Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-02-21

HlSlpll, AONlllSlOn, NOclllOht dll'
Richmond, are here today APP
parcntly to investigate the re-
moval OF 5Sz cases of liquor
from the free" warehouse of X,
Cummins distillcry at Lorctto
last week.
According to the Times scnsa-
tional developments in the case
arc expected.
Rowan Sauncy, OF Stanford
and Hugh Samuels, OF Richmond,
two OF the best known men on
the prohibition enforcement force
in Kentucky, arc in charge of the
investigation of the big whisky
robbery at LOrctto, Marion Coun-
ty. which was told OF in the Daily
Register the other day. Sauflcy is
the man who uncovered the de
tails OF the plot by which II bar
rcls OF whisky were stolen from
the ID. l.. Moore distillcry in Mer-
Ger county. He is chief prohibi-
tion officer OF the western Ken
tucky division now. He and Sam
uels are working hard on this lat
est robbery. They visited the
scene OF the Lorctto whisky THEFT
and found that the Tree ware
house. to which 3S7 cases OF whis-
Ky had been transferred from the
bonded warehouse Of X. Cummins
& Company. iOr "mcdicinal pur-
poscs.' was empty.
1t ha, been established beyond
reasonable doubt that the "Chas
l.. Lynn" who carried the keys to
the free house" and kept the
mysterious truck like Il hcarsc. -"
is no other than Robert J. tBob)
Laurence, wantcr at Columbus,
O., for Wholesale auto thcfts and
for whom Il reward of $500 has
been offered by Ohio authorities.
That LYNN" is none other than
the ".aWrcnCc, wanted at Col
umhlo. O.. is disclosed by the fact
that 4 pair if kid gloves lett be
hind by his wife carried the name
Edna Lawrence. on the inside.
The gloves came into possession
Of Mrs. Len Thompson OH Thurs
day. February 10. the day Of the
Lynn's disappearance from the
scene oi his operations ior the six
weeks preceding. That afternoon.
after I.ynn's Cadillac became
mircd in the Thompson yard,
Lynn and his wife came i'll the
Ford sedan to Lebanon. where, il
has been learned, they secured
two livc-9allon cans OF gasoline
and returned to IOrctto. On this
trip they were accompanied by
Mrs. Thompson, and by mistake
the gloves were PLACED in her
purse. When Lynn was confront
cd by L. 5. Commissioner {. G..
Boldrick, Of Lebanon, and Store
kcepcr-guagcr Brown on his re
turn and the demand was made
that nc opcn the warehouse, he
left ON the protest OF obtaining
the keys to the free" house, and
when nc and Mrs Lynn di,ap-
pcarcd. the gloves with the tell
tale signature were left i'll Mrs.
ThompsOn'e POSSESSION.
Lynn came to Lurctto six
weeks ago. lie and his wife OBJ
tanned board at Mr.. Thompson 5
and made their home in the cot
tagc back Of the distillcry's big
bonded warehouse. Lynn pre-
scntcd his permit to obtain and
bottle whisky for medicinal pur-
poses to Storckccper Brown. 1t
was his declared intention to bot
tie the whisky for "a druggist in
indianapolis" Lynn obtained IS
barrels OF whisky from the bond
cd warehouse of K. Cumnins and
Company, and removed 1t to the
"bottling house. large room
lust to the rear Of the supcrin-
tendent's Office, and adjoining the
free house. The government
tax OF $500 gallon for medicinal
use" was paid to Deputy Collec-
tor X. {. Clarkson, at Lebanon.
Six men and an equal number of
women were employed for three
days and half in bottling the
. whisky, Lynn having paid for
their services at the rate of 81
a day. After the whisky had
been bottled and labeled, "Old
Pap" whisky, bottled for medi-
cinal purposes the force OF
workers was discharged and only
a negro employe was kept by
Lynn. The negro slept for time
in the free" house, it is under