The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-12-12
REVENUE TROUBLES.
A Girl on the Mountain Tops Winds a
Foe Horn, and the "Noonshjae"
Clans Gather III Force.
CAtlanta Constitution. ]

Clans Gather III Force.
ATLANTA Constitution.
A strange and picturesque story
comes to US from the mountains OF
Towns county, Georgia.
The authority that we have at pres
ent is the official report OF the deputy
in charge of the squad which was in~
terested. 1t appears that few nights
ago a Deputy Marshal of Marshal Fitz
simons' force, with seven assistant
deputies aud eight guards, organized
for raid into Towns county. One of
the objects of the raid was to capture
man by the name of Berrony, who
was reported to be a "moonshiner" and
the leader of band of men organized
for the purpose of defyiug the revenue
officers and protecting the hidden stills
of the mountain branches.
The raiding party moved along quiet
ly, and by nightfall was in the neigh
borhood of Berrony's house. They
waited until the family had gone to
-sleap--and-khen surrounded the house
and closed in on the unsuspecting
family. Berrony, though surprised
while asleep.
SPRANG FROM HIS BED AND FLED,
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
awakened and came to the door in
more or less confusion, and making a
good deal of fuss While the depu
lies were engaged with the prisoner
and the people at the door, daughter
of the prisoner, about eighteen years
of age, slipped out of the back door,
dressed only in the garment in which
she had been sleeping, and made for
the mountain side with the feetness of
a young antelope She carried in her
right hand fox horn, and fed through
the night like an apparition.
a deputy put out in pursuit of the
fleeing maiden, but his boots aud
clothes encumbercd him, aud 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 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 clad
but stout hearted bugier
AS rapidly as possible the deputy
had his prisoner dressed, aud forming
his men into close order, moved of
towards his wagons. He and his men
were followed by the family of the
prisoner, which was constantly re-en-
forced by the arrival of mountaineers,
aroused and angry BY the time the
deputies had gone a mile the threaten
lug force behind had grown to twenty
or twenty five men, aud things looked
squally. When they had reached a
long, narrow deile the deputy in charge
found that there was a large force OF
men in front of him, aud tbat each
side Of the defle was held by sharp
shooting mouBtaineers, who were hid
den in tile woods The force 10 his
rear was pressing closer on him. and
he called halt aud began to look into
things. He found bis situation des
perate. He could turn no way with
out encouDtering an armed squad, and
he felt that a fight in the dark could
promise nothing but bIoodshed aud
death. He therefore began TO parley
The mountaineers demanded the re-
lease of Berrony, who is said to have
been their leader The deputy at first
protested aud refused, but he soon
found that there were fifty men oppos-
ed to him with the advantage of posi-
ton. 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 be joined
his friends in the woods.
The deputies had two other prison
ers and attempted to get away with
them As they were marching along
through the dark some one whispered
to one of the deputies, "Come thi:
way" He supposed that it was one Of
his fellow deputies, and moved in the
direction indicated Suddenly he was
Knocked down and bundled up snd
pitched into fence corner. The dep
uties discovering his capture, halted
again and held little council of war
They were afraid to FIRE on the ''moou'
sinners" because they supposed the
missing deputy was in their power
And the "moonshiuers" we're afraid tc
/ fire on them for fear of hitting the
prisoners. The two squads confronted
each other quietly in the dark woods
for awhile, when the deputies silently
but in good order, withdrew and hur'
ried out of Towns county. They car
ried off their two prisoners, but lef
Berrony behind.
This is the report in substance a
made by the deputy to Marshal Fitz
simons. The Marshal is not 10 tn
city at present, but we presume whel
/ he returns he will take steps to hav
the arrest of the defiant mountainee
made over again, and made So that
win stick.
A LATER ACCOUNT.
Mr. Robinson, the deputy Marsha
who was in charge Of the raiding party
has reached the city, and gives fu
account of the affair. He says that
is impossible to overestimate the def
ance with which the mountaiueers me
the officers.
He says that Berrony is a French
man of bravery, ability and shrewdnes
} and that he has a determined followin
that fully understand the situation
He says that when they arrested Be
rony he said: II have two stills, an