Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-16
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Taking 8 BoozeCars


Sheridan and his force of border pa
trolmen, assisted by the local sheriff's
force, had the biggest catch Of rum
runners ever taken in this part OF the
country when they drew in their
dragnet in the wee small hours Sum-
day morning near Radnor. An inven-
tory showed eight automobiles and
eight drivers all of whom appeared
more like a college football team
than rum runners when they ap-
peared before u. S. Commissioner Eu-
gene Mccarthy Sunday morning. The
eight cars were loaded with whiskey,
both Scotch and barbon champagne,
benedictine,. vermuth and other in
gradients that were so dear to the
hearts of the devotees of Baechus be-
fore the mixing of exhilirating drinks
had become lost art by the appear
ance of Volstead on the horizon.
The cars and the men were brought
in about six o'clock and the latter
were taken to the Main Street Motors
garage for safe keeping, while the
eight men were taken to Jail, Colonel
Sheridan hunting up Commissioner
Mccarthy to give the offenders a
hearing. The prisoners gave the names
of w. E. Baricklow, Jack Blair, Jack
Wilson, Virgil Farrar, Clyde Leon
ard, Herb Davis, Micky Michigan and
Stanley Deloch..
Three of the young men were from
this part of the country, while the
other five were strangers from parts
unknown. Baricklow is from the North
Fork country, while Farrer and Leon
ard are from Eureka. The other boys
were fine looking young fellows, all
we'll and comfortably dressed, not one
of them appearing to be over 25.
They are intelligent appearing and
appeared to take the proceedings
which required them to put up bonds
Of $500 each or go to pail, like
bunch of university boys who had
been caught in prohibited prank
and were ready to take the conse-
quence with smile. It was intimated
that they were in the employ of some
one higher up and were attracted to
the venture by the high price offered
for their dangerous mission.
They were all bound over to APP
pear in the United States district
court at Great Falls in the sum of
$500. Yesterday their bonds had all
been furnished, three surety bonds
coming from Spokane The cars, which
included one Cadillac, two Hudsons,
two Overlands, and three Fords, were
all confiscated by the government and
they will be sold later.
Smash Thousands of Bottles.
1t is estimated that the wholesale
price of the liquor captured would
run up better than $4,000, the retail
price being several times that amount.
Monday morning the liquor was taken
out to the city dump and the bottles
smashed. It is said that number of
people visited the dump after the
wreck and that some Of the bottles
failed to break. These were gathered
up and carried away. One man was
reported to have taken large bucket
and emptied the bottom part of the
bottles, where there still remained
some of the liquor, into the bucket
1t is said he recovered couple of
gallons of liquor by this method
These stories, however, have not been
varifled, but likely have some founda-
ton. The loss to whomever foots the
bills will run up to more than $4,000
it is estimated.
There were something like $4,000
bottles Of various kinds of liquor
smashed at the city dump, which rep
resented the outlay of small for
tune by somebody. 1t was thought
that the five strangers taken in with
the cars were from Butte. They were
not armed and made no resistance
! when surrounded by the officers, TAX
ing their arrest good naturally and
made no effort to get away. 1t Is
said that there were two more cars
ahead of the eight taken that passed
through this city late Saturday night
and made good their escape.