The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-15
THE ROANOKE TIMES. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1893.

business and what it was and a,wnys
Ind plenty of new whisky to drink,
they never let him know where the
still was located, and he could only
guess ut the distance from their cabin
by the time it took them to ro and
come. AT the end of week, having
found out all they seemed inclined to
let him know, he slipped out one morn
ing between dark and daylight, and lit
out down the mountain to where we
were waiting for him. We went back
with him. and walked in on them be-
fore they knew it. Yes, sir, everyone
of those eight men woke up and
looked straight into Il revolver, and we
had them all handcuffcd in no time
They didn't say much, but when they
saw my jolly lrishman among us they
did some tall swearing as they realized
how he had trickcd them. We found
the still after some searching for it,
down i'll Il little ravinc about two hun
dred yards from the house, sitting
under shed made of an old threshinr
machine boiler tlattcncd out They had
made it bullet proof, but we didn't re-
spect their foresight at all; we just cut
their worm into six-inch pieces,
poured all their smoky whisky on the
ground, plugged their boiler full of
holes and then marched them down to
civilization and Jail"
Don't YOU ever have serious difficult
Ties with thcm?"
I'm the shooting way? No, not often.
They're not Il brave set OF mon, rs I
said, and 1 for one have never been
fired on by them. Perhaps my good
luck i'll always getting the drop on
them may account in part for this,
however," and the big marshal laughed
again.
Raleigh county is full OF moonshin-
ers." he went on. II know of no less
than SIX stills running now full blast.
and they've got to be broken up.
We're going to make series of raids
soon in that direction. and perhaps
these men will prove better fighters
than the others have bccn--therc is
never any telling about such things,
you know. We will try and do our
best, though, to break up this indus
try. Yes, l have to do great deal of
riding, night and day. and of course go
armed always.
about Il month ago had scare,
and Il big one, too but it wasn't caused
by any sinners was riding through
thick stretch of woods near the top
of the mountain when heard child's
shril cry. 1t was about dark and /
was rather glad to know of u house
being SO near where could put up for
the night, and pushed forward, every
minute expecting to come upon n clear
ing and Il cabin. Presently l heard the
cry again, only it was nearer this
time and sounded moro like woman's
voice. l spurred up my horse, and
just as we turned n bend in the lone
some old road such yell as you never
heard burst out from directly in front
of me, and the next second 1 had
whipped out my gun and began to pull
the trigger for all I was worth.
Woman? No, sir; one of the big
gest panthers l ever saw standing
on log not twenty feet from
me, flashing her tail from side
to si&e and yelling like demon.
Was scared? Well, 1 should
remark! Why, the goosc-fesh came
all over my body in n moment and 1
felt like singed porcupine with the
dogs after me. It's an honest fact, too
i had to hold my hat down on my
head my hair kept showing it up SO,
while l kept blazing away at that
bowling beast. L wouldn't have been
bit more scared if you had turned all