1917: Newton C. Spradling, Acquitted, charged w/Complicity; Ft. Smith, Ark.
Former Gauger Acquitted by Jury.
(By Associated Press.)
Ft. Smith, Ark., Jan. 20.-Newton C. Spradling, a former gauger in the internal revenue service was acquitted here to-day of a charge of complicity an alleged moonshine conspiracy, which Federal officials have claimed centered here.
Source: Daily Times Enterprise, Thomasville, Georgia, Saturday Afternoon, January 20, 1917; Pg. 1