Gallipolis Journal, Gallipolis, Ohio 17 Sep. 1874, page 2
Last Wednesday Dan McGregor, an ore digger at Lawrence Furnace, while under the influence of liquor, walked into the boarding house of Mrs. Martin of that place, and began abusing the landlady in a most offensive manner, using all the vile epithets he could imagine, when George Martin, son of the landlady, a young man about twenty years of age, interfered, striking McGregor with his fist just below the ear, knocking him over a stone and instantly killing him. –Ironton Journal
The Jackson Standard, Jackson, Ohio 16 August 1883, page 2
There is going to be a mighty big vote in this county in favor of the second proposed amendment to the Constitution. All right-the bigger the better-Ironton Register
That sounds something like it, Bro. Wilson. We are glad to know that the good people of Lawrence County, Ohio, are not in sympathy with the idea that taxed whisky or licensed whisky will make men any less drunken than untaxed whisky. What good people everywhere want is the utter prohibition of the drink traffic and it is gratifying to know that Lawrence, like Jackson, will do the right thing-roll with a big vote for the second proposition.
1884 Source Unknown – Engineer Tyler, of the Fleetwood, says last Thursday night week the whisky rache of parties from Guyandotte, recently established in Proctorville, across the river, was dumped into the river by no one knows who. This affair created considerable excitement in that flourishing temperance town.
A Moonshine Distillery Jackson, Ohio August 7 – It was reported Tuesday that a moonshine distillery was discovered in the wilds of Liberty township, fifteen miles away. Ben Davis a well-known drayman is mysteriously missing. Family quarrels are alleged.[1]
Kansas Bootleggers Again. The closing of saloons In Wichita has resurrected the bootlegger, who flourished in Kansas towns four or five years ago. Of all forms of liquor traffic bootlegging Is, perhaps, the lowest and most disreputable. It Is also most debasing to the customer.
In sneaking around into back alleys and outhouses to make the purchase and secure the goods he experiences a feeling of guilt and suffers a loss of self-respect. Ordinarily, he buys a quantity while he is about it, and drinks more than he would think of doing at a bar. Whatever the saloon may be, the bootlegger is an unmitigated evil and abomination and should be suppressed at all hazards.[2]
Bootleggers – A Lewis County Kentucky Woman in Trouble at Portsmouth. Lizzie Stamper, a young woman who went to Portsmouth, Ohio, about two weeks ago from Lewis county, was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Prichard of Lewis county, Kentucky, on the charge of selling whisky without a license. The Marshal says the woman belonged to that class of illicit whisky dealers known in Kentucky as “bootleggers.” Her outfit consisted of a horse and wagon and a trunk filled with bottles of whisky, which she peddled among the farmers and lumbermen of Lewis and Grayson counties.[3]
The Mosley Brothers
They are now in Jail at Greenup, Charged with Horse Stealing and Other Crimes
The Mosely brothers, recently locked up here and held a few days awaiting the appearance of the Kentucky officials, have at last fallen into the clutches of the proper authorities and are now locked up in the Greenup jail.
They were arrested Saturday and are charged with horse stealing, selling moonshine, and burglary. They have confessed to the horse stealing and also acknowledged being connected with a gang of moonshiners. The watch stolen from Phil Thompson and other articles stolen from different parties at Fullerton a few days ago has been recovered through their confessions. They had a preliminary hearing today.[4]
[1] Portsmouth Daily Times, Portsmouth, Ohio 7 August 1895, page 1
[2] Delphos [Ohio] Daily Herald, 24 December 1895, Tuesday Page 5
[3] The Public Ledger, Maysville, KY 13 August 1895, Tuesday, Page 1
[4] Portsmouth Daily Times, Portsmouth, Ohio 8 June 1896, page 4
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