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Show 'MU I !MWM OTP P MWtoW , 1 LLL iiiiliJlN o I ILL Id fiilOU65fl.!LU Of fret' Farm Is Raid eel; Illict Plant In Walls Deputy Sheriff Struck By Discharge of 1 Trapgun; Culprit Will Be Turned Over To Federal Officers. I One of the most eloveriy concealed con-cealed stills t vei uncovered by LTtah county officers was brought !o light Tuesday afternoon, when 'he farm of Y M. Offiet in the ?rcvo river bottoms, four miles northeast of Prove, wns raided by "i- party consisting of Sheriff J. D. joyd, Deputy Sheriff Geoigc Davis .nd two fedeial enforcement offi--o.is from Salt Lake. LTrst Search I'nsuccessfuJ Infojmation from reliable sourcs ind assured the officers of the m.esL'..ce of a s-till on the premises Uthougii its exact location was un-:nown. un-:nown. A thorough .--carch of the javns and cutbuildings yielded icthing that appeal ed' suspicious md the basement of the frame dwelling ccni ained no evidence hat wci'kl effect a conviction un-ier un-ier the Volstead act. Thcte were some things about jp.j- of thp vv'alls in the basement,' however, that convinced the ofi'i-:eis ofi'i-:eis that they were on a "hot trail. ' strong smell resembling . s.kunk ::ns evidently planted tht're to kill 'my odors from the illicit still operations, op-erations, the officers surmised -nd this was later found to be cor-ect. cor-ect. Tho wall which confronted the -nrty was of hollow brick tile, to ! jido cf the brick tile wa II disclosod fhiit a scetion of it weighing 700 pounds was used as a door, swinging swing-ing on invisibic hinges, and opeiut id with a se'erot lock combination. The off vers laser learned that the door could have been opened from Oie outside with a hution hook had Ihey known the proper combination 0 use. The room containing the still was j fitted up with a maze cf wires and j .speaking tube? leading to the looms :bove, to be used in emergency eases if intruders should threaten. 1 rup-Oun Hits Deputy An innocent-appearing iron hasp in onr- coiner of the basement at-tr.icte'd at-tr.icte'd the attention of one of th1 deputies. Thinking this a clue to inothei apartment 'tlu officer Invent In-vent igat'd clo'cr- much f0 his later discomfort. The apparatus prov-d to be a trapgun loaded with an offensive' of-fensive' chemie.il resembling a -kunk in odor. The full charge of he gun struck the deputy squarely n the left eye the instant he touched the iron hasp. It w? ; luck for Of ret. the inventor invent-or of the device, that he was not close by when his episode tooU place. The officer did not mince words in his characterization of the nPl'Tli'trufni- Af tllo inlrn til appearances solid from floor to ce'iling. Close examination for anything any-thing like a door 0r other entrance proved fruitless. Nothing daunted, Ihe ofiiccrs seized a "double jack' :ition. Invisible Door l's,-l Beyond the wall was the object and tore ." -yining hole in the par-of par-of their search, a 20-gallry.i still together to-gether with other equipment useful ui the illicit liquor manufacture. In 'he CL'.lii.g was a small lr:.p door 'eading to 'a closet above. The in- Oftret was lat-r ulaced under arrest ar-rest when he returned home from work. According to Sheriff J. D. Boyd hc will be' turned over to the federal officeis to be arraigned in ihe fcdfial com I in Salt Lake. Questioned in regard to the tr.in-nun. tr.in-nun. Offrct tolu the officers that I' s'.as "mt'ant for somebody else." That's small consolation for the Mficcr who acted as the tot get lor the eonti ivance. Oh. yns he buried his clothes 'ater, all of them. |