Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-11-16
AGED WOMAN
CONFESSES Shining
Unusual Case Comes To Light
In Trial ] a Federal Court
Wednesday.

Judge COCHRAN cleared up lot
Ct small moonskining and boot
logging cases in federal court on
Wednesday. Indications were
that most of the cases against the
big fellows charged with rob-
bipg distilleries, etc. would so
over to Lexington for trial, ana
i'll this way the docket here might
nc finished sooner than expected.
The appearance OF a 70-year-
old woman as a witness in the
tr,ai of Fred Goetz, of Lincoln
county as a witness, and confess
ing that iii her younger days she
mad made moonshine liquor, was
one of the features OF the day.
Officers testified that both Goetz
and the woman, Mrs. Marsee,
vent to Deputy Sheriff Monroe
thompson, of Waynesburg, and
threatened him that They'll get
You when the leaves come out"
Mrs. ,Marsee sought to take the
responsibility for seven jars OF
whisky and part Of a still being
found on Goetz' place. She said
she. bought the liquor for SIS
from man who was going away
and has since died, she declared.
Part of a worm was found in
COW barn and another part OF d
still in hors barn, and piece
OF pipe in the womans bed. She
a9ued at length that Goetz knew
rnthing OF the parts OF the still or
liquor and that she alone vas re-
s2onsible. Officers gave both the
woman and her son who testified
fo1 Goetz' bad regulations.
Deputy Sheriff Monroe Thomp-
son told how the old woman ha1
come to him and threatened that
They were going to get Ein
when the leaves come out
Thompson is known as one OF til
most fearless officers in that part
ci the state. He lives in d scctio;
which is alleged to be a vertiah
hotbed of moon shining, and h:
life has been threatened d mum
Der of times. However. he ''goe-
after law violators fearlessly and
is making a great reputation. The
jury found Goetz guilty. Ther, ,
are charges against Mrs. Mars !:
tor which Judge Cochran has ufs-
der consideration.
The Lincoln county contingent
j. largely represented at this term
OF federal court. J. J. Falcon
berry, in the southern section OF
Lincoln, tried to convince a jury
that a still found running jus;
over his fence, wasn't his. and hc
knew nothing OF it. But Shcrifi
George Delore. of Lincoln. toi,,
how he saw Falconberry run
a corn patch when the officer
got near, and the jury convict
HIM too. A. II. Feldman. also o,
Lincoln entered a plea of guilty
Mack Montgomery, near r,
House, who was acquitted in cir
cuit court here when a still wa !
found in his house, after he h..
been away a week, was also clear
ed in federal court. Witnesses
said man named Ashcraft adj
mitted he had found it and placed
it'there. Montgomery was repre-
serted by Attorne c. Murray
Smith. /
Goebe1 Peyton. of Richmond,
was acquitted of a charge of sell.
ing whisky to Ed Fogle. Witness
ses said Fogel had whisky when
he entered the place where Pey- !
.or was working. Peyton pied !
guilty to another count Of
possessing liquor Peyton was de-
ftnded in the trial he won by At
tcrney George Ross of Richmond |
Leonard Dunn, of Owsley !
county, who said that he went to
Z still to visit his grand father
and was arrested at a still. where |
lie went to see a man about a !
cow. was acquitted of charge |
Of moonshining.
Eva Bicknell. of Richmond en-
tered d plea of guilty to charges
OF possessing. selling and trans
porting liquor.
jones and James Simpson wer
found guilty of possessing. sci
ing and transporting.
Attorney King Swope. secur"
ar order for the return of an at
ton,obile belonging to Y. F. Dir
icr, of Lexington, which
fourd on a street there with Is
gallons of moonshine in it. Dins-
ler had reported theft of the ma
chine to the police.
In the case of August Brender
Attorney c. c. Bagby. of Da"-
vile. brought mp the question Of