Accuse Two of Whiskey Manufacture

 The Marietta Daily Times, November 21, 1927

Two affidavits charging manufacture of liquor were filed before Judge David H. Thomas in common pleas court on Monday. They are signed by the sheriff and the men accused are William Devore of Marietta and Clarence Barnes of Beverly. Devore was arrested by the police on Saturday evening. Barnes is in the custody of the sheriff and will appear in court on Tuesday.

Devore was arraigned before Judge Thomas on Monday. He pleaded not guilty and waived examination. He was held to the grand jury and his bond was fixed at $500. He was trying to find bondsmen on Monday.

Barnes, who is employed by the traction company, was detained at Lowell on Monday but agreement had been made for him to appear in court by 9:30 o'clock on Tuesday morning.

These arrests follow a raid made some months ago by the sheriff's men in which they found a whiskey-making plant hidden in a barn on a farm owned by Barnes near Stanleyville. Ed Butcher already has been arrested as the operator of the plant and is held to the January grand jury. It is charged that Devore and Barnes were partners in the enterprise.

The still had been arranged under a "tin house" that had been built in the barn and over which a lot of oats straw had been piled. A cleverly arranged trap door led into the distillery from the barn basement.