Sheriff and Revenuers Arrest Men, Seize Still and Car, Oct. 20, 1922

Still, Auto, Two Men and Liquor—Just a Day’s Bag. . . Sheriff McGeachy, His Deputies and Revenuers Have Quite a Successful Day of It. . . Sanford Man Is Minus One Auto. . . Officers Claim They Found Liquor in His Car So They Arrest Him and Confiscate Car

Sheriff N.H. McGeachy and the revenuers are making things lively for the blockade liquor makers and vendors. Yesterday Sheriff McGeachy, Deputy West and a revenue officer captured a still in the northwestern part of the county, near the location of the big steam still which was taken several days ago. The still taken yesterday was a 50 gallon garbage can, minus the cap and worm. About 500 gallons of beer was found on the premises and destroyed. Nobody was seen in the vicinity.

Confiscate Car

From this still the officers road on to Frank Truelove’s just across the line in Harnett County. Near Truelove’s they road onto several men with two automobiles. One of the autos was driven off before the officers approached near enough to stop it. It is thought that the men in it went off and destroyed or hid liquor. They returned in a short time, but had no booze in the car.

A search of the other car, driven by George Watson of Sanford, resulted in the finding of three quarts of liquor, which, with the car, was seized by the officers. Watson was arrested and brought to Fayetteville, where he gave bond in the sum of $200 for appearance before U.S. Commissioner J.W. Tomlinson Monday. His car is being held by the officers.

Raid Senate Club

After the officers returned to the city, they raided the Senate Club on upper Hay Street. There they arrested C.D. McCune, a former soldier of Fort Bragg, with four gallons of liquor in his possession. McCune, being unable to give bond, was put in jail, where he will be held for a preliminary hearing Friday before U.S. Commissioner J.V. Tomlinson.

Both the county and revenue officials are doing good work now at breaking up blockade plants where execrable, poisonous stuff is made. The celerity with which most of these raids are made reflects credit on the officers. They go and come in a hurry and often they are exposed to great danger while surrounding and approaching a still, which almost invariably is located in dense undergrowth from which desperate men can and will shoot to kill.

From the front page of the Fayetteville Observer, Oct. 20, 1922.