Moonshine

Moonshine Stories 1924

The outrages are said to be result of a crusade against Lawrence County, Ohio moonshiners and bootleggers. Mrs. Shultz alleges she was threatened Saturday when she reported that liquor runners were speeding their automobiles past her home.

Moonshine Stories 1923

In a moonshine raid on a shanty boat anchored in the Ohio river at the mouth of Turkey Creek Saturday night, county officers seized a seventy gallon capacity copper still destroyed twenty barrels containing fermentation and arrested John

Moonshine Stories 1922

Jan. 23, 1922 – Frances Smith wishes the Irontonian to state that there was no wine found in her place, which was raided by the police few days ago. She claims there were several gallons of berry juice found, some of it four years old, which she makes into jelly as she needs it.

John Miller Charged for Selling Liquor

When the case of John Miller, colored, 44 years old, charged with selling intoxicating liquor, was called for trial in Municipal court Tuesday, the accused changed his plea from not guilty to guilty and Judge McCall ordered him to pay a fine of $100 and costs after hearing the circumstances which brought about Miller’s arrest.

Bootleggers Wounded After Gun Duel

Five men wounded in gun battle following a whisky trial at Proctorville, Ohio.  Wounded were:

  • Alta Pine, farmer, shot five times and probably fatally wounded
  • John Smith, shot through the leg
  • Harry Pine, shot through the leg
  • Dillie Edwards shot through the leg; and another man unknown shot through the body.

Minnie Copper Still Tossed

Owner Tosses Still Out of Car and Makes His Getaway - 12 March 1921 Marshall Frank Hall, of New Boston, “captured” a still Friday afternoon, but the owner made his getaway. Marshall Hall was at the...

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