NEWS: Charles Groves Arrested, 1921, Bell Co. ----------------------------- Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson Date: 3 Oct 2003 ----------------------------- Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY Jan. 24, 1921 Charles Groves Is Arrested For Trading In Stills Local Plumber Charged With Selling Paraphernalia For Making "Shine" Charles Groves, a plumber, doing business in this city, was placed under arrest by local police authorities Saturday afternoon, charged with manufacturing stills which, it is alleged, he sold to moonshiners in this section. Evidence against Groves had been accumulating sometime and when arrested it is alleged he was at work on a worm which was to have delivered shortly. The arrest was made by Officers Thompson and Maxwell. The prisoner was taken to Pineville shortly after the arrest and was given a hearing before U.S. Commissioner Rollins This afternoon. Officers Thompson and Maxwell appeared as witnesses for the commonwealth in connection with the case. ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. **************************************************************************