The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-01-09

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comes to Us from the mountains OF
Towns county.
The authority that we have at
present Is the report Of the deputy in
charge Of the squad which was inter-
ested. II appears that q few nights
ago a deputy marshal Of Marshal
FItzlsnon's force, with seven assist
ant deputies and eight guards organ
lied for a raid into Towns county.
One Of the objects Of the raid was 10
capture a man by the name Of Berro-
ny, who was reported to be a "moon-
sinner" and the leader Of gang Of
men organized for the purpose Of de-
Tying the revenue officers and pro-
tec'Ing the hidden stills OF the noun
tain branches.
The riding party moved along quiz
city, and by nightfalI was in the
neighborhood Of Berrony's house.
They waited until the family had
gone to sleep, and then surrounded
the house and closed In on the unsus-
pectIng family. Berrony, though
surprised while asleep, sprang from
his bed and fed, clad only 10 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
moro or less confusion and were
making a good deal OF fuss. While
the deputies were engaged with the
prisoner and the people at the door, a
daughter OF the prisoner, about 18
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
fieetness Of n young antelope. She
carried In her right hand fox. horn,
and fed through the night ike an
apparItiOn.
A deputy pat out in pursuit OF the
fleeing maiden, but his boots and
clothes encumbered him, and she
tripping over the sleeping flowers
with bare feet soon reached the top
Of the bill. Once there she turned,
and like a new Roderiek Dhu, gave
ono blast upon her bugle.horn. It
was "well nigh worth a thousand
men" fer as the echoes Of the horn
died away in the valIies of the night
armed men gathered silently but
swiftly to the call of the IIghty-ciad
but stout-hearted bugIer.
As rapIdly a. possible the deputy
had his prIssnsr dressed and forming
bis men into close order, moved of
toward his wagons. He and his mer
were followed by the family Of the
prisoner, which was constantly rein
forced by the arrival of the mountain
GERS, aroused and angry. BY the
time the deputies had gone mile,
tho threatening force behind had
grown TO twenty or twenty-five men,
and things looked squally. When
they had reached long, narrow de-
flle the deputy in charge found that
there was large force Of nen In
front Of him, and that each side Of
the defls was held by sharpshooting
mountaineers, who were hidden in
the woods. The force in his rear
pressed closer upon him and he call
ed halt and began to look into
things. He found his situation des-
perate. He could turn no way with
out eucountering an armed squad,
and he felt that he felt that fight in
the dark could promise nothing but
bloodshed and death. He therefore
began to paFley. The mountaineers
demanded the release OF Berrony,
who Ia said TO have bsen their leader.
The deputy at first protested and re-
fused, but he soon found that there
We're fifty men opposed to him with
the advantages Of position. The men
agreed that certain discovered stills
should be given up, but they would
not llsteR TO Berrony being taken
away. At length the deputy surren-
dsred him, aud he Joined his friends
in the woods.
The deputies had two other prison
ers and attempted to get away vita
them. AS they were marching along
through the dark, some one whisper
ed to one of the deputies "Come
this way" He supposed it was one
of his fellow deputies and moved in
the direction indicated. Suddenly
he was knocked down and bundled
up and pitched into fence corner.
The deputies discovering his capture,
halted again. and held little coun-
Gil Of war. They were afraid 10 FIRE
on the ssmoonshiners,'' because they
supposed the missing deputy was in
their power. And the 'smoonshin-
ers" were afraid to FIRE on them for
fear of hitting the prisoners. The
two squads confronted each other in
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