Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-01
.1,O()lGA[LON STILL
IS SEIZED ON FARM
Eight Men, Two Trucks, Auto,
Horse and Quantity of
Mash Also Taken.

The two-day effort of Mrs. W. w.
Wright, wife of the Department of Jus
tice attorney, to clear a still from her
farm near the District workhouse at
Occoquan brought about a spectacular
raid last night, which resulted in the
dynamiting Of a 1,000-gallon still, the
arrest of eight men, seizure of two
trucks an automobile and 20, 600 gallons
of mash, to say nothing Of another horse
for the prohibition department to feed.
When Mrs. Wright returned home
from long trip to China she learned
that still was in operation on the un-
tenanted farm, which has not been cul-
tivated for several years. From her
home in Arlington County Sunday she
county, who later called and asked her
son to accompany him to the farm,
which is in Fairfax County. Yielding
to the entreatieS of his mother and wife,
the son declined to accompany the
agent. Later Mrs. Wright charges that
an attorney called her son and suggested
that he give two days to get the still
removed" Wright refused and, accord
ing to his mother. was informed that he
would find $1O0 at a store, with 500 ad-
ditional monthly. if the still was not
Young Wright communicated with
States Attorney Wilson Farr of Fair
fax County at 8 o'clock yesterday after
noon and with prohibition officers work.
ing out Of the District. The raid last
night followed.
Held in Alexandria.
AS a result, the alleged operators Of
the still are being held in Alexandria
awaiting a hearing before Deputy
United States Commissioner John Bar
ton Phillips. They are j. R.. Montgom-
cry. 81. of 1920 r street; Edward Juli-
ano, %, of 2105 Fourth street; Harry
johnson, 36, of Orange, Va; Eugene
Williams, 81, of Woodbridge. Va: Roy
Limerick. %, and Norman Simpson, 33,
both of Lorton. Va: A. D. King. jr. 25.
of Rosslyn, and Burron Edwards, "a, of
Fairfax.
Four Of the men we're taken into
custody when the prohibition agents
reached the still shortly after 10
o'clock. Waiting to determine if there
ton the agents were rewarded by the
appearance of the two trucks shortly
afterward and the two drivers were
also arrested. Continuing their Wig
lance in the heavy rain the agents
were still further rewarded when two
more men in the touring car put in
an appearance and submitted to arrest.
Equipment Is Taken.
In addition to the trucks, the auto
mobile, horse and mash. the agents
seized 28 cases of corn whisky, so gall
Ions in various containers, forty 500
gallon mash vats, hundreds of empty
glass jars, IL pounds of yeast, an 300
gallon doubler, 800 feet of 3-inch coils,
two tons of coke, l5-horsepower steam
boiler, a 50-gallon doubler, one wagon
and some garden hose.
The automobiles and trucks will be
taken to Richmond to be confiscated by
the Federal Court in that city.
1t was said by the agents that the
still had been in operation approxi-
mately 20 days and that it was capable
of manufacturing between three and
four hundred gallons of whisky a day.
The raiding party was headed by
Deputy Administrator william r.
Blandford, chief of the Prohibition
Enforcement Bureau here, while others
in the party were Federal Agents John
T. Weigel. M. e. Thompson, Joshua T.
Young. Thomas Fleming, Mr.. Smith
and Virgil Williams of the Virginia
prohibition force.