Once a fellow gets under the suspicion of the strong arm of the law, he must ever walk in the straight and narrow path else he is sure to suffer for his transgression. This can be vouched for by Bud Glidewell, who is this week sweltering in 92 degrees of heat within the city prison—and it takes a bag of one thousand silver dollars or its equivalent to release him from his present place of residence.
The officers have long suspected Bud of unlawful traffic in liquor. Once they found a large supply hid in his feed barn, but the jury failed to believe that Bud was guilty of any violations of the law of the land. It was not many days after his acquittal when word come to the officers that he was still reaping great harvests of money in the liquor traffic.
Monday of this week Deputy Sheriff Ashburn received word that there seemed to be a flow of liquor in the neighborhood beyond the quarry. Sheriff Ashburn immediately went to this section in company with Policeman Jones and J.B. Sparger. On their way out just as they reached the home of Jim Sparger on Patrick road they passed Bud Glidewell and Moyer Bowman driving a mule and buggy. Of course since Bud was under suspicion the officers attempted to search him for liquor, but before they could turn around bud had taken fright and was laying the lash to his mule making a strong effort to exceed the speed limit. When it was seen that the officers would overtake him he took off down through the orchard of Mr. Sparger, with the officers in pursuit. When Sheriff Ashburn’s Ford struck the rough field it was seen that the mule would win the race, so they abandoned the car and pursued afoot. During the race Bud dumped overboard two sacks containing five one-gallon glass jars of liquor. Two of the jugs were broken but strange to say the other three went through the wreck uninjured. Bud and his partner remained true to their mule and buggy to the last, never abandoned it, and when captured they still had on board five half-gallon fruit jars of liquor, but one had been broken during the race.
Moyer Bowman is keeping Bud company in jail and both will be tried next Tuesday in the Recorder’s court.
From The Mount Airy News, June 30, 1921.
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