Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-10
Atlanta Constitution.

SAN-s WANAAAB oAVVA AGO " lAoos wv ulAO
he deputies were engaged with the prisoner
and the people at the door, a daughter of the
pfi;soaer, about Is years Of age, Slipped. out
q 90 back door, dressed only inTthe gar.
ment In which she had been sleeping, and
made for the mountain side, with the fleet.
meas of a young antelope. She carried in
her right hand q fox.horn, and fed through
the night like an apparition.
a deputy put out In pursuit. of the flee.
ing maiden. but his boots and clothes ell
c6mhered him, and she tripping over the
sleeping flowers With bare feet O reach.
ed the top of the hill. Once there she
turned. and like . new Roderick Dhu, she
gave one blast upon her 5bugle- horn. 1t
was well nigh worth q thousand men,"
for az the. the echoes of the horn died away
insthesyalleys Of the night armed men gath.
cred sRently but swiftly to the call Of the
lightly clad but stout hearted bugler.
{ As rapidly az pGe$ible the! deputy had his
prisoner dressed 66d forming his men into
close order, moved off toward his wagons.
BE and his men were followed by the fam
tfy OF theFprisoner, which was constantly
reinforced by the arrival of mountaineers,
aroused and angry. By the time the depu-
ties had gone q mile the threatening force
behind had grown to twenty or twenty-five
nen, and things looked ,squally. When
they had reached sfiong, narrow defle the
deputy In charge found that there was q
large ferce of men in front of him, and that
each side Of the defle was held by sharp.
shooting mountaineers. who were hidden
in the woods. The force in his rear was
pressed closer on him, and he called a halt
and began to look into things. He found
his situation desperate. He could turn no
way without en%cOuntering an armed squad,
and he felt that q fight in, the dark could
promise nothing but bloodshed and death.
He therefore began to parley. The mountain
GERS demanded the release of Berrony, who
is said to have been their leader. The de-
putty at first protested and refused, but he
soon found that there we're fifty men op-
posed to him with the advantages of posi-
ton. The men agreed that certain discov
cred 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 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 supposed that it was one of his fellow
deputies and moved in the direction indi
Gated. Suddenly he was knocked dowr
and bundled up and pitched into a fence
corner. The deputies discovering his cap
ture. halted again, aud held a little counci
Of war. They we're afraid to fire on thu
"moonshiners," because they supposed the
missing deputy was in their power. Ane
the "moonshiners' were afraid to fire OF
them for fear of hitting the prisoners. The
two squads confronted each other quietly il
the dark woods for awhile, when the depu
ties silently but in good order withdrew
and hurried out of Towns county. They
carried off their two prisoners, but left Der
rony behind.
This is the report in substance as mad
by the deputy to Marshal Fitzsimons. TIL
marshal is not in the city at present, but "
presume when he returns he will take step
to have the arrest of the defiant mountain
eer made over again, and made SO that
will stick.