Jefferson County KS Archives News.....Officers Uncover Large Still In Raid. July 4, 1930
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The Meriden Message July 4, 1930
Friday
July 4, 1930

Officers Uncover Large Still In Raid.
Arrest Arthur Carder On Six Counts.
The Still Is Concealed In Brush Patch Hundred Yards from Farm House, All Ready
to Operate.

Arthur CARDER, 23, young farmer, northeast of Perry, is charged with six counts
of violation of the liquor law, and his case will come up in district court in
November, since officers discovered a large still close to his home.
Carder is now out on $1,500 bond, signed by his father, John Carder of Oskaloosa.
Sheriff Conrad H. AULL has been working for several months on information that a
still was operating in that vicinity, and his investigation culminated in a
search last Thursday afternoon, in which he was accompanied by Deputy Lew
THOMPSON and County Attorney, Jas. F. SWOYER.
With a search warrant the officers went to the Carder farm, and found that
Arthur Carder was working in a nearby field. They questioned his housekeeper,
who knew nothing of a still in the neighborhood. After searching the house, th
esheriff found a well-defined trail leading north from the house, and the
officers followed the path about seventy-five to a hundred yards into a thick
patch of brush, not over a hundred and fifty yards from the road.
Their search ended when they found a 20-gallon still, with a barrel of mash, all
ready to operate. Burner, tank and coils were attached. The still had a capacity
of about a gallon of liquor an hour, the officers state.
The plant was across the Carder fence line on the Dick farm, in a tract which
had been sub-rented by Carder, according to the sheriff. As soon as they
discovered the still, Carder was arrested and brought to Oskaloosa. His case was
filed in district court and bond set. 

(Note: If anyone is researching the four names in this article, there is a
picture of the sheriff, deputy and attorney that appears with his article. If
you wish same, you need to let me know. I will keep the article for a week or
so. Jim)


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