Thursday, October 9, 2025

Sam Lougee, Louis Powell Caught Trying to Make Whiskey in Jail, Oct. 10, 1925

Prisoners Discovered Making Whiskey in Jail

Hertford, Oct. 9—Sam Lougee and Louis Powell, who are held in the Hertford jail in connection with the Chappell robbery, were caught making whiskey in the jail by Sheriff Whit Wright. They were using a still made of a copper pipe, two syrup cans and a coffee can. For mash they were using crumbs of bread and biscuit.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Oct. 10, 1925

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