Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-09-18
RUM RUNNERS CAR
WRECKED IN MADISON
But Driver Crawls From Empty
Machine and Makes Getaway
In Car Following 1t

timated at something like severa
hundred quarts, has been an OBJ
ject of interest to hundreds a
the Woods & White garage OF
Second street since early Sunday
! The big 7-paSsenger Studebak-
er Automobile has galvanized iror
compartments behind each seat
with the cushions cleverly cam
oufaged. Under the floor anoth-
er long compartment has beer
built to carry a Big quantity u
contraband goods and there is a
false bottom to each seat under
which more may be carried.
Running at top speed in the
darkness, the car was turned over
on its side early Sundy morning,
about seven miles from Rich
mond where the Boonesboro pike
turns off the Lexington road. In
making the sharp turn to the
Boonesboro pike the driver lost
control and the car went over.
The accideat happened almost in
front of the home of May Meeks,
well known farmer, who heard
the crash and fastened to the
scene to see if he could lend as
sistance. About the time lie pol
to the wreck, the driver crawled
from under the car apparently
unhurt. Then another Big ma
chine, going Ike the wind, came
up gong the same way. Slacken-
ing its speed only a trihe, it pick
ed mp the driver of the wrecked
car and with loud warning to
Mr.. Meeks to get out of the way
It shot forward toward Boones-
boro at full speed.
Realizing there was something
mighty funny about the whole
affa r, Mr.. Meeks called Sheriff
Elmer Deatherage over the teie-
phone. That official went out
and quickly took in the situation.
The overturned car was towed to
town and taken to the garage.
where 1t was found that it was
cnl yslightly injured, and could
run under It's own power. An cx-
2m nation disclosed the character
OF the work for which the ma
chine had e ther been made orig
lnally or converted to. The car
IS being held at the garage await
ing claimant. There was not a
drop of liquor in the machine.
but ample evidence of the pur-
pose for which it has been used.
In the galvanized iron compart-
ments there were scraps of car
tons used to wrap around quart
bottles; there were gunny sacks,
a handy accessory OF the fest We
bootlegger and rum runner.
The car bore an Ohio license
No. 705,4 1876 in the rear but had
no license tag on front. In the
car were two Georgia license
plates. Sheriff Deatherage took
the serial number of the machine
and IS going to make an effort to
ascertain the owners not that he
has any power to handle them
under the laws, probably, but for
information of authorities else
Where perhaps.
Much speculation is being in
dulged in as to the purpose of
the car in this section. OF course
no one suspects that any delivery
OF whisky such as a machine Ike
tbs would carry, was being made
IN Madison county. 1t seems to
be the general supposition that
this car and its companion, which
escaped, were used by rum run
ners up in Ohio or other northern
states to transport huge ocns gn-
meats of whisky to southern
c. ties, probably in Georgia. The
delivery safely made the two cars
and their owners were proceed
ing northward to their homes.
They are supposed to have been
for the most direct
route to Cincinnati and this way
got into Madison county. They
probably went out the Tate's
Creek pike, turned up Goggin's
land, as the Lexington pike is
closed for construction work
close to town; then struck the
Lexington road and were turning
off the Boonesboro pike to cross
the ferry at Beonesboro when
the accident happened to the lead
machine at the sharp curve
where one turns off the main
Lexington thoroughfare to go to
Boonesboro. The speed with
which the cars were running
seems to indicate that the cars
we're running empty. The quick