R.E. Hatton and D.E. Whitfield, two Rocky Mount men, were arrested this afternoon on two counts of violating the prohibition laws, one for transporting whiskey and the other having whiskey in their possession.
Officer Lloyd Lucas placed the men under arrest at the corner of Nash and Spring streets shortly after they had parked a Ford roadster which contained 36 quarts of champaign, Canadian Club and Scotch whiskey bottled in bond. The liquor was neatly wrapped in straw and burlap bags and stowed away in the rear end of the car. The men claimed the whiskey was from Miami, Florida, and they brought it here from Rocky Mount. The men were in the city yesterday “drumming” up trade for the three cases and it is thought they were captured just as they were ready to deliver their load of “wet goods.”
Both were placed in jail in default of $200 cash bond which was offered them.
From page 4 of the Wilson Times, April 15, 1924
No comments:
Post a Comment