Milford chronicle., 1922-03-10
TWO ARRESTS MADE,
THREE STILLS FOUND
DRY AGENTS TAKE TWENTY GALLONS
OF LIQUOR FROM RY0 D. PUSEY
In WILMINGTON.
QUICK RUN. NEAR MILFORD
WILLIAM B. TOWNSEND ARRESTED AND
LARGE QUANTITY OF LIQUOR Dis
COVERED AND SEIZED.

In a raid which extended from Will
mingtOn to Milford, five Federal pro-
hibitiOn enforcement agents last Fri
day night captured two alleged boot
leggers, and seized a quantity of mash
and liquor and three stills.
The men caught in the crusade
against moonshiners and boOtleggers
are Roy d. Pusey and William B.
Townsend. In the arrest of Pusey the
prohibition officers believe they have
made an important capture.
Liquor Taken to Customs House
Pusey was taken in Spring Alley,
between Second and Third streets and
between French and Walnut streets,
Wilmington, as he was making deliV-
cry in an automobile of liquor he had
sold. In his car the officers found 20
gallons of alleged whisky. He was
taken to the police station. The seized
liquor was taken to the Customs
House, at Sixth and King streets. He
informed the officials he had obtained
the alleged whisky from William B.
Townsend, at a place about two and
One-half miles outside of Milford on
the road leading to Harrington.
In two automobiles, they made a
4uACA run " AOMAoCAAu P4GtCCs AC4C
they found their man and placed him
under arrest. They also discovered IL
barrels of mash, equal the prohibition
agents claim, to about 600 gallons.
They also found three stills going
full blast and three gallons of finish
ed liquor.
Three Stills Stored Also
Townsend was taken to Whining
ton and lodged in the police station
about o'clock Saturday morning. The |
three stills also were carried to the |
city and taken to the Customs House.
The Federal agents participating in
the raid were Frank Pierce, Michael |
Cohen, Stephen BOdiski, Thomas |
Jones and Robert Wood. In the cap
ture of Pusey they believe they have
the leader of the illicit manufacture
and traffic, which it is alleged the two
men have been carrying on. Neither
of the men arrested made any Tesis-
tance.
1t appears, the prohibition agents
said, that Pusey is the principal in
the alleged illicit manufacture and |
traffic. Townsend told the agents he |
had been working for Pusey only
couple of weeks. The officers said
they had been tracking Pusey for
three months.
Pusey recently moved to Whining
ton from Milford. 1t is said that the
Federal authorities have been in the
vicinity of Milford gathering impor-
tant evidence, and that other arrests
of alleged bOOtleggers may be made in
the near future.
Waving preliminary hearings be-
M ElodoTso1 sell | ,
D. Pusey and William C. Townsend, /
of Milford, pleaded guilty to charges
of violating the Federal prohibition ,
laws and were sentenced by Judge !
Hugh M. Morris in the United States ,
District Court on Monday. :
Pusey was sentenced to four months +
Imprisonment in the New Castle coun-
ty workhouse, and fined ST.; Town :
send, said to be Pusey's "dupe" was
fined S1O0.
Enter Plea of Guilty
]. Hall Anderson, of Dover, acted
as attorney for Pusey. The case of
Pusey was considered first, and the n
defendant pleaded guilty to the three a
counts entered by District Attorney 3
James H. Hughes against him. The "
three counts were as follows: The /
of intoxicating liquor in
the home of William c. Townsend;
the transportation of Intoxicating liq-
uor in a Ford sedan, and the sale of 3
liquor. The Imprisonment z
sentence was imposed on the first and o.
third counts, and the fine on the sec O.
Ond count. This was done because the n
law provides only fine for transpor- e'
tation of liquor, and as Mr.. Anderson, Il
Pusey's attorney, pleaded poor finan- N
cial condition for his client, who has a P
wife and two small children, the fine al
was made as small as possible.
Townsend had no counsel, but Mr. +
Anderson and Mr.. Hughes spoke in
his behalf. He pleaded guilty to the
Two counts entered against him, COW
aring the manufacture of Intoxicating a,
liquor and the possession of property W
for the manufacture of liq- " ",
lor Pusey admitted having induced VI
Townsend to enter the project, and W
said he was paid merely cellar rent Ut U
and a small wage for caring for the a.
stills in Pusey's absence. " "
Friends Pay Fine bc Se
The fine was paid by friends of
Townsend, and he was discharged. or
ousey was turned over to the custody II,
# the United States Marshal and tn
confined to the workhouse. By order an
# Judge Morris, the liquor confiscated su
vhen Pusey's machine was taken Fri M
lay night was emptied into a sewer TJl
nd the containers destroyed. ri
Some question arose over the dis
,osal of the Ford sedan, which was
hown to be the property of Mrs.
'usey, and the decision regarding its
Orfeiture was reserved until further de
can be presented proving of
hat she was a party to the scheme. tn