Show MOONSHINE RING RINO BRINGS CHARGES B Br By d Pr Presa u ROCKY MOUNT Va Feb 8 A 8 A AI I I quad squad of federal agents I who combed the mountains of Franklin county to toI I gather evidence of a gigantic i antic moon moonshine moon moon-i I r t. t shine ring reentered those mountains today temporarily clothed with the authority of ot United States deputy marshals They seek to serve Issued yesterday against 34 Individuals and a corporation In the county charging conspiracy to violate various sections of the Internal revenue laws relating to to the distillation of ot whisky Their prisoners ners will wm be brought before be fore lore a United States commissioner here who will vilI set bail for their appearance ap Ip- before Federal Judge John JohnPaul JohnPaul JohnPaul Paul of the Western Virginia district on cn n March 4 4 In addition to the 34 principal conspirators the document returned by a federal grand jury in Harrisonburg Va Vat yesterday named 65 5 persons as co Long Investigation The indictments ended more than I year of investigation by agents ol of the alcohol tax division and nearly five months of study by a grand jury formed of residents of the upper Shenandoah valley country The case edse was taken over a n hundred miles from Franklin in order that any opportunity opportunity for Influencing the jury would be eliminated Among those indicted were Charles Carter Lee commonwealths commonwealth's attorney of the county and member of a family fain fam fly ily long prominent in Virginia He HeIs HeIs Is accused of having received protection protection tion finn mone money from handlers handler of illicitly distilled liquor Denies Denle Charges Lee issued a statement soon after the indictments were made known in which he denied the charges against him and said he would not resign resign re reo re- re sign ign his office and announced that I he would run for reelection in elections elec tion soon to be held I The indictment charges 68 overt acts on the part of the persons listed I Among them are arc That Sheriff D. D Wilson Hodges had protected rum runners for money consideration and had sold untaxed spirits seized by county officers That county officers had removed blockades so that rum carrying automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles could get safely through That those other than the county officials named had distilled stored end clOd transported untaxed spirits in violation vio yb- lation of the federal internal revenue hW laws |