Teacher Becomes
Sleuth; Pours Beer into Run. . . Sits on Guard with Shot Gun Until Sister Succeeds
in Locating Several Helpers
Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 20—When Miss Mattie W. Haden, a
Campbell County school-teacher, had reason to believe that “moonshine” liquor
was being made in the vicinity of her home, she didn’t report it to the State or
national government, but set about to locate the still unassisted, and when she
located it she poured 400 gallons of “beer” into a stream.
Rather, Miss Haden discovered the “beer” when it was just
ready for a run, which would have turned out 40 gallons of corn liquor, and
then, while she kept watch with a loaded shot gun, waited for her sisters to go
for several men who had strength sufficient to spill the mash. Miss Haden
ordered the men to pour the mash into Falling River, and this they did. The
operators of the still did not appear on the scene during the “raid.”
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