Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-02
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS
Of tbs Rs cent Revenue Raid Into he
Blackwater Region.

More Violation and Resistance Fhan
Ever known I'm that Region.
Our readers have already been briefly
informed of the operations of the rev.
euue raid which left this city WedQes-
day, March 23tb, 10 look after VIOLA
tions of the revenue law up in the
Blackwater ard other regions of Han
cock county. Deputy Collector
w. r. Cooper, with part of the
force, returned on the early train
yesterday morning. Capt. Geo. w.
Atkinson, Agent of the Revenue De-
part meDt, with hers, came down on
the. noon train, and Others are still to
coms. L. all, there was force of
about eighteen men.
E q. Head, the Justice by whom the
officials were acquitted OF amy legal
wrong in the killing Of Dave Berry,
on Friday, a. was detailed ia Sundays
CHRONICLE, was the owner of the still
in which Berry was found, was ar
rested, and is now on bond to appear
at court. The still was in full blast
and, when the squad approached, Ber-
ry and the others inside were called
upon To surrender, but they paid no
attention. Az the officials started to
enter, Berry made for and got hold
of Ike Wrights gun, at the same time
making for some kind of weapon.
Wright fired his gun while Berry had
hold, and Bud Lindsay. another of the
officers, then fired, the shot penelra-
ting Berry's breast and mouth, caus-
ing his death, after lingering some
time. AS has been stated, the officers
were cleared of any guilt, it being
clearly a case of defense.
Dave Berry was almost q terror to
the community. He was a refugee
from Virginia for some crime, and had
said he would die before he would ever
be taken back. No one seemed to man
ifest any regret that the community
was rid of him.
AS the raiders were making their
way towards home Sunday they were
fired upon by a squad of nine of the
nloonshiners, on Big Greek, Claiborne
county, Lear the scene of the late
tragedy in the Epperson family, pub
LEGATION OF which was made. Ihey
returned the fire and put their attack
ers to flight, though no one was hit on
either side They had seized and cut
up still before this, bran new one,
which was just being put into opera
ton. Further on they ran on to
large still in very successful operation,
belonging to Henry Sutton. which was
also captured. Monday morning,
soon after starting out, they found
another still very neSr to where they
staid all night. They found several
places on the trip where stills had
been removed and hid away, and they
suffered no little inconvenience in
finding them by parties carrying the
news ahead of them.
Eight arrests were made on the trip.
Six were bound over before Com mis-
sioner Scarborough, at Tazewell, and
five Jailed. Among the prisoners are
some of the worst and most daring
violators in thai country, and old
offenders. Ten distilleries were seized
and five copper stills cut up.
The officers affirm that there is as
much, if not more, violation oftbe law
now going on in that region of cOun-
try than ever before known, and they |
are holder in their resistance. This
state of affairs is due almost entirely to |
the utterances of political demagogues
and demagogical publications, which
are intended to inCite and arouse the
prejudices Of this class of men, and
these are some of the fruits.