Trannie Crank, who publicly forswore the business of bootlegging during the course of the Ham-Ramsay Revival here a year ago, is in no good mood toward members of the Elizabeth City police force who raided his home and his shoe shop o Matthews Street Saturday morning in search of liquor. In fact, Cranks says the police gave him a raw deal and on top of that refused to tell him who was so busy as to direct them to his house in search of liquor.
Police say Crank recently came under suspicion and acting upon information that Crank was back in the business, they searched his premises. They insisted that their information, in their opinion, was reasonably dependable, and they thought it their duty to search for liquor, which they believed he had on hand for purposes of sale.
Crank insists that he has sold no liquor since over a year ago, and that he never expects to sell any more. The bottle of flavoring extract police found at his place he contends was left over from last summer when he sold snowballs at his shoe shop, and was not kept for coloring or flavoring liquor.
From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, Oct. 30, 1925
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