The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-06-14

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Thin, while hiswife who was then 10
a delicate situatiOn, stood in her door
and beseeched them to desist, and
that premature birth was caused
by the fright produced, and this wo-
man now lies in suffering condition
at the point of death. He failed to
tell how much fencing belonging to
innocent citizens was destroyed by
his burning still houses, and riding
off leaving them in flames which
spread through the county, laying
waste whole farms. He failed to tell
of the pistols drawn upon boys and
threats.of instant death if they did
not accompany him, He fails to tell
how they carried off five gallons of
liquor and stole a horse to pack it on.
He fails to tell how that he and his
men went into the houses of citizens
and helped themselves to anything
they desired to eat, and failed to pay
for it. He failed to tell that this
same Thompson, Editor of the Hin
ton Herald charged these things up
on him, and when he denied II prov
ed him to have added lying to his
other accomplishments. Allthis, he
failed to tell; but it should be told,
and we will write liar and assassin
so deep upon his forehead, that the
hand of death shall not eface it, or
the friendly clods which must some
day cover his foul carcass shall not
be able to hide it. We have no per-
sonal acquaintance with Gen. Duvall
but learn that he is an upright, clev-
er gentleman, and all the facts shall
be laid before him, and the depart
ment at Washington, and they can
then determine whether the United
States Government can afford to
have its commission disgraced and
dishonored by this willy knave. It's
fact well known to all who read
this paper that we have never been
an apologists for crime orlawlessness
in any shape or form, but have al
ways exposed wrongdoers and crime
with an unsparing hand; that it has
been our endeavor toelevate the NOR
ais of the community in which the
paper circulates, and have frequent
ly called attention to these illicit
distillers. Could the whole truth
be known, we doubt not that
the very information which led to
this raid was derived from local no
tice in this paper published some
three or four months ago. Capt. Ros-
Ter, who was the former Deputy Col
lector in this district subscribed for
this paper, as he told us, for the sole
purpose of keeping himself informed
as to the doings of these illicit distil-
lers.
In vindicatioa of our course in this
matter, we point to letter in anoth-
er column, from D. ?. Kegley, one of
the men who made the raid with At
kinson, and also to the proceedings
of n Mass meeting held at Raleigh
Court House, and published in anoth-
er column. The Hon. Judge Ward,
was so indignant at the article pub
lished in the Cincinnati Commercial,
that he made it the subject ofspecial
remark in open court, and denounced
it as q base and infamous SANDER
Although Atkinson, and his men
rode though this country with drawn
pistols, committing almost every
species of outrage upon unoffending
citizens and without legal process for
the arrest of any one; yet in no in
stance within the limits of the three
counties named was resistance offer.
ed, or threatened; and since that time
Deputy Marshall Burlew, with one
assistant and a portion of the time
alone, has Travelled through the coun-
ties of Raleigh, Mercer and Summers,
making arrest under process emanat-
ing from the U. S, District Court, and
in no case has his authority been
questioned, or any resistance what
ever been offered to him.
These distillers have been guilty
of a grave violation of law, and they
should be punished under the law,
butwe protest against U. S. officers
taking upon themselves their pun
ishmcnt, and involving in that pun.
ishment, the innocent, as well as the
guilty,