Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-22
"KING BEE" LANDED
Scycnty-tw two Gallons of Liquor Poured
Into Gastonia Gutter.

/ Wallace Talent, of CataWDa county,
described by Federal Prohibition Agent
Evon L. Houser, deputy shcriffs AID
policemen Of a half dozen counties
as the king bee Of the block2dcrs in
tha South Atlantic states" is finally in
the tolls Of Uncle Sans evcr-tignten-
ing net, spread for blind tigers. boot
IleggCrs and blcckaders, together
with. 72 gallons of liquor taken at the
same time, says the Gastonia Gazette
of last Friday. He was captured III
2 o'clock Friday morning on lonely
stretch Of road in upper Lincoln coun-
ty by Mr. Houser and Deputy Shcriifs
]. A. Wesson and p a. Hoyle. He was
! Immediately placed under arrest and
his car and thirty gallons Of liquor
were confscatcd. Talent, together
with two other bootleggers and the
deputies, were taken to Deputy Hoyie's
home where they were kept until
morning when they were taken to
Shelby
Talent was brought on to Gastonia
by Agent Houscr accompanied by. MS
two deputies, two cars and seventy
two gallons OF booze. He was taken
before United States Commissioner ).
S. Morris where he Immediately put
up cash bond of $500 for his appear
ancc at the October term of Federal
court in Charlotte and was released.
Thursday afternoon about o'clock
Mr. Housor and Deputies Wcsson and
Hoyle caught brand new Ford tour
ing car containing AZ gallons of corn
"likker" and two men, T. +. Snipes and
| Charley DuGuerry, who claimed to be
| from Columbia, S. c. One of the men
| jumped from the car and ran but was
soon captured. The haul was MADE in
upper Lincoln county. There were
seven five gallon oil cans full of the
LIQUID and several smaller containers,
the total amount being AZ ga!lGns.
Both men were taken before the United
States Commissioner at Shelby this
morning and were. left in Jail there
pending the fixing of their bonds later
in the day. They will be held for trial
at the October term of Federal court in
Charlotte.
Leaving Snipes and DuGuerry at
| Shelby. the officers came on to Gas
tonia with the two cars, the "likker'
and Talent They parked in front of
the city hall shortly after II o'clock and
within a very few minutes two or three
hundred people had gathered around
| to take a look at the capture. Talent
was taken before Commissioner Morris
who fixed his bond at $500, the same
being promptly put up in cash. 1t was
stated that Talent would put up cash
to cover the bonds of the two men in
| iail at Shelby. 1t is the opinion OF
Agent Houser that the AZ gallons cap
tured Yesterday afternoon was a part
of the total shipment Of 72 gallons and
that the entire amount was the prop
erty of the same crowd and was dcstin-
cd for the same place. A short distance
| in front of Talents car when the Of
ncers appeared on the scene was 4
Cock Hill car occupied by two men.
This car was halted and examined but
there was nothing to indicate its con-
| rcction with the liquor traffic and it
was permitted to proceed on its way.
It is the opinion of the officers, how
ever that this was pilot car.
Freely-eXpresesd opinion around the
city hall by officers of the law today is
to the effect that Talent is the ring
leader of the South Mountain block
Eaders though he has never before been
captured on the charge Of making or
dealing in the outlawcd article. He is
a rather small rcd-headed, undemon-
strative, nom n-talkative sort of man.
He maintained n nonchalart air
throughout the proceedings this morn
ling, being apparently entirely unruffled
by what was happening.
The haul of ~ gallons Of liquor was
poured into the sewer at the corner
Of Main and South streets at high
noon. Hundreds Of the morally stunt
ed" gathered to witness and mourn the
destruction of the white lightning
Officers Houscr, Payne and Wcsson
supervised the operations while local
lofficers were busy pulling shoppers and
corks. The stuff was in fruit jars and
tin cans.
The odor of thc liquor fllcd the air
up ana down Main street and many