Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-01
AnARINE ARRESTED.
The Boss M0OnshiHer Taken From
His IS fountain Retreat.
He Yields to the Irevitabie withou'
Resistance
And Is Now COnnasd la the naTys
vile Jail.

And Is Now COnnasd la the sE"Tys
vile jail.
Hut. Amarine, the outlaw of the |
mountains, who has for years bid de-
fiance to the United States authorities, |
and carried on the business of Illicit |
distilling III the mountain Businesses
of Blount county with impunity, was
arrested Thursday morning by Capt. |
VIM. Freehour, Deputy Sheriff of that
county, aided by Charles Effier and
James and Stephen Razor. For more
than five months Mr.. Freshour has
given almost his entire time and at
tention to working up this case, aud
he deserves no little credit for the en-
ergy and tact displayed throughout
the difficult and dangerous under
taking.
HIS METHODS.
After the murder of John Cooper,
last August, every one who knew
Freshour, looked to him as the man
of all others to arrest and bring TO
punishment the band of outlaws who
were suspected of having perpetraied
the bloody crime. His experience as
an officer, his superior knowledge OF
the locality, his acquaintance with the
people, his tireless energy and his In
vincibIe courage pointed him out as
the man for the occasion. To boldly
| attack Amarine in his retreats ana
! thus capture him, WAS as dIthculE ana
uncertain as to have taken one of the
wild beasts that roam over the noun
| tain tops, climb the rocky crags and
sleep in the impenetrable laurel
thickets common to that comparative
! Iy unknown mountain region; success
was possible only through strategy
and sleepless vigilance. Mr.. Fresh our
knew that the only certain way to
reach him, was through the cupidity
of his associates. Accordingly, he ar
ranged time and again, at considerable
cost, with pretended friends OF
Amarine, to betray him from his
hiding places, and secure his arrest.
Many of the parties with whom he
acted, after agreeing to belray
Amarine, instead thereof, betrayed his
relentless .pursuer. But finally last
WEDNESDAY, Stephen Razor came to
him where he was concealed IN q
thicket in MiiIei's Cove, and told him
that Amarine WAS at the house Of Ann
Burchfield and @. w. Powell, in the
4" Flats" near the North Carolina line'
about so miles distant. This was in
accordance with previous arrange
ment entered into between Freshour,
and Stephen Razor and his brother
James Razor. FTeshOur
STARTED FOR HIS GAME
at once He rode all night through
the rain, succeeding IN eluaing ANA
rine's pickets and ar.Iv i .. point
near Burchfield's house before daylight
Thursday morning. Burchtield runs
distilIery some distance away from
his house, in deep ravine that runs
down from the Smoky mountains
} From their place Of ConCealment
: Freshour and his associates Charle
Efier aud enc Of the RazOrs watched
Burchfieid's house until 8 o'clock a. 10.
f about which time, Milburn Burchtie!C
r came OUT with basket Of provis
> ions, going III the direction o
: the disliIlery. FreshOur cToGche'
|, along until he came near enough t
D where Milburl Burchfeld passed, 4
( convince himself what he had, an'
! knew his object. But 10 reach the dis
} tillery and avoid being seen by tn
pickets, he had to make a detour oil
? alb ut a mile and come up on the opEC
: | site side of the still-hOuse from wher
, he then was. He reached bis coVete
; point of observation unnoliced. :
3 party of mountaineers were outside
/ the still-house, engaged in a shootin
f match, the prize conteDded for bein
Y 1.-THE whisky" He was so hearth L
:. that he could distinctly hear what va
d said.
. THE ARREST.
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