The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-27
NOTED ROADHOUSE..
INLOGAN'COUNTY
.RAIDED. BY TROOP
Proprietor Of Blue Goose Gets
Caught Napplng..-Doesn't
Die With Boots On.

the rendezvous Of convlcal spirits
from every nook and Granny in
Logan County. passed into yeclipsr
recently when seven mounted
West Virginia state policemen, ac-
companied by one federal and two
state prohibition officers. rode In
tosand through Logan on a raid
ing expedition that. for results,
surpassed anything before at
tempted in the southern part ,ot
the state.
A. Tennison Hatfield, the genial
proprietor OF the Blue Goose.
whose name was one to eonjure
by until the advent Of the mount
ed troopers, was always a pictur-
esque character in the Blair
Mountain country, and his wide
open" methods were the scandal
OF. the county. The underworld
that was attracted like moths to
an arc light, swarmed around the
Blue Goose. spread the story tina.
the police didntIdare face a. Hat.
field, and by their verbose uLta:-
ances hurried the curtain down on
the pre- Volstead days In BGrna-
bus.
Hatfield evidently wasn't as
sure as his coterie OF hill billies
that his name would be sufficient
to scare of the State Police. but
his intimates had passed the
word that he was going down With
his boots on, and intended to
make a better showing than Sid
Hatfield had done at Matewaii.
Everybody in Barrabus knew he
was armed, and that he was cup
posed to be able to pierce dime
at fifty yards, Hatfield iwaA
caught IN the act of pouring
whisky in bath tub, for the pur-
pose Of destroying evidence, hut
the state troopers had the drop On
him before he had even chance
to draw. He was Immediately
handcufed and searched and 45
Colt revolver, with pearl handles,
the pride Of the proprietor, and a
3S Smith and Weeson revolver
were found. 80
Albert Solomon, said to be Hat.
fields chief lieutenant at the
Blue Goose, was also arrested aud
then the search Of the place be-
gan. Tho first cursory probe re-
vealed three sixteen gallon coprsr
coils, eight sixty gallon NAH par
rels. fifteen one-half gallon jars
of moonshine whisky, and three
100-pound bags of sugar and
twenty-nine cases Of ralslns eVi-
IDENTIFY intended for use IN the
manufacture OF moonshine. TkF
stills were found In a secret clos
ct; the whisky in a closet In tie
bed room; and the mash. barrels
were in a room about which few
had ever heard. 1t was about 10
by 10 feet in size, equipped with
water and sewer connections aud
a special chimney. From all All
pearances It had been used as u
dlstillery for years.
Going further the troopers
found that three OF the mash bar
rels were really barrel stills, They
! had a zinc tub fitted on the oot-
| tom, with water space between
the tub and the bottom of the
barrel. The tub, they found, was
placed in the concrete furnace and
fire applied underneath. The bar
rel had copper cap fitted over
the top which connected with the
coil IN the condensing barrel md
thus the mash was boiled In the
barrel. This Is a new idea in
moonshining in the southern rart
of the state according to ..ne
state police, who ventured the
opinion that the method had been
imported from one OF the older
moUushlnlng sections.
Both prisoners were taken be-
fore Ira P. Hager, the United
States commissioner at. Logan,
who held them In $1,000 bail Ter
the January term Of the Federal
F., Court, to be presided over by
Judge George W. McClintic In
January. State charges have not
been preferred.
Following the Barnabus raid
the detachment continued to
Omar. Chapmanville and Logan,
in all OF which places stills were
destroyed and arrests were made.
In all twenty one men were ar
rested and the following were do
stroyed: 8 stills; IS mash barrels;
761S pints Of whisky, $50 gallons
OF raisin mash, and 293 gallons
Of julep. Fines and costs totaltng
| $104. 40 were imposed on the
| various prisoners, in addition to
the punishment some Of them will
receive at the hands Of higher
courts.
The julep paradise was found
on Pine Creek near Omar, lust
outside OF Logan city. IN ore
boarding house ITO gallons OF jul.
ep, together with three big jlilep
mash barrels were destroyed. ice
SorrmRs, the proprietor, was ar.
ested and fined 500 In addition
TO thirty days in jail, by Squire F.
Mitchell.
In another house so gallons Of
/ it1leTo EphTa Fo1Yad ka0eEt,oS7 ,,.Iti