Last Tuesday Chief Coffey captured a Chrysler roadster and 37 gallons of liquor on Highway No. 285 near the top of Cowee Mountain. Shortly before the capture, the whiskey runner passed through town acting in a suspicious manner. The Chief’s curiosity was aroused and he pursued in a car driven by Harry Shepherd.
The Chief passed the rum-runner on the mountain and waited until he appeared. When the driver of the whiskey car saw that he was trapped, he endeavored to turn around and ran his car into a ditch. Leaving his engine running, the rum-runner took to the tall and uncut with Chief Coffey in hot pursuit. Fear evidently lent speed to the pursued since he out-distanced the Chief and was last seen cutting a wide swath in the direction of Lyle Knob. The Chief says he can recognize the man when he sees him again but does not know his name.
From page 2 of the Franklin Press, Nov. 11, 1926
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