The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-19

blatt. We rushed in and captured The
man at work before he could grab a
long gun at his side. He was very
scantily clothed"
"0ur guide nearly come to grief.
Our guide in this instance was very
careful not to be seen by the old man
or the old woman. He owned farm
and was in comfortable circumstances.
Two months after the IA d his house
and blrn were mysteIiously burned,
his wife and children escaping with
their only. clothing Nobody knew
positively tho incendiaries, but as this
was the revenge melted out To sil
guides 1t was eisy to surmise. On
one occasion an innocent blind shoe
maker came near being burned out.
On an exploring expedition one day
we drew rein at little house back in
the woods after q hard eallop. A blind
shoemaker was at work. B9iDg asked
if he could see a glass OF whisky, he
replied that he could direc. us where
we could get drink OF
THE PURE ARTICLE,
and gave minute direction. Alter a
difficult march we came upon the still,
and, after successful sklrmish with
the five men at work, made the selz
ure. We did not take Ir soner. The
men got out OF the way and vanishe i
went apparently nowhere. A lew
weeks later, on passing Though the
same section, found quite a tumult.
The people had been unable to fix
upon the person who gave the thing
away, but entertained such strong sus'
picion against the shoemaker that IT
was intended TO burn him out l told
the leader how the poor shoemaker
had inr oCently given me the iniorma'
ton, and he was satisfied.
"The women are, as a rule, against
moonehining, but some OF the older
ones are strong supporters OF the
practice and very vicious, handling a
gun with dangerous facility. A good
many deputy marsbas have been
killed in the moonshine raids during
the last ten years, but the casualties
are few compared with The number Of
raids made and the ftills destroyed.
Esetg little skirmish with moonshin-
ers attracts attention when somebody
receiver injury, but the hundreds OF
blood ess raids are rot chroniced. 1t
is believed that not very much good is
done by thes9 raids, but it products
wholesome effect. 1t is probable that
the mountains will never be cleared { t
them by Taiding, said a we'll known
marshal Once / WAS on
A SUCCESSFUL RAID
OF two weeks with party of ten near
the foo. of the mountains. Returning
in q week to procure soms additional
evidence against the prisoners we had
captured, man took me TO the top of
a bill to show me the results OF a two
weeks campaign. Looking around the
woods and hillsides we counted no
less than sixty columns of peculiar
looking smoke ascending. The smoke
came from the crooked stills. l. is
very difficult TO procure evidence
against the moonshiners unless they
are caught in the very act Of dislilling.
1t would be as much as q neighbours
life is worth 10 testify against moon
sinner. IL is surprising how quickly
the news OF raid will travel among
these people who are bonded together,
When the raids commenced six years
ago, which thor roughly cleared GEORGIA
OF Illicit distilleries, the people be-
came alarmed all over the State. The
revenue officers were armed ard in
force, and the then Governor, Col
Quit, became 40 impr ssed with
the fear OF trouble, that he tele-
graphed the President asking that the
raid be abandoned. Indeed IL was y
modified that Georgia moohshiners
have not been so vigorously prose
cuied as those in Tennessee and North
Caroline, Tho olasJ OF people who are
being hunted are brave, crafty, une do
Gated and almost barbaric. They
carry on Illicit dittlllipg btcsuse they
believe that they have right to Dc
so. They will brook no interference
and will fight ss means Of proven
on, and every one OF them is deaC
shot with the life. An officer on hi
frat raid feels very peculiar. A raid
ing party strings out five or elk mile
along the road, and their horses ar,
put to their mette before the rem
devious is reached, The revenue Off
GERS hope that moonshine whisky
which is poor article anyway, will b'
very scarce in a few years"