Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1920 — SLAIN IN MOONSHINER RAID [ARTICLE]

SLAIN IN MOONSHINER RAID

One Man Killed, Another Wounded in Texas Battle. Strawn, Tex., April 16. —One man was killed and another wounded seriously when federal prohibition officers raided three groups of alleged moonshiners near Thurber, Texas. Eight men were arrested in the raids, and, according to the authorities, 1,000 gallons of mash, 400 gallons of whisky and a copper still of large capacity were destroyed. The man killed was a suspected moonshiner, as was the one wounded.