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Friday, March 11, 2022

John Newby, Ben Fisher Jailed and 77 Gallons Whiskey Seized, March 11, 1922

Boat Full of Liquor Captured

New Bern, March 10—John Newby and Ben Fisher, negroes, are in jail here and their 30-foot gas boat Arentta, along with 77 gallons of illicit whiskey, is in the custody of the police as the result of a raid by Chief of Police A.L. Bryan and other members of the force on Lawson’s creek, back of the city water and light plant early this afternoon.

From The Concord Daily Tribune, March 11, 1922

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