, 1877-11-14
TENNESSEE; WILDCAT.
4 Revenue Officers Rough Ride in
Putnam County Of That State.
lie Catches an Illicit Disti1Icr Asfccp...A
Pretty Dark Night.

Rpvctai Co1r4spona<nee 81 Thr Tribune.
NAsuvILlz, Tenn., Nov. 12.-"Wc have had
a terribly rough ride 0f II on this rall," rc-
marked Deputy Revenue Collector Higgins. WHO
lml lust returned fron: trip In Putnam Coun-
II.
"why 70 roughl" asked.
''Up In TINT county" said he, "you 60 up
one lill and down another. 1tisa mountainous
region nnl nfrorls nln,tst In,prcxna'lc positions
for Illicit dlxtiIIcrs. Thcy don't have thcfF Will
ca. concerns along tho roadway. They arc
Just w'crc you would le:ist expect TO find them.
You approach them in roundabout way. They
are either OH high frowninE bluff Of down a
deep deciivitY in dell"
"And how were the disttilcries you discovered
toca,cdi"
"Eact down In bottom. had four men
With mo ahl1 guide. Wien VIC reached tho
woods frum which we were 10 descend by mar
row passway down into the valley it was pitch
dark. could not sec my hands bcfurc nc.
My horse was not even dimly outlined to my
eyes. 'Sball We 70 iown this lecltvltyp saIl
Uns Of my men hcsitattnEly. YES sail I.
'we must bay our Tamc.' We started down.
l,nalc uo attempt to guide my l,oFbe, md in-
atruetcd tue others to do the salne. for VIC werc
sals dcscent. We accomplished our
purpose, captured aud DESTROYED Will
lam Maynerd's, :listfllery, and tnk Mnsuaid
into custody. We remained over until the next
syent!e1 on the night previous. II made otlr
blood run colI a. wu observed that tho path
way ran aioaud high cilIf at MI anHc Of forty
1fc degrees. Tn 0,e side was dcep chasni,
into whseh We would Inevitably hive beer,
lurfc4 Ut tic slip of our ilosses' feet. ncvtr
felt hll n,ade 80 narruw MI gsCape beforc.
Had ! seen tn the darkness what saw in tue
light wonlll hare hcsitatctl, rs did Que Of my
Inch, about taking 50 dangerous risk VI lie.
Dus was there, alld Va. someshas re-
! paid BY the. consciousness that I Ind been
successful. We took our prisoner with
%. ~ a.. MI n!ehtta!l IT,, # h.,s began r.. to n rata ~ as
down III turrents; the roads were flooded. Our
tsurses wcso watlink in water halfway up their
legs. It was even darker than II Was .he night
hcfnre. Not even friendly 9ast Of lightning
relieved the deep and lnkY darkncss by which
VIC were surrounded: As q pscalutiol to pre-:
vent our prisoner, Naynar1, from escaping,
had PLACED hin between two guards ou q small
tnu1e. a conversation wRs constautly kept up
bctwscn the TWO guards and Mayna1rl, the for
| l,c was still with them, for they could not sec
hin. but ut last The heavy ruin wl!less dret,chcd
US through nud through lal the effect 10
clseek the auw, u conversation, and It ernd-
talk. When We llati arrived at the point where
We wcrc To raid Nobcrt Loves i!licit dlshllcty,
| VIC natle nm examination to scr whether our
prleoncr Was still with us. The mule was there,
| for the astlnhI had comc On With them the san,e
as II he had o tdeE. But the prisoner was
gone. !ie, had watched Ills opportunity, slid
down OF the mule, aud cscapel.'
"fou werc suyessful at Loves distllcry, I
| suplausei'
''uh. yes We had to 60 down In almost just
sur,, another plnce as at Maynard's, though not
quite 30 daugsrous;; lisrc au Interesting tne'.
Low slcpt IT the dtstllcry. which re found
trfiges, at thc head Of his bed ready fur use tn
case he was lntr,tled upon. / was nnxluus to
avufl an{ difficulty, and thcrcupon determined,
II possible, to surprise him. Fortunately. the
could hear lin, snoring inside. W. felt certain
he slrpt sounliy. Thu door was n0fseless,y
| opened, tnatch wus lighted the gun secured.
the cartridges drawn, and the weapon throw!
down III some beer, an'l thus rendered useless"
o. - And low aout LoyefH
"lic was perfectly afnazel, when fs waa
awakened, 10 i1nl US itevcauc met. stuudln;
aruunl him. liz rcadi!y admitted VIZ had
gotten tho best Ut him, and dcnlctI
& It's ;, 9tslSfy 1. niT,v ,n'er WI qpars'e y
tl,Uu to appear before the Federal Court next
April, VIZ did MT hrinE hlm Atong. We DE-.
strovctl tho dlstillcry ard came home. nptll
the dlstillcrics hal capacity OF barrel and a
halt Of whisky psr day. warrant Wy ISSUE
"Dil yon ride oil thc wuyfn
ave did. W. stood tic fatigue we'll. Ono
Of mr. mcp was 90 t1l,e!. worn. l!o"cScr, BY tho
forced tsaycl md loss ul slcep that he bad 10
bo helped oG his kal4lc When We arrived
wnlk. He lad not been used TO the saddle, and
vas unable 10 stand It Us tho rest OF us, who
spend good deal ot our ttu,e In the saddle
hunting 'wil0-cats.'h UoN.