The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
SXRAIDS MADE BY FEDERAL AND COUNTY OFFICERS
DURING WEEK net LARGE RETURNS IN C0NTRABAND
Fifteen-Gallon Still, 235 Bottles
Home Brew and Quantity of
Mash Found and Destroyed.


rett county during the past week by
Sheriff William d. Casteel, Deputy
Sheriff Joy Griffith, Constable Andrew
IShartzer and Federal Officers Stotler,
Jack resulted in the discovery and
confscation of one fifteen-gallon still,
235 bottles of home brew, 282 gallons
of mash, 80 gallons of liquor, cans
of malt and cans of hops.
The raids were made at Kitzmiller,
Dodson, kempton, Hutton and near
Oakland. Several of those arrested
in connection with the raids are I'M
der heavy bond for their appearance
before the United States Commits
sioner or at the next term of the Cir
cult Court for Garrett county. In
other cases the parties wanted could
not be located by the officers at the
time of the raids, but these will be
gathered in later.
Couple Living Near Oakland Arrested
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hoye, living a
mile west Of Oakland on a part of the
Charles Shaffer farm, were arrested
Friday evening when their home was
raided by the Government Agents at
which time thirty gallons of mash was
found on their premises. They fur
nished the requisite bond for their APP
pearance at the December Term of
the Garrett County Court.
Home Brew at DOdsOn.
One hundred and twenty-five pints
of home brew, eight cans of hops, the
same number of cans of malt and
fifty-two gallons of mash were discov-
cred Friday on the premises of Mike
Verliskis at Dodson by Constable An
drew Shartzer and Federal Agents
Jack and Stotler. Verliskis was not
at home when the raid was made, but
a warrant for his arrest is now in the
hands of the proper officers and he
will be brought in at an early date.
The liquor and other goods found on
the premises was confscated and de-
stroyed by the officers.
A quantity of beer, about dozen
bottles in all, was discovered in the
woods on the premises of man
named Strawser, near Hutton, on Fri
day. The discovery was made by
Sheriff Casteel and Deputy Sheriff
Griffith. In the absence of the owners
of the contraband no arrests were
made by the officers.
Became Lost in The Woods.
In an attempt to make another raid
near Kempton on Friday, binding
storm arose when the officers were in
dense wood, and they lost their way,
according to Sheriff Casteel. The sus-
pected parties will be sought again,
the officer said, when weather condi-
tions are more favorable.
A Fifteen-GallOn Still Captured.
The biggest haul, according to Con-
stable Shartzer, was made at Kitz-
miller on Saturday night when Frank
Kantley, aged 80 years, was arrested
for having in his possession a fifteen
gallon still, 60 quarts of home brew,
80 gallons of liquor and 200 gallons of
mash. The mash and still were dis
covered beneath a trap door leading
to the celler of his home, while the
beer and liquor were found in spec
tally prepared vault built for the pur-
pose adjacent to the celler.
Kantley was arrested on dual
charge-selling and manufacturing
liquor and was held under $500 bond
in each case. The contraband was de-
stroyed.
Another In Kitzmiller.
George Spiker was arrested Mon
day night by Sheriff Casteel at Kitz-
miller for having beer in his posses
sion. When Marie Sollars and Mrs
Theodore Spiker, inmates of the Spi-
ker home, attempted to interfere with
the arrest of Spiker, they were in turn
taken into custody for resisting and
obstructing justice. All the parties in
this raid furnished bond for their APP
pearance at the December Term of
the Circuit Court, the preliminary
hearings having been conducted be-
fore Justice Pool at Kitzmiller imme-
diately following the arrests.