Major Moonshine Raid in Grays Harbor
Federal agents dismantle massive bootlegging operation, leading to a high-profile arrest.
The largest moonshine plants ever found in Grays Harbor district by Federal prohibition officers and the county officials were raided lately. Billy Simmons was arrested; he is said to be a partner of Elmer Todd, who is held in jail in connection with the shooting of Prohibition Agent Harold V. Mooring. All the equipment was confiscated.
“The largest moonshine plants ever found in Gray’s Harbor district... were raided lately.”
Prohibition-era bootlegging was a massive, decentralized industry that often relied on remote forested areas in Washington. Today, the legacies of these raids appear in historical records of local law enforcement tensions that mirror modern debates over regulatory enforcement in rural areas.
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