Two Bound Over in Liquor Cases
Pike Countian [Ohio] in Jail; Oakley Montgomery Out on $2,000 Bond
Two men were held for Federal Grand Jury investigation Tuesday when arraigned before J. Julian Synder, United States Commissioner.
James McClay 41 of Pike county, Ohio, charged with a liquor violation, was committed to the Columbus city prison in default of a $500 bond, he pleads not guilty.
He was apprehended by agents of the state department of liquor control and turned over to Federal authorities. State agents reported McClay was operating a 60-gallon still when arrested. Ten gallons of liquor and 100 gallons of mash were confiscated.
Oakley Montgomery, 31 of Big Run in Morgan township, also charged with a liquor violation, was released when he was permitted to sign his own $2,000 bond.
Montgomery recently was released under a $2,000 bond on a former violation. He was arrested the first time when agents claimed they caught him operating a still on Jan. 24. He was arrested the second time about a week later when agents reported apprehending him while he was mixing mash at a 125-gallon copper still. Two barrels of mash were confiscated. Portsmouth Daily Times, Portsmouth, Ohio, 3 March 1938, page 2
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