Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-23

eu along quietly, and )y nightfall was
In the neighborhood Of Berrony's house.
They waited until the family had gone
to sleep, and then surrounded the house
and closed in on the unsuspecting family.
Berrony, though surprised while asleep,
sprang from his bed and fed, clad only
in his night clothes. Despite this light
weight he was overtaken by the deputies
and overpowered and tied.
In the meantime his family had awak-
ened and came to the door in more or
less confusion. While the deputies were
engaged with the prisoner and the peo-
pie at the door, daughter of the prison.
er, about Is years of age, slipped out of
the back door, dressed only in the gar
ment in which she had been sleeping,
and made for the mountain side, with
the fleetness of young antelope. She
carried in her right hand fox horn, and
fed through the night like an apparition.
A deputy started in pursuit of the flee
ing girl, but his boots and clothes encum-
bered him, and she, tripping over the
sleeping flowers with bare feet, soon
reached the top Of the hill. Once there,
she turned and, like new Roderick
Dhu, she gave one blast upon her bugle
horn. 1t was "well nigh worth a thous-
and men," for as the echoes of the horn
died away In the valleys of the night,
ARMED MEN GATHERED SILENTLY,
but swiftly, to the call of the lightly
clad but stout hearted bugler. AS rap
idly as possible the deputy had his pris-
oner dressed, and forming his men into
close order, moved off toward his wag-
ons. He and his men were followed 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 mile
the threatening force behind had grown
to twenty ortwenty-fve men, and things
looked squally. When they had reached
long narrow deflle, the deputy in
charge found that there was large
force of men In front of him, and that
each side Of the deiile was held by sharp
shooting mountaineers, who were hid
den in the woods. The force in his rear
was pressed closer on him, and he called
a halt and began to look into things. lie
found his situation desperate. He could
turn no way without encountering an
armed squad, and he felt that fight in
the dark could promise nothing but
bloodshed and death. He therefore be-
gan TO parlcy. The mountaneers de-
mandcd the relief Of Berrony, who is
said to have been their leader. The dep
uty at first protested and refused, but he
soon found tia there were fifty men op-
posed to him with the advantages of po-
sition. The men agreed that certain
stills should be given up, but they would
not listen TO Berrony being taken away.
At length
THE pEprTY srRRENDERED HIM.
and he joined his friends in the woods
The deputies had two other prisoners,
and attempted to get away with them
Az they were marching along through
the dark some one whispered TO one of
the deputies, "Come this way" lie
supposed that 1t was one Of his fellow
deputies, and moved in the direction i'm
dicated. Suddenly he was knocked
down and bundled up and pitched into
fence corner. The deputies discovering
his capture, halted again aud held n little
council of war. They were afraid TO
fire on the moonshiners, because they
supposed the missing deputy was In their
power. And the moonshlners were
afraid to fire on them for fear Of hitting
the prisoners. The two squads confront"
ed each other quietly In the dark woods
for awhile, when The deputies silently,
but In good order, withdrew and hurried
out of Towns county. They carried off
their two prisoners, but left Berrony be-
hind. This Is the report In substance ms
made by the deputy TO Marshal Fitzslm-
mons. The Marshal Is not In the city at
present. but we presume when he re-
turns he will take steps to have the mr.
rcst of the defiant mountaneer made
over again, and made 10 that II VIII stick
Mr.. Robinson, the deputy marshal, who
was In charge of the ralding party, has
reached the city, and gives full account
of the affair. lie says that II Is impossl-
bic TO ovcrcstlmatc the defiance with
which the mountalnecrs met the officers
lie says that Berrony Is Frcnchman OF
bravery and ability, and shrewdncss,
and that he has determined following
that fully understands the sltuatlon.-
when they arrested Berrony he said
al have two stills and there they are
I've been running them for ten years
| and defy you to take them" When
his friends began to gather In the woods
and darkness, he would call ont to them
aTbcr'a only twelve of them here, bnI
they're aimed to the teeth. Don't pt
ok them until the rest Of the boy
comepr Robinson turned aud said t'
him; orhe first shot they fire on u
IN Kim you." lie replledi "kill an'
be d-d. II you hurt me there won't b
man Of you get out of these hill
alive He then went on and said ~