The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-12-11
A NEW RODRRICK DnU.
zEow the novenue Mon Ee sape.

us from tho mountains OF Towns COUNTY
The authority that We have at present
is the official report of the deputy in
charge OF the squad which wasinterested
1t appears that few nights ago deputy
marshal, of Marshal Fitzsimon's forces
with seven assistant dtputiea and eiphi
guardp, organized for g raid into Towns
county. One of the objects OF the raid
was to capture o man by the name oi
Berrony who was reported to 'ea amoon.
sinner" and the leader of 1t OF men
organized for the purpose OF defying the
revenue officers Ind protecting tho hid.
den stills of the mountain branches.
The raiding party moved along quiet
~, and by nightfall was In the neiehbor-
hood of Berrony's house. They waited
until the family had gone to sleep and
then surrounded the house and
closed in on the unsuspectina fa,n..
ly: Berrony, though surprised while
asleep, sprang from his bed and fed clad
only in his night clothes. Despite this
Light weight, he was ovortaken by the
deputies aud overpowered and tied.
In the meantime his family had awak-
ened and came to the door in more or
less confusion, and making q good deal
of fuss. While the deputies were en-.
gagged with the prisoner and the people
at tho door, q daughter Of the prisoner,
about eighteen years of age, slipped ors
of the bark door, dressed only in Che
garment ~ which che had been sleeping.
and made for the mountain side with the
heetness Of young antelope. She car
rled in her right hand tox-horn, and
fled through the night like an appari-
tion. 't -
A deputy put out in pursuit. of the fee.
ing maiden, but his boots and clothes en-
numbered him, and she tripping over the
sleeping flowers with bare feet soon
reached the top of the hill. Once there
she turned, and like q new Roderick
Dhu, she gave one blast upon her bugIe
horn. It was "well nigh worth thou
sand 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 but stout
hearted bugle-.
.As rapidly as possible the deputy had
his prisoner dressed, and forming his
men into close order, moved off towards
his wagons. He and his mon were fol.
lowed by the family Of tia prisoner,
which was constantly reinforced by the
arrival of mountaineers, aroused ard an
cry. BY the time the deputies had gone
o mile the threatening force behind had
grown to twenty or twenty.fiy men, and
things looked sqnally.
When they had reached q long, mar
row defle, the deputy In charge found
that there was large force Of men In
front of him, and that each side of the
defile was held by sharp.shnoting monn-
taineers, who were hidden in the woods.
The force in hi1 rear was pressed closer
on him, and he called halt and began
to look into things. He found his situa-
tion desperate. He could turn no way
without encountering an armed SQUAD.
and he felt that to- fight in the dark
could promise nothing bat blOnd-shed
and death. He therefore oegan to par
ley. The mountaineers demanded the
release Of Berrony, who is said to have
been their leader. The deputy Mt first
protested and refused, but he soon fouud
that there were fifty men opposed to him
with the advantage of position. The
men agreed that certain discovered still.
should be given up, but they would nlp.
listen to 3errony being taken away. at
length the deputy surrendered him, and
nc Joined his friends in the woods.
The deputies had two other prisoners
aDd attempted to get away with them.
As they were marching along thra.eh
tue dark, some one whispered to one of
the deputies: 'Come this way.n He
supposed that 1t was onu Of his fellow
deputies, and moved in the direction In
dicated. Suddenly he was knocked down
and bundled up and pitched into o fence
corner The dennties discovering h;a
capture, halted again and held little
council of war. They were afraid to fire
on the "moonshiners," because they sup
posed the missing deputy WAS in their
power. Aud the "moonshinersn were
afraid to fire on them for fear Of hitting
the prisoner. The two squads confronted
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 behind.
This Is the report in substance as made
by the deputy to Marshal Fitzsimons.
The rnarshal Is not in the city at present,
but we presume when he returns he will
take steps to have the arrest of the def
ant mountaineer made over again, and
made 80 that 1t will stick.
A LATER ACCOUNT.
Mr.. Robinson, the deputy marshal In
charge Of the raiding party has reached
the city and gives full account Of the af.
fair. He says that IL is impossible TO over.
estimate the defiance with whicn .iie
mountaineers meet tho officers.
He says that BerTuny Is EEfuiititiuii,1it
of bravery and ability and shrewdness,
and that he has determined following
that fully understand the situation, ne
says that when they arrested Berrony. no
said: II have two stills, and there thew
are. I've been running them for ten
years, and / defy you to take then.n
When his friends begun TO gather in
the woods and darkness he would call
out TO them, There's only Twelve of them
here but they're armed to the teeth.
Don't attack them till the rest OF the
boys come I"
Robinson turned ana said to him
THE first shot they fire on us I'll kill
you." q.
He replied; "K:ll ard ba d-d. Ifyou
hurt me there won't man Of You get
out of these hills alive.n He then went
on and said: 'If you don't hurt me
they won't hurt yonp
When an attack seemed imp,inent one
of the deputies said to Berrony taThroW
up yonr hat and tell them not to shoot.n
Berrony laughed and said .If I threw
up my hat they'd shoot sure"
he talked with his ambushed friends
with tho utmost freedom and noncha-
lance, and seemed to be jolly over the
crowd of them that was gathering. Az
ter he had been released. he turnef1 ~