The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-18
ILIICIT DTsTILLING IN TENNESSEE.
Desperate Adventure. Of . Hevenuc Omcer


NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 1--we have
had a terribly rough ride of II on this raid"
remarked Deputy Revenue Collector higgins.
who had Just returned from trip in Putnam
Why 80 rough?" askcd
"Up in thni county" said he. you go up one
hill and down another. II IL mountainous re-
gion and affords almost imprr1nnbc positions
for Illicit dsiillers. They don't have their Wild.
where you would least expect to find them.
You approach them in u roundabout way. They
are either on q high irowning blum or down
And how were the distilerics you discovered
Each down in n bottom. I had four men
with me and n guide. When we reached tho
woods from which We were to descend by mar
row passway down into the wiley i was pitch
dirk. | could not SEQ my hands before me.
My horse was not even dimly OUT TINED To- NIX
ono Of my men hcsi,atingy Yes, said |; we
must bag our game We started down l
made no attempt to guide my horse. ana IN
structed the others to do the same. Tor we were
descent We accompishcd ogr PURPOSE, cap-
lcry. and took MAYNARD into custody. We re-.
manned over unit the next morning: ! looked
vious. II made our blood run cold ~ we Oh.
served that the pathway ran around high elm
at an angle " forty-hyc degrees. On one side
was deep chnsm, into which we would now,
! tahiy been hurled ut tn" slip of our horses
! feet | never felt had made so narrow an
/ escape before Had | seen i'm the darkness what
! | saw ia the lighi would hnve hesitated. M did
| one ~ my mon. about taking So dangerous u
risk Of llfe. But was there. and was somewhat
repaid by the cous'iousnoss that had been
successful. We took our prisoner with IA. At
nightfall i bcgnn to rain as never saw 1t re- II
| before The rain came down I'm torrents the
roads were flooded. Our horses were wading
| in water half way ny their legs. 1t wle even
| darker than IL WIS the night before. Not even
/ friendly nasl of ishin. ng relieved the de"p
| and inky darkness 10y viii we were surround
| cd. As q prccaution To prevent our prisoner.
| Maynard. from escaping. lad placed him ne-
! tween two guar h ON @ small mule. cunNer-
sntion was constantly kNlt mp h'iw"en We Two
| guards and Maynard. m former hoping hy mat
| nirnus Ia know whether be- WAS stu with them,
| for they could not -'r him. But 40 last the heavy
| rniu which dron. hr1 u~ through and through
| and il gradually grew into % -ort OF Sun-m 'dir
tak When W. lad arrived al the point whore
wa were to raid Robert loves illi ~ di-tilirrv
| We made an examination to sec whether our
| prisoner WAS still with us. Ihgmule was there
Tor w animal hAl come n VIII 'il,il W. SUN
| IA II he had RIDER. ,lui I'D" ifls pntf Was
! gone H. had watched his opportunity. slid
| down oil the mule. nud "-cHlri. ,.
You wsrc sucr. s-iul at Loves distilery.
suppose Z"
- On ycs. W. had 70 X down in almost Just
such another place as nj Maynari-. though moi
quite 50 dangerous. Here an interesting incl
dent occurred; had been informed that Love
slept i'm tho distillrry which we found To- he in
full blast and that he Kept spencer rifle, load
ed with seven cartri igrr. AT the head ~ his bed
ready Tor use in 'ase he was intruded uuon
upon determincd. II possible. TO surprise him
Fortunately, The door to his room was no
inside. We felt certain he slept soundly Ia.
door was noiscle~-Y opened, mat p wa
lighted the gun secured. the cartridges drawn
and the weapon thrown down in some beer an
thus rendered useless
" Aud how about Iove?'
H. was periectly amazed. when he wat
awakened. To- find Us revenue men standinl
around him. He readily admitted we had got
/ lcry was operated ~ him. A. he WAS alrcud'
under bond NJ $1,000 10 appear before tn
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