The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-12-27
A Female Roaerlck DIN.

ent is the official report of the deputy in
charge OF the squad which was interest,"
ed It appears that few nights 400 4
| deputy marshal of Marshal Fitzsimmonss
force, with seven assistant deputies and
eight guards, organized for q raid into
towns county. One of the objects Of
the raid was to capture a man by the
name OF Berrony, who wassreported to be
moonshiner,' and the the leader Of q
oand OF men organized for the purpose
OF defylng the revenue officers and pro-
teelng the hidden stills Of the mountain
branches. '----
Ihe raiding party moved along auiet-
", and by nightfall was in the neirhbor-
mood OF Berronys house. They waited
until the family had gone asleep. and
then surrounded the house and closed in
on the unsuspecting inmates. 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, over
powered and tied.
In the meantime his family had
awakened, and all came to the door In
| more or less confusion, making a good
deal of fuss. While the deputies were
engaged with the prisoner and the peo-
pie at the door, daughter of the pris-
oner, about eighteen years of age. slip-
ped out OF the back door, dressed only in
the garment in which she had been sleap-
ing, and made for the mountain side
with the heetness of the antelope. She
carried in her right hand fox horn, and
fed through the night like an appari-
ton.
A deputy put out in pursuit of the
fleeing maiden, but his boots and clothes
encountered him, and she, tripping over
the sleeping flowers with bare feet soon
reached the top of the hill Once there.
she turned, and, like Roderick Dim. she
gave one blast on her bugIe horn. II
was 'swel nigh worth thousand men"
for, as the echoes of the horn died away
in the valleys of the night, armed men
gathered silently bet swiftly to the call
of the lightly clad but stout hearted bu-
gler.
As rapidly as possible, the deputyhad
his prisoner dressed, and forming his
men into close order, moved off towards
the wagons. He and his men were fol
lowed by the family of the prisoner who
were constantly reinforced py the ARRIVAL
OF the mountaineers aroused and angry.
By the time the deputies had gone q mile
the threatening force behind had grown
to twenty or twenty-five men, and things
looked squally. When they had reached
a long narrow defile, the deputy in
charge found that there was a large force
of men IN front of him, and that each
side of the defile was held by sharp
shooting mountaineers, who were hidden
in the woods. The force in the rear was
pressed closer ON him, and he called
halt and began to look into things. He
found his situation desperate. He could
turn no way without encnnntefinu an
armed squad and he fe1t that q fight in
the dark could promise nothing but
bloodshed and death. He therefore be-
gan to parley. The mountalneers de-
manded the release OF Berrony. who il
| said to be their leader. The deputy ct
| at first protested and refused, but he
soon found that there were fifty men OPP
| posed 10 him with the advantage of po-
sitinn- The men agreed that certain
discovered stills should be given up,
but the would not listen to Berrony being
taken away. At length the deputy sur
rendered him, and he joined his friends
| in the woods.
The deputies had two other 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 sup
posed that it was one Of his fellow depu-
ties, and moved in the dinoction indi-
Gated. Suddenly he was knocked down
and bundled up and pitched into fence
corner. The deputies discovering his
capture. halted again and held little
council of war. They were afraid 10 fire
on the smoonshiners, because they sup
posed the missing deputy was in their
power, and the 'moonshinersr were
afraid to fire on them for fear OF hitting
the prisoners. The two squads con-
fronted each other quietly in the dark
woods for a while, 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 Fitzsimmors. 3.
The Marshal 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 so that it will stick.
LATER ACCOUNT.
Mr.. Robinson, the deputy who was in
charge of the raiding party, has reached
the city, and gives full accouzt OF the
| affair. He says that is-is impossible "a
over-estimete sshe defiance with which the
mountainers met the officers.
He says that Berrony is Frenchmau
of bravery and ability and shrewdness,
| and that he has determined FOLLOWING
that fully understands the situation. He
| says that when he arrested Berrony Be
said: have two stills and there they
! are. I've been running them for ter
! | years, and / defy you to take Them
When his friends began to gather II
the woods and darkness he would call on
:. to them. There's only twelve of then
here, but they Re red TO the teeth
Don't attack them till the resi- sof the boyi
come.
Robinson turned and said TO HIM
| 'sThe first shot they fire on us I'll Ii
: you"
He replied: xiii and be did. i
> you hurt me there won't man Of yoz
get out of these hills aliye.n He ther
: went on and said: IF you don't hux
r me they won't hurt you.
When an attack seemed imminent, ons
1 of the deputies said TO Berrony: Throw
mp your hat and tell them not to shoot.
/ Bernony laughed and said: II / threv
: | up my hat they'd shoot sure.
He talked with his ambuslled friend
with the utmost freedom and noncha
, lance, and seemed to be jolly over th,
! crowd OF them that were gathering
! Aftee he had been released, he turned {.
: Shepherd, one OF the Deputy Collectors
: and said: Shepherd want to warn yos
: now that If you ever come over thes
mountains again, you are dead man.
Mr.. Robinson said that the organiza
s tion seemed perfect, and that the moun
I taineers sank ont Of view like shadows I
sign from their leader, or came to Ii
Q front at his eall. 1t win probably get 1
be interesting before these men are d.
abled, il, indeed, they are dis-bie{f at si
T We learn that in skirmish with e
I other crowd OF disfiIIers, Deputy she,
{ herd was shot IN the face and nseI
{ This trouble occurred in Rabun COUNT
. but we have no particulars from If
1 scene Of action. .--d dtl0ssta co4sltfntfo5s
!. Lord Is it I?a There is some h;n.7e,
! ing cause in the church, preventing q
Z healthy progress. Somebody Is absaf
from class and prayer-meatines &c
( ought to be there Somehody Is allen
!, when there, who ought to make cos,feI
sion, or 10 bear witness, for the NaSzei
Somebody Is not at Sunday-school Sh
Il Is much needed Is as officer OF teschsl
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