The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-11

about here, before the revenue laws were
passed, and / worked It for him. We
were very poor and he could do very
little. worked on the farm all day. and
at the still ss night to make living for
ls. have often worked all iay plough.
Ing and then run the still all night until
breakfast. would be 80 tired next day
shaS have gone to sleep in the corn-rovy
between the plough.handles, and would
wake up only when my horse stopped at
the end of the fdrrow. This kina of life
was TOO hard for me and soon broke me
down, 30 that L got to working one night
at che still and sleeping the next. I
worked in the farm every day at the came
time. They the revenue oBicers) pressed
me 80 close after q while that quit dis
tiiling and went to hauling whiskcy and
selling it in North Carolina. They found
out that was doing this, and warrant
was Issued for my arrest. ,
| THE FIRST TROUBLE
l had with the revenue officers was all on
my side. as they captured and DESTROYED
for me one hundred and twenty-three
gallons of whiskey. Ihad paid one dol.
lar per bushel for the corn that made Il.
besides eighteen dollars month 20 the
man who ran the still. The officers cut
up and cmptied three barrels of the
whiskey. and kent two barrals fnr their
own drinking. They kept these two bar
rels hid in the woods, end would come
back and get it by the jug full whenever
their supply gave out. Among. those
who got some of it were Glenn Cism
(Chisolm p and fellow named Hamp.
Den. Several people I i've told me that
tHey drank some of my whisEey ths.s was
captured at that time Old man 1900
toid me, the other day, that when they
came for the last of, it they arrested him ~
ana LOOK him of, and all the officers
| atopped on the side of the road and filed
| tnelr jugs with the whiskey which, they
told him, was Redmond'e. They carried
OF twenty-three gallons at this ioad.
FATHER AND MOTHER KILLED.
vhe next morning, it was Sunday, the
Officers rushed iiito my huuBe and presen-
| TED their guns at my father and captured
him. He was sevehty-eight years of age.
and my mother, who was confined to her
bed with palsy, was nearly as Old
Gather begged them not to alarm her
| she was badly frightened-and he would
surrender: They asked for me-, but was
at the spring when they clme up and saw
H them, and so escaped. Father told them
Was not far. of. but ! kept out Of the
Fay, and they took him 10 the church
near by. They captured several other
men in the church, and the preacher
stopped In the midst Of his sermon and
sat down. My father and several others
gave Dal!-the rest they took away Will,
shem. My mother was badly frightened
~ IT all, and died few days afterwards.
fslthnF a <rNs - A Il. rr,I. .
Journey and exposure made him ill, and
he, too, died few weeks later.
L ti, AFTEn TIE FrNsRAL. Tx.
Doth of them died before I could get
back to them, l was then keeping out
OF the way, as the revenue ohicers were
Watching for me every time / went to see
either OF them. Idid not see my mother
buEed. But when my father died too. and
my sisters were left slone in the house. I
sSsormined to 60 home and attend his
funeral and see after them at any risk.
On the road from the house to the graye.
when we were following his body to burial.
we met q revenue officer, He looked at
me very hard but be was alone, and see-
Ing that had s0me of my friends with
me, he passed on, and arrested several of
tne nelghbors who had dug the grave and
After the funeral ! still kept out of the
way, and as, my sisters were alone and
heipless,s had to dodge in and out and
try to take care of them as best could.
This was the beginning of my tronbles.''
Inc foregoing story was told as quietly
90 though none Of the circumstances mar.
rated were matters of any special wonder
IN mountainous revenue district, and
my two companions seemed to listen to
it in like spirit as to thrice told tale. I
have no comments to make, and have re-
Trained from even the feeble emphasispf
italics. After an interval spent in con-
versation on different subjects, i led Red.
mond back to the matter in hand by ssk-
ing. what was his next ttrouble.S He
replied that it was .'lliI2.1
,f THE KILLING OF DUcRwoRTH,
and concerning this well known affair he
gave the following account:
when Deputy Marshal Lee ,yyns dis
charged from the revenue service he had
IL his possession warrant against me.
which he turned oyer ;te Frank Caea
This warrant Alfred DGckworth, who
had been recently APPOINTED on the reve.
nue. force, tried to get from Case, who
refused to let him have it. DucEworth
then gwore. he, would take me, warrant
orsno warrant, orswould XIII me- In tho
attempt He bad taken one highfiyer.'
he said, 'and, by God, he intended to take
smother DuckTortR had been almost
raised with ma from. childhood, and we
knew each Other veil. He was very big
oted, aud was always hragging and doing
rash things. He rode one day By his
own grandfather's house, where there
was picture Of Gen. ag ashington hang
ing agailas the Wall OF d room, and he
shot aeyeral BALI into it through Tie open
door or window from Y1efe lie sat on his
horse, Tha hoiss may DO seen in the
picture and vail now. People told me
What ne nad mreatened againBt me. put
! only said, surely he has better sense
than to try to take me without o warsant.'
said I would meet 'Alf,' as I always
called him, Ssd tsys TO laugh him out Of
it. He will give me the same chance he
gives other people. /; a faR days later 1
had to haul q wagon load of corn and
went over to get 1t. The driver was ait
ting By me and on the>road we saw a
crowd coming. I sfid There comes the
revenue officers now The driver asked; !;
What will they doY' I said, 'NothiaS,
tnoy layq 10 warfAnE FOf lte.A 81 kgeE.
,theta Case had It. s'fhey: came tilS 70 us
and stopped end we talked together about
onei ifEotlr and ahaianliHGf 1es.
DUCKwoBEH sULKY.
/ asked Duckworth about old times.
bfft ukeVv that he snol.nyJ r,,li.s, =. 4 Al,