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WOMAN MOONSHINER
"Whitesburg, Ky., Sept. 19--United States Deputy Marshall
Thomas Hollifield of Knott County, with a posse, has returned
from the southern section of Letcher County, having under
arrest Oma Prater, a young woman, whom they captured after a
fierce resistance on the charge of moon shining. The officers
say that the woman had situated herself in a little glen in
the mountains where she made whiskey, and she had armed
herself with a number of breech-loading rifles to protect her
almost impenetrable hiding place. The woman had a sewing
machine in the mountains with her and put in her odd times
making garments.
The officers state that they had her completely surrounded
before she was aware of their presence, but that she put up a
fierce fight before they could capture her. She is the first
woman moonshiner to be arrested in this section in years She
will be tried at London, Ky., in November."
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The Progressive (Olive Hill) [newspaper]
September 19, 1912
Submitted by Sharon Nutt |