Last Friday night North Wilkesboro main streets were the scene of a rather exciting chase after a rum runner. Prohibition officer Grant Harless of Sparta was hot on the right side—not serious—will be out in a few days. J.W. Wilson and Mary Ripple, Granti Falls,w ere in a Chevrolet roadster when chased from Tenth street by officers Harless and Prevette and captured near the Call Hotel on Main Street.
It is not know how Harless was shot or by whom. A plate glass window of the Spainhour Sydnor Dry Goods Company’s store was punctured by a bullet. Wilson was placed in jail charged with operating a car while under the influence of liquor, and transporting a woman for immoral purposes. His bond was fixed at $1,0000. The girl made good her escape.
From the front page of The North Wilkesboro Hustler, Feb. 17, 1926
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