The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-08-11
q PERSONS ARRESTED in
COUNTY RAIDS LAST WEEK
Prohibition Agents Visit Vari-
GUS Places at Friendsville Dur
ing Firemen's Celebration
ALL RELEASED ON BOND

Swooping down upon the usually
quiet town of Friendsville and later
visiting other points in the county,
Federal Investigators VIM. R. Har-
vey, D. H. Walker and Lean Poore
and Deputy Sheriffs Clarence Spear
and Samuel Cole, of Garrett county,
made twenty-one arrests Friday in a
series of whirlwind raids. All of the
alleged offenders posted bonds in the
sum of $500 and were released for the
action of Garrett County grand jury
in September. Six others were ar
rested later.
The major portion of the arrests
occurred at Friendsville where fire.
mems convention was in progress and
for the occasion the speaks and man
ufacturers had ample provision on
hand to supply the needs of their GUS
toners, hence the confiscation of the
stocks made the town arid and de-
tracted from business along the line
of liquid refreshment quite mater
tally.
Among those arrested and the pre-
ferred charges against them are:
Mabel J. Rumbaugh, Friendsville,
speakeasy, where the officers seized
SO quarts and 81 pints of alleged
beer, gallons of mash, and charged
the owner with manufacture and pos
session.
Alvin Sines, Friendsville, unlawful
possession of alleged intoxicants in
his residence, but no sale.
Holmes Burkholder, Friendsville,
speakeasy; 80 pints and 4 quarts
of alleged beer seized. Charge, sale
and possession.
Chris Sines, an ex-constable of the
county, Friendsville, and his daugh-
ter, Dollie Sines, where 20 quarts of
alleged beer was seized and triple
charge of sale, manufacture and pos
session was entered against them.
Joseph Cunningham and Amanda
Gibbs, Friendsville. Here the officers
seized 25 quarts of beer, one barrel of
rye mash, a five-gallon still and
charged the offenders with the sale,
manufacture and possession of unlaw-
full products.
Buzzard Friend, Friendsville, sale
and possession; no seizure.
Mary E. Matheney, Friendsville,
sale and possession; no seizure.
Arlie Matheney, Friendsville, sale
and possession; no seizure.
Charles Walcott and wife, Laura
Walcott, McHenry, on Deep Creek
Lake. Walcott has been convicted of
a charge of making and selling I'M
lawfully and was fined on a previous
occasion 5000 in the Garrett County
Circuit Court after officers had dis
covered a still in his possession. In
Fridays raid they seized 9 gallons of
alleged beer mash, IS quarts and 3
pints of beer, 1 gallon of whiskey,
and the charge preferred against
them is that of sale, manufacture and
possession for the purpose Of sale.
Stella Bowman, Deep Creek Lake,
sale and possession; no seizure.
Victoria VanGilder, Grantsville,
charged with sale and possession for
the purpose of sale; no seizure.
Laura WEIGHT, Swanton, 2 pints of
alleged whiskey; charged with sale
and possession.
Earl limbaugh, Deer Park, where
the agents seized Is gallons of mash
and Fl pints of beer; charged with
manufacture and possession.
Bradley E. Bray and John W. Bray,
Swanton, in whose possession the
agents found 40 gallons of beer; i
barrel beer mash and 10 gallons OF
whiskey. Citations left for their ap-
pearance on charges of manufacture
and possession.
E. Ray Billmyer, Grantsville, gro
Gerry store, was entered on a search
warrant. No seizure was made but
a citation was left for his appearance
o. e'te charge of sale and possession
RIO purpose of sale.
noN :. M. Paugh, Bloomington; sale
= and alleged possession. No seizure
All of the above posted bonds be-
fore Magistrates w. A. Gender, Oak
land; John W. Holman, Friendsville,
and Enos ]. Folk, Grantsville.
The amount of bond exacted from
Walcott was in the sum of $1,000
1urile the other alleged offenders had
to- post half this amount.
Hick Paugh, Loeb Lynn, was ar
rested on charges of sale of liquor
as was also Ernest B. Wolfe, Loeb
Lynn; James Garletts, Grantsville
Watts DERRICK, Jennings; Mary Spei-
cher, Loeb Lynn. Speicher furnished
$500 bond for her appearance at the