Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-06-09
TWO STILLS FOUND
NEAR RIVER BANK
Sheriff and Other Officers Make
Successful Raids, Get Plants
and Three Men

old Madison, notwithstanding
the vigorous efforts of Sheriff
Liner Deatherage and federal
agents to break up the unlawful
vocation.
Officers say it is exceptionally
hard to locate stills at this time
CT the year. Dense foliage. Of
fers remarkable concealment for
the Illicit still and minionS OF the
law, both state and federal, are
hard put, oftentimes, to locate
S1.lls even when they have rea-
sonable grounds to believe that
such are in existence in certain
localities.
Madison's vigilant sheriff and
three federal agents bagged
some game down on the Ken
tucky river Thursday, however.
Ihey went to the mouth Of Sill
.er Creek, in the Poosey Ridge
section, and found a still. Three
1uen were arrested. Calvin Ward,
who was found at the still, has
1H&de what might be termed
practically a confession, Sheriff
Deatherage says. Willie Hughes
who was with him at the time.
was also taken into custody, as
was another man, OF whose guilt
the officers have considerable
doubt. There were some $50
gallons of mash ready for a run,
which the officers poured out.
No moonshine whisky was found.
Sheriff Robinson, of GarrardI
county, TO whom Sheriff Death
erage has given many a tip as toI
the location Of still in his terri
tory, tipped off" this still to the
Madison officer and met him be-
fore the raid and accompanied
him, together with his deputies,
Hicks and Carter. Revenue raid
els, X. Z. Duff, his son, Carroll, !
and Beckner and Stewart accom-
Ianied the two sheriffS.
Later in the evening Sheriff |
Deatherage and the federal
agents made raid along the
river above Valley View. Sheriff |
Deatherage discovered the still,
himself, after the officers had
separated to thoroughly comb
the vicinity for the still Whicn
they felt certain was there. The
still was still warm, Mr.. Death
erage said, showing that it had
lcen used for a run but the day
before. Nine barrels of usSd
r1ash were poured out. This
Sill was located within 40 feer
Of the river, il what might be
termed an ideal sight, back in a
deep cove.
Sheriff Deatherage went up a !
hollow by himself. Before leav-
ing his companions. he arranged /
with them that whoever found /
thc still they felt certain was
near, would fire two shots from
hrs revolver. When the sheriff |
discovered it, he fired two shots.
HIS companions were evidently
some distance away for they did
ret come Immediately. so to save
time, he reloaded his revolver
and punctured the mash barrels
With a fussilade Of revolver bull
lets. i
= The other officers had heard
his first two shots as the signal
the still was found, and started
to him. Then hearing the bang
tang-bang-bang as Deatheragei
riddled the still and the mash
barrels, they concluded that he
was engaged in a battle with the
SINNERS. They didn't want to
mss the fun and dldn want the
popular sheriff to have to do all
tie fighting, so they ran all the
way to him, and were a hot and
rc1 spring bunch when they I'm
ally reached him and found out
,ust what he was doing. Just
what they thought of the joke
that he had played on them, IN
nocently. wasn't detailed in the
report of the proceedings.
NO men were captured at this
still, but officers think they have
d pretty good idea of who is re-
sponsible for its presence and op-
Grafton. The officers left again
Friday morning for another visit
to suspected territory.