The Monroe journal., 1922-12-22
PROHIBITION AGENT
A SHERLOCK HOLMES
SAPPHIRE of Georgia, Wanted "A Little
Brandy TO Send to His Wife
Six Men Arrested

A real Sherlock Holmes story, with
secret service agent H. +. SAPPHIRE
of Georgia as the Sherlock Holmes,
yesterday morning ended the drive
which Deputy Marshal NJ. c. Coin,
aided by local officers, had conducted
against violaters of the Federal pro-
hibition laws in the county the past
few days. The end of the drive finds
six white men bound over to the
April term of Federal court in Char
lotte, three negroes awaiting a pre-
liminary hearing, and warrant
charging manufacture. Illegal posses
sion. and keeping on the premises out
for fourth.
Prohibition officers and othen Fed
eral authorities had received numer-
Gus reports that bootleggers were op-
Grating conspicuously in the section
of North Monroe just across the rail-
road. Raids bringing no results,
Sherlock SAPPHIRE" of the secret SER
vice was detailed to the case.
SAPPHIRE pulled the old fiction stunt
ot getting in" with the men he sus-
pected. He made himself known as
dkCHA AOi u IltM COHlDIIlN
that gave AL pencils and souvenir
pocketbooks to its policy holders. Be-
fore he had sold policy, however, he
happened to remember that his wife
back in Georgia was without brandy
with which to bake the Christmas
cake.
Nv Wonder if fellow couldn't get a
little peach brandy for cake some
where around here?" SAPPHIRE wanted
to know of one of his prospects.
"How much do you want?" was
the reply.
about gallon" came back the
disguised insurance agent, and then
he added that he wanted little lef.
over after the cake was baked.
The gallon Of peach brandy was
not Forthcoming, but in few mo-
ments quart of blockade moonshine
of the mule-kick strength was in
the possession of Mr.. Shapiro, for
which he paid the sum of S6.
A little later and Sherlock" had
sought out United States Commits
sioner NJ. L. Flow and secured war
rant for J. j. (Jake) Simpson and
J. A. Broom, both of North Monroe,
charging transporting and selling
whiskey. United States Marshall Coin
served the warrants and at subse-
quent hearing before Commissioner
Flow, Simpson and Broom were bound
over to Federal court. Bond was fix
ed at $500, but as Simpson was un-
able to secure the necessary sigma
lures, he was remanded to jail. Broom
had no trouble in securing bond.
Hub Derrick was bound over un-
der $500 bond on a charge of lille
gal possession. His arrest was upon
the finding Of a true bill by the
grand jury. Arrested last summer on
this charge, he was discharged with
out hearing when the prohibition
officer who had made the arrest fail
ed to appear as a witness.
Carl Reece and Thurman Craw-
ford, negroes of Buford township,
were arrested for illegal possession
and Transporting of whiskey, but the
preliminary hearing was continued
until January % when a doctors GER
tificate was presented showing that
two of the negroes are i'll with pneu-
monia. Carl is also out under 5000
bond for violating the State law in
carrying concealed weapons; to wit,
pistol and razor.
Walter McCorkle, Bud Poer, col.
and Fleet Simpson were given prelim-
mary hearings before Commissioner
Flow on a charge of possessing and
transporting and bound over to the
next term of Federal court in Char
lotte under bond of $500.
The only instance in which the of
ficers failed to get their man in the
recent drives came Tuesday afternoon
when Depu y Marshal Coin, Sheriff
Fowler and Deputy Sheriff Griffith
captured a 40 gallon still, five quarts
of liquor and 30 gallons of beer on
the premises of Adam Huntley, col
ored, OF Lanes Creek township. Off
GERS were informed that Huntley had
gene to his brothers funeral when
thpv arrival