Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-17
HUT ARIARINE.
The Valid MOOnshiner Again
Escapes.


A party Of revenue officers made
raid on an illicit still in the mountains
If east Tennessee on the 9th Of Au-
gust, 1873. They were resisted by the
moonshiners, among whom was Amar-
inc, who fred into the officers, killing
Deputy Collector John Cooper. Am
irine was arrested, but escaped from
The Knoxville Jail on the night Of
Nov. s, 1879, whi c under confinement
waiting trial. A few months ago
Collector Sinclair was notified that
Amaline was supposed to have es
,aped to Texas, and requested 10 SO
,ure his arrest, if possible. Collector
Sinclair referred the matter to one Of
his deputies, who succeeded in locst-
ing Amarine in BrdzOria county. The
revenue officers having no power to
arrest, the matter was turned over TO
Sheriff w. II. Sharp, OF Brazoria
county, who arrested Amarine on tn,
hh and brought him to Galves,ou.
He was there brought before judge
Morill, and being identified, was or
dered TO be brought back 10 thu
place tothe marshal Of the e,stern dis
trict. The bold outlaw Seems to pos
sess charmed life. Coz. Milton re-
,eived dispatch yesterday that Am
arine had ag ia made his escape. Il
seems that after leaving Texa, he had
net with no opportunity to break un
il the party had reached few miles
below Chattanooga, when Amarine i,
reported to have jumped from the train
running at a speed Of lOrty miles per
hour, thus making his escape.
Hut Amariue is quite a local celeb
rity whore he is known. He is citi
zen, if wemistakenot Of BlOunt county
and almost a typical representation Of
the backwoOds mountaineer, fond Of
hunting, fishing. dancing, and splen
did shot with the old-lasbioned, long
bsrraIod rife. Among the mount in
people Of Blount, Sewer aud other
counties, he is held in high esteem
In appearance he is 1.-the, wiry, ralh-
or small, is perhaps about thiIty-fve
years old, and is very quiet in bis
manners. No one would take him for
desperate man or an out
law. Ho belongs to that class Of
Union people in the mountains who
believe that they hayo a natural right
to convert their corn and fruit into
whisky and brandy for domestic and
neighborhood use, and that the off
GERS Of groat government like ours,
when interfering with this particular
method Of pursuing happiness become
invaders and enemies OF their he ,rth-
stones. They are honest and sincere
in this belief and it is no wonder
then that when pursued anC
hunted down like wild beast
they sometimes turn on their torment
ers and slay them from their lasl
refuge in the laurel thicke S. Deputy
Collector Cooper was thus killed. Hi
father, Gen. Joseph Cooper, was re
lentless collector and laid a heavl
hand upon the cla.sof men who seryeC
under him in the Federal service dur
ing the war. The Coopers thus mad'
themselves exec, dngly obnoSiou'
and the killing Of young Coopet
could not have been a matte
of great surprise to those ia
miliar with the circumstance
, General Cooper has since been re
moved from the Office he held over lei
years, but he is doubtless the instiga
=, tiou of the unusual efforts put fort
, by the officers Of the government t
bring Amarine to trial. This, il "
are not mistaken, is the third time b
has made hla escape. When lntel
viewed by q rep e'entatly
{ Of the LEDGER 10 East Ter
y. nessee last summer be was heavi
ironed, and appeared to be in dellcat
i health. But he has no doubt in
proved by his trip to Texas, au
? seems to think that the open a
J; agrees with him better than indoc
}; life.