suspect
Ticicv. i;cwcvcr. Keith said
that he know nothing of anything
else that might concern Picrcy
except the Nclls affair.
Percy was asleep in his bunk
when Taller Nm. Burgess went
O, awaken him to go with the
officers from Lexington. He said
lie had ruad most OF the nigh
llc drcssCd hastily and washe.
his face. Officer Fields took
pair oi handouts into the inne;
cage and snapped them on him
lie was then led out through tn
iail and crowd to the big Ga
awaiting tie party. Piercy wor,
uo overCCat. He had ON a ligh
grey cap. and walking between
the two government men. wa.
the center OF all eyes. He flush
cd up considerably as he saw the
big crowG gazing at him.
Picrcy i about six feet tall
and rather slender; in his BNDs
in the ia.:, he shows himself to
be = powerfully built man. how
ever. Ire Lexington officers
said that hc Is very strong and
quick and proved it once by stay
ing with .5trangler Lewis. the
wrestling champion, for six min
utes.
Commis s:Cner Wizard said thai
he will return Piercy to jail her,
Immediately after his examining
trial Is over at Lexington. Mr.
Nard say, he has a couple o
dozen witnesses that he believe.
may be a'sc to identify Piercy a:
the principal in several othe
crimes.
Both Percy and Keith hav,
their examining trials OH tn,
charge before County Judg'
Price at o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon. Percy has engaged At
tnrney Harry Miller. of Lexing
ton. to Look after his case. whil
Attorney i. X. Burnam. OF thi