The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-11-28
MOONSHINE RAID.
DEPUTY coLLEcToR COCK.
.. RELL
Makes a Raid Into the Moonshin'
District and Destroys Some
Illicit DistilIeries.

Deputy Collector NJ. o. Cockrcll
has gone through his first experience
in making moonshine raid. That
Maj. Shelby made no mistake in Sc
lecting him those who knew him best
did not doubt, and that he will. per-
form his duty with credit and at the
same time with absolute fairness, no
one who knows him doubts. News
came to Mr.. Cockrell on Friday of
last week that couple OF "stills" were
running in the cliffs on the North
Fork of Licking. AT once the Deputy
organized a posse, among them Deputy
United States Marshal Pat Punch and
ex-General Deputy +. III. Hawkins.
The party left here Friday night, and
and after an all-night ride, found one
"still'' near the Morgan and Rowan line
belonging to Osbone Sexton. This
Illicit distillery they destroyed. They
continued their search and about noon
Sunday they found second and de-
stroyed "her" also. One of these was
of about forty gallons capacity and
the other of about go. A large guam
tity of "beer" was secured and de-
stroyed. The last ''still" they found
was some distance from any habita-
ton, and having no AK with them,
they carried the fixtures with them
until they came TO a dwelling. The
polite Deputy in his blandest manner
requested of the lady of the house the
loan of an ak with which to destroy
the contraband articles. The lady
was all smiles when she met the hand
some and polite stranger till he came
to explain for what he wanted the ak.
Then her face blackened,as by a thun-
der cloud, and he was refused the ak
and peremptorily ordered him
off the place. The Deputy pro-
posed to purchase her ak OF
her, after which he would make
her present Of it, but she informed
him, in language more emphatic than
polite, that he didn't have money
enough to buy it. Just then stran-
ger rode by the house and the good
woman called out to him: "Tell the
boys down the road they have got
her!" "Got what? ?" inquired the
stranger. "Got her !" replied the irate
mistre SIS of the house. 81 don't know
what you mean by her." suggested
the stranger. ooh, these fellows call
it still." Then she turned her at
tention again to the affable Deputy
and his posse. Each one tried his
persuasive powers on the woman, but
they could not get the ak, and since
Uncle Sam had not clothed them with
power enough to take it without her
permission (Which, by the way, they
were too manly to do even had they
possessed such authority, they were
compelled to carry the heavy appara-
tus over hill and valley until they
could find the means of destroying it.
Deputy Collector Cockrell will do,with
as little friction as possible, his duty,
but he will do il. In such a man as
Captain Pat Punch he has an able and
efficient assistant. Both are courteous
getlemen, and whilst they will exc
cute the law without fear or favor,
they will most assuredly make the
very people they prosecute and whose
property they seize feel that there is
no malice in their actions. Warrants
have been issued for the arrest of the
owners aud operators of the stills.
Figures showing the winnings of
different stables OF trotting horses that
were campaigned this year, and the
individual winnings of certain prom
inent horses, were compiled and re-
Gently published by that valuable
journal, Kentucky Stock Farm. These