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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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Hinds County officers raided and destroyed a large moonshine still on Mary Jackson's property near midnight Saturday, arresting two Jackson men Sunday morning after finding mash and whiskey.
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Large Clinton Still
Hinds County officers located
and destroyed a still with a ca-
pacity of 2200 gallons a mile south
of Spring Ridge Road on McRaven
Road near midnight Saturday. Two
arrests were made.
County patrolman Howard Evans
and Sheriff's Deputies Curtis Cox
and Jack Wedgeworth discovered
the large still at 11:30 p.m. Sat-
urday after six months of closing
in on the location by Evans.
Thirty-nine 55 gallon kegs of
mash were at the still ready to
run and 40 gallons of whiskey was
already run and capped up. Deputy
Raymond Bonner and Constable
Fred Thomas assisted the other
officers, and the still and kegs of
mash were destroyed. The whiskey
is being kept, along with parts of
the still, for evidence.
About ten o'clock Sunday morn-
ing Patrolman Evans arrested two
Jackson Negroes, John Rogers, 42,
and Eddie Jackson, 26, in connec-
tion with the moonshining opera-
The still was located on the
property of Mary Jackson.
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Hinds County
Event Date
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
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Outcome
still and 39 kegs of mash destroyed; 40 gallons of whiskey kept for evidence; two arrests made
Event Details
Hinds County officers located and destroyed a 2200-gallon capacity still on Mary Jackson's property a mile south of Spring Ridge Road on McRaven Road near midnight Saturday after six months of investigation by Patrolman Howard Evans. Thirty-nine 55-gallon kegs of mash were ready to run and 40 gallons of whiskey had been produced. Officers involved included Sheriff's Deputies Curtis Cox and Jack Wedgeworth, Deputy Raymond Bonner, and Constable Fred Thomas. At 10 a.m. Sunday, Patrolman Evans arrested John Rogers, 42, and Eddie Jackson, 26, both Jackson Negroes, in connection with the moonshining operation.