Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-27


arsdall station, and went to the
distillery and slept until II
O'Clock when he went on duty.
lie told how he was captured by
the armed men just as he passed
the switch near the distillery and
how he was taken i'll and trussed
up as Schoolcraft had described.
He said the negro threw the whet
stone at him when he noticed
Cummings watching him closely
as if to identify him: He said
". [. Foster and then Trent and
the others dropped i'll and were
tied up. He said he didn't re-
cognize any OF the defendants in
court as having been in the party
because the latter had been mask
ed, He did think that Joseph
Brashear resembled the man wine
had stood guard over the party.
with a couple of guns, but
couldn't say positively that he
was the man. He thought he bad
his carriage and general bearing.
He said when the touring car
came tip the guard went out the
door and remarked The first
man who comes out the door
dies.
". |. Foster, who was one of
the distillery guard force, said he
came on duty, and three men on
The porch stuck guns i'll his face
aid he put his hands UP quick.
He told about the same story a.
the other guards. He said when
the robbers marched their cap
tiyes to the old stone warehouse,
they cut their feet loose and one
remarked "The first man who
tries to run will be dead man"
lie said there were II in the cap
i've party and there seemed to be
Z or IS of the robbers. He tor
thought the man who first guard
ed them was about the build Of
i-Ouls Brashear, but couldn't iden
tify him as the man because OF
The mask the robber wore. He
heard one of the robbers ask
{ lell Coleman if he was going to-
4 Shrine affair in Louisville. The
robber said the witness, testified
tHat he knew Coleman and Cole
nan knew him and that he'd meet
him at the Shrine convention. or
7cmething like that.
Attorney Higgins in his cross
Examination demanded to know
who Foster worked for. He said
the distillery owners. Higgins
'sked if he didn't know that tn
distillery SIS owned by Blondv
Wallace, Begley and the Bitzers
the chief bootleggers of Louis
vile" Higgins also wanted to
know if Foster didn't know that
ahey had been mixed up iii tacs
Iaylorsvilie whisky matter. He
asked Foster if he hadn't been
to guard that liquor
Foster said he had but at the time
Of the robbery I!1ere he was laid
Up with his toj1sils.
II. S. Milton, who was former
y SUPER il1tendei1t of the distillerv
and lives nearby, said he was Civ
Ell 4 message over the phone that
there was so=sig to be a raid on
he distillery. He rang up De-
putty Sheriff T. C. Coleman. who
old him to, get some men and
meet him at the store. Milton.
said he called five or six men anc.
went to the store but they
weren't there; they had gone on
to the distillery. So he went
there. A short distance awav
he said. he stood and listened for
Is or 20 minutes. Nothing seemed
amiss. The lights were burning.
There was no unusual noise. He
thought he must have been fooled
about it. So he went on to the
office.
The first thing I knew" the
witness said. Il saw two very
arge pistols pointing right at
ne. I held mp my hands mighty
luick.' Mr.. Milton then told of /
he. tying UP Of the captives bv