The robbers received some buckshot in the hide, but no liquor.
March 30, 2010
By Kevin Dayhoff for Soundtrack
On March 23, 1923, “About 25 men, all from Baltimore, it is reported, attempted to raid McGinnis Distillery” in Carroll County, just east of Westminster, according to Democratic Advocate newspaper account dated March 30, in 1923.
The newspaper reported that it was “the second attempt within two weeks to rob the warehouse which contains 4000 barrels of the precious fluid. The truck to haul the whiskey away was left at Cranberry about 2 miles from the distillery,” near Westminster.
The next morning 25 five-gallon “containers were found along the warehouse which was to be used to put the whiskey in. The iron shutter was opened but they failed to gain entrance.”
The newspaper account further reports that on this occasion, the guard on duty was prepared and defended the distillery from the would-be whiskey-robbers. “Guard Charles Thomson, who was on duty, was the target for the raiders.
“They opened fire on Mr. Thomson, who returned it, and made it so hot for the gang that they retreated over the hills for safety…
“Two men, Saturday morning, it is said, full of blood and mud, took the 6:30 a.m. train at Cranberry for Baltimore. It is evident that some of the gang received some of the buckshot in their hide, but none were seriously injured.”
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