Russell County Alabama Crime News   Wanted in Russell. Young White Man Accused of Burglarizing Railroad Car.   Jeff Temple, a 20-year-old white man, was turned over to Sheriff P. M. Daniesl of Russell County, yesterday by the police, and Temple was taken back to Russell County, where he is charged with burglarizing a railroad car.   The young prisoner was arrested by the police Thursday for being drunk after which it was ascertained that he was wanted in Russell County. Temple left Russell County two years ago, while the charge of burglary was pending against him. Source: Montgomery Advertiser - April 1, 1907 - Submitted by C. Anthony Alleged Illicit Distiller Is Caught In Russell County   "Drop that gun, or I'll kill you!" It was a dramatic scene and one that would have made a moving picture thriller, when Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue R. P. Yarbrough uttered the above words in the woods of Russell County just as day was breaking on Thursday morning, and with the words he levelled a pistol at Jesse Burks, who was pointing a shot gun at the revenue officer, but dropped the gun and surrendered.   Raid On Still. This thrilling incident occurred during a raid on an alleged moonshine still located about ten miles from Girard, which, it is claimed, was being operated with great profit by three brothers, Jesse, Oscar and Cumbie Burks, all of whom are now in jail, having had a hearing before United States Commissioner J. R. Thomas Friday morning at which the evidence against the three young men was so convincing they were bound over to the Federal Court under various bonds apportioned to the gravity of their alleged offenses against the law.   Burks Under Bond. Jesse Burks is under a bond of $1,000 because of having attempted to shoot the revenue officer; Oscar Burks is under $500 bond for having a Winchester in his possesion at the time of his arrest, and Cumble Burks is under $200 bond as an alleged partner in the illicit distillery.   Early last Wednesday evening Revenue Collector Yarbrough, accompanied by Deputy S. T. Holt and Frank Lindsey of Russell County, left Girard quietly in a covered conveyance and proceeded through the darkness to a point on the bank of a small creek running through the hills ten or eleven miles from Girard, where they had previously discovered an illicit still, but were not aware of the identity of the men who were operating it.   The revenue men arrived at the place about 1 o'clock Thursday morning. Stationing themselves some distance apart in the shrubberies the three men sat down on the ground and awaited the expected developments of the morning. The quary, they say, apeased soon after. Source: Montgomery Advertiser - September 1, 1917 - Submitted by C. Anthony Saved from Mob of Negroes. Columbus, Ga. Dec 6—Only the most determined effort on the part of white men has prevented the lynching of William Vaughn at the hands of a negro mob in Russell County, Ala. Vaughn, after capture, confessed that he robbed his wife's grandmother set fire to her house murdered her and threw her bleeding body into the flames a few days ago. The Washington Post, December 7, 1904 (Washington, D.C.), Submitted by B. Ziegenmeyer     Genealogy Trails   Copyright © Genealogy Trails This Webpage has been created exclusively for the Genealogy Trails History Project. Submitters retain all copyrights