St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-27
NEassimg the I0onsRFssers.
CALLED TOGETHER BY A FON-HORN
BLOWN BY a GIRL.
ATLANTA Constitution. ]

A strange and picturesque story comes
to us from the mountains OF Towns
county.
The authority that we have at present
is the official report OF the deputy Ill
charge of the squad which WAS lntsres-
ted. 1t appears tAat Il few nights ago
deputy marshal of Marshal Fltzsi-
mons's force, with seven assistant depu-
ties and eight guards, organized for a
raid into Towns county. One OF the
objects of the raid was to capture Il
man by the name of Bcrrony, Vile was
reported to be a mOonShlner," and the
leader of Il band of men organized Tor
the purpose of defying tie revenue
officers and protecting the hidden stills
OF the mountain branches.
The raluing party moved along
quietly, and by nightfall was III the
ghborhood of BerrOny's house.
They waited until the family had gone
to sleep and then surrounded the house
and closed i'll on tie unsuspectinS
family. Berrony, though surprised
while asleep, spranS trom his bed ana
fled, clad only Ill night CLOTHES. Dts-
pite this light weight, he was oyertaken
by the deputies and overpowered and
tied.
In the meantime his family had
awakened and came to the door in
more or less confusion making Il good
deal of fuss. While the deputies were
engaged with the prisoner and the peo-
pie at the door, a daughter OF the pIlso-
ner, about 1S years OF age, slipped out
of the back door, dressed only III the
garment in which she had been sleep
ing, and made for the. mountain side
with the tieetness OF "a young antelope.
She carried i'll her right hand Il fox
horn, and fled through the night like
an apparltlon.
A deputy put out in pursuit OF the
fleeting maiden, but his boots and
clothes encumbered him, and she, trip
ping over the sleeping flowers with
bare feet, soon reached the top OF the
hill. Once there, she turned, and, like
a new Roderick Dhu, she gave one
blast upon her bugle- horn. 1t was
well-ni gh thousand men," for us the
echoes of the horn died away in the
valleys of the night, armed men gather
ed, silently but swiftly, to the call OF
the lightly-clad but stout-hearted
bugler.
As rapidly as possible the deputy had
his prisoner dressed, and, forming his
men into close order, moved off toward
his wagons. He and his men were fol-
lowed by the family of the prisoner,
which was constantly reinforced by the
arrival OF mOuntaineers, aroused and
angry. By the time the deputies had
gone a mile the threatening force be-
hind had grown to twenty Or twenty
five nen, and things looked squally.
When they had reached long mar
row detile, the deputy in charge found
that there was large force of men in
front OF him, and that each side of the
detile was held by sharp shooting
mountaineers, who were hidden in the
woods, The force i'll his rear was
pressed closer on him, and be called a
halt and began to look into things.
He found his situation desperate. He
could turn no way without encounter
ing an armed squad, and he felt that u
fight in the dark could promise nothing
but bloodshed and death. He there
fore began to parley. The mountain
GERS demanded the release Of Berrony,
who is said to have been their leader.
The deputy at first protested aud re-
fused, but he soon found that there
were fifty men opposed to him, with
the advantages of position. The men
agreed that certain discovered stills
should be given up, but they would not
listen to Berrony being taken away.
At length the deputy surrendered him,
and he joined his friends ir1he woods.
The deputies had two otlier prisoners
and attempted to get away with them.
As they were marching along through
the dark some one whispered to one of
the deputies; " Come this way He
that it was one Of lis fellow
deputies and moved in the direction
indicated. Suddenly he was knocked
down and bundled up and pitched into
a fence corner. The deputies discov-
ering his capture, halted again, and
held little council of war. They
we're afraid to fire on the "moonshi-
ners," because they supposed the mis-
sing deputy was in their power. And
'he moonshiners' were afraid to fire
IN them for fear of hitting the prison
srs. The two squads confronted each
'tIer quietly in the dark woods for a
while; when the deputies silently but
n good order with drew and hurried
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