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Twigs and Branches
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Bootlegging and 1st women jurors Still Large still & shotgun captured in Highland twp. And small still take in Worthington. In 1919. Small still was the first ever captured in Greene co. Officials shown are: Deputy Sheriff Bill Huffman (undercover man in forefront at left), Prosecuting attorney Will R. Vosioh (also hatless) Sheriff Isaac M. Wines (standing behind large still) & Deputy Sheriff Franck. C. Dean (wearing cap and standing directly behind small still). Boy holding bucket at right was purely coincidence when photo was taken.  First women jurors in Greene county, served in 1920. Were left to right: Bertha Crane, Susie Graham, Nellie Forst, Winn Slinkard, and Agnes Combs Crosman. Man in first row is : Sheriff Greely Wines. Male jurors in rear row are left to right: Ben Cox, Max Terhune, Ed McElroy, Luke Cochran, Troy Mood, Walter Blackwood and Ernest Quimby. . . . .Trial involved for violating the Volstead Act (bootlegging). . . .In Greene county the first case to be tried with women serving on the jury involved the Volstead Act that defined alcoholic content. Loyal Osborn, a resident of Highland township was arrested and indicted for operating a still and was tried in Greene County Circuit Court . . . . jury consisted of seven men from through out the county and five women from the Bloomfield area. . . .jurors were locked up in juror room for over twenty-four hours before they handed the jury in a vote of seven for conviction and five against. Three women voted for conviction and two against. . . The sequel was that after a retria with only one woman on the jury and a few hours later the bootlegger pled guilty and was sentenced to the state penitentiary. |
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