The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-09-06
BAD WEEK FOR WET INDUSTRY:
DRY SQUAD WRECKS BIG PLANT
FEDERALS AND D A G EN- c Y
FORCES UNITE, MAKE
SIX RAIDS

Three large copper stills, 1850
gallon tanks of mash, pressure
pumps, coils and other articles
used in the manufacture of moon
shine were captured near Lanark
at about two o'clock Sunday morn
ing by squad of officers. In the
raiding party were Otto Waddell,
federal prohibition agent, c.. F.
Parsons, Dep. U. S. Marshal, Supt.
Charles Eggers and his deputies,
Martin Mitchell, Leo Greene and
George Kirn.
Wholesale Outfit
The stills were found in the
thick brush along the Missouri
bank, housed in three ii 20
tents. There was sufficient mash
in the tanks to make from 1000
to 5000 gallons of moonshine.
The outfit was arranged similarly |
to that of the big plant captured
at Frazer last January, but the
operators had taken a hint from
the Frazer experience, and their
sleeping quarters were about 100
yards away from the still The
officers came upon the still first,
and when they discovered the
sleeping tents the double bed bore
evidence of the hasty departure
of it's occupants. Then too at
Frazer, boxes and barrels in which |,
materials had been shipped are
said to have stenciled prominently
upon them the name of Creighton ,
Bros. whereas at Lanark the name
of the person or persons to whom
shipments had been sent were /
planed off from boxes. 1t
is believed, however, that the Ian
ark distillery was one of the
Creighton units.
Private Telephone
A telephone line ran from the .
factory to a house at r.
he foot of a nearby hill, presum-
lbly to give warning of approach
ng raiders. The officers destroy
ID big vats and mash and such of ..
he paraphernalia as they could :,
ot load ON trucks. While they 1s
we're loading up, the man from the .,
ouse to which the telephone line -
an, came to the place and pro- e.
essed to have had no previous ~
of there being a still in =,
he neighborhood. n
Raid Near Poplar T.;
This raid came at the end OF vi
busy day for the officials. Sat at
rday afternoon they had raided on
wo places across the river from ds
oplar, finding 80 bottles of con- DC
'aband at one place and % at du
mother. John Cook and Ernest
[cDonald were arrested an d
rought to Wolf Point for arraign- /,
tent before Commissioner 0. T. uu r
tennes. They waived hearing
nd were bound over to the fed -
al district court under $500 i.'
onds. George Peters and R. j. ni'
Tiger went Oh tu6I JULIUS
Front Street Raid +io
Two other raids were conducted on
ere last week. Earl Stringer was ba
sain arrested while in charge of
Front street joint in the old A
Larson land office building
his building is becoming almost sig
notorious as the brick barn MI
led to be- This building is we'll lea
and Stringer, it is said, an
anaged to dump most of the WI
-idence before the officers in Iot
large of Otto Waddell got in. an
e waived hearing and was bound OF
yer. B. B. Streepy and Glen fal
nson went on his bonds. Ke'
Officer Waddell aslo conducted at
raid on what has been known as WI
e Neal Rooming house Steve vel
cal was arrested and a small the
antity of moonshine taken. He
so waived hearing. Stringer and M
Il Sc