PROHIBITION LAWS
AFFAIRS IN AMERICA. FIGHT WITH “MOONSHINERS.” (Per Press Association, Copyright.) WASHINGTON, December 11. What is considered a, new aid for the enforcement of prohibition in the United States, is contained in a Supreme Court decision that offenders against the / Eighteenth Amendment can be prosecuted by the Federal Government even after prosecution by a State. ' „ NEW YORK, December H. A message from Lexington, Kentucky, states that for three days a Federal prohibition officers’ posse numbering 100 battled with a force of illicit liquor distillers,' who steadily etreated into ail inaccesible mountain fastness, and are now' entrenched m caves. Two officers w r ere killed and many wounded. The >posse finally gave up the ' attempt to apprehend the offenders, and attempted to beat a retreat, but suffered . casualties from snipers, who used long-range rifles. The Hon. Er. P. Morrow, Governor of Kentucky, has offered a reward of 500 dollars for the apprehension of the leaders of the hand. Kentucky has always been noted for its “moonshiners,” who for half a century have succeeded in evading the revenue officers, often killing those who ventured into their preserves.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIII, Issue 9747, 13 December 1922, Page 5
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