Law Smashes Liquor Still; 3 arrested at Huge Hide-out
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Title
Law Smashes Liquor Still; 3 arrested at Huge Hide-out
Description
Described as the "biggest illegal liquor operation ever uncover in Turner County" by lawmen, a four-vat liquor still was demolished by Sheriff T.E. Kennedy Jr. (Thomas Evans Kennedy, 1911-1986)...
Location: Southeast corner of Turner County near the Tift County and Irwin County lines and adjacent to a branch which trails through the isolated area.
Caught at the scene:
Jack Nelson Eldridge, 27 (released on $5,000 to Roy Coker)
Earl Eugene Smith, 25 (released on $4,000 to Roy Coker)
John Wesley Hooks, 21 (remained in jail under $4,000 bond)
Also confiscated:
1961 Ford
1960 Chrysler
"On the morning of the raid, the brand new still had just begun its first operation with its initial run, turning out 268 and 1/2 gallons in an approximate eight hour period before lawmen intervened and broke up the elaborate machinery which had a capacity to turn out as much as 500 gallons of illegal liquor a day."
"Sheriff Kennedy said 125 gallons of the illegal liquor was poured out in a mantle near the Turner County courthouse after the raid, and the raider was destroyed at the raid."
Assisting in arrest/sting:
Deputy E.L. Bean
David Bailey
Ray Hunt
Bobby Bryant (State Revenue Dept.)
Wendell Aikens (State Revenue Dept.)
Lee Purvis (Federal Agent)
Location: Southeast corner of Turner County near the Tift County and Irwin County lines and adjacent to a branch which trails through the isolated area.
Caught at the scene:
Jack Nelson Eldridge, 27 (released on $5,000 to Roy Coker)
Earl Eugene Smith, 25 (released on $4,000 to Roy Coker)
John Wesley Hooks, 21 (remained in jail under $4,000 bond)
Also confiscated:
1961 Ford
1960 Chrysler
"On the morning of the raid, the brand new still had just begun its first operation with its initial run, turning out 268 and 1/2 gallons in an approximate eight hour period before lawmen intervened and broke up the elaborate machinery which had a capacity to turn out as much as 500 gallons of illegal liquor a day."
"Sheriff Kennedy said 125 gallons of the illegal liquor was poured out in a mantle near the Turner County courthouse after the raid, and the raider was destroyed at the raid."
Assisting in arrest/sting:
Deputy E.L. Bean
David Bailey
Ray Hunt
Bobby Bryant (State Revenue Dept.)
Wendell Aikens (State Revenue Dept.)
Lee Purvis (Federal Agent)
Source
The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman
Publisher
The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman
Date
January 15, 1970
Collection
Citation
“Law Smashes Liquor Still; 3 arrested at Huge Hide-out,” Turner County Project Digital Archive Repository, accessed May 19, 2024, https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/items/show/193.
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