The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-12-23
MOOnshiners.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 1S.-At midnight
Wednesday plight there occurred in the
mountainous wilds of Hall county, one Of
the most thrilling battles that has ever TAX
en- place between the internal revenue
raiders and the mcOnsbiuers. About twelve
miles from Gainesville is locality known
as Bark Camp. A bar-room once existed
there, but now the pl ,ce is the site of the
district law ground where justice courts
ale held. Two weeks ago a revenue in
former. named Prater, reported to the au-
thCri les here the locality of sn illiCt dis
tillerv owned by Anderson Grant, giant In
strength and q despe' ate and deep natter of
the revenue officers. Ii appesrs that the
whole scheme was desp-lsid plan 10
wreak vengeance on the raid II. Yester-
day morning Deputy Marshal james Gas
ton ard Revenue Agent Lohard, accom-
panied by two other men, and guided by
ALT Prater, the Georgia pedestrian, who
has long acted as revenue scout, left
Gaints viile in 3 wagon sn1 buggy. Gas
ton drove valuable miik-white horse
that he highly valued. On getting into
the wilderness OF Bark camp and within
about mi'e of the illicit dIstillery, the
teams were left by the roadside in care of q
boy who was along. When the raiders
had gotten well into the woods, moon
sinners, who had lain in wait for them,
attacked the teams. The boy was
caught and beaten, ard preparation was
being made TO hang hun, but he escaped
and ran of under volley of pistol shots.
Anderson Grant, who WIS the leader of the
gang, cut the horse out of The harness and
rode him Fl. The raiders returned to their
teams and fouod everything quiet, with
the horse and boy gone, and Prater, the
guide, mounted a mule and rode of TO in
vestigate, bat had gone only 200 yards
when oonshiners In ambush fired upon
him and killed bis mule. Prater ran back
to camp and the raiders sought shelter In
a pine tbickef. Prater succeeded In max
ing his way to Gainesville, aud reported
the condition of affairs, and returned
with posse of citizens. The
posse reached camp at IL o'clock last
night. The woods had been bideous with
screeches, hooting with the blowing OF
horus, etc. Five OF the revenue party start
ed out to recover the horse and came up
on a squad of moonshiners q mile from
camp. On seeing the party approaching
the moonshiners fired volley INTO Gas
toms horse, killing the animal, and then
charged the raiders, md a desperate hight
occurred, which lasted several minutes.
Several raiders were wounded, and one was
knocked senseless with a gun. Prater, the
guide had bullet sent through his hat,
AID Anderson Grant end Frazer, the in
former, cousin of ALI Prater, the guide,
were shot and killed instantly.
Both the de.d men belonged to the
moonshineis' party. None of the revenue
men we're killed After the two men were
killed the moonshiners were put TO flight
and the raiders returned To Gainesville,
reaching there ut daylight. Intense excite
ment prevails. There is belief among
the mountaineers that the election OF
Cleveland means an end of the revenue
system, and they lock upon further visits
of revenue raiders as acts Of usurpation.
The feeling against the revenue men is
very bitter