Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-03-09
SAVANNAH HARDIN COUNTY, TENNESSEE THURSDAY, MARCH

""einVes unu WhaJ IL was ana always
had plenty Of new WHISKY to drink
they never let him know WHERE the
still was located, and re could only
guess at the distahce from their cabin
by the time it took them TO 90 and
come AT the end of week, having
found out all they seemed inclined U
let him know, he ii pped ont one morn
ing between darn Aid 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 revolver, and we
had them all handcuffed in no time.
1hey didn't say much, but when they
saw my jolly freshman among us they
did some tall swearing, as they realized
now he had tricked thenN We found
the still after sohe Searching for it,
down IN \ little ravine about two hun
dt',d yards from the house, sitting
under a shed made of an old threshing
machine boiler fattened 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 3ail"
Don't you ever have serious difficult
ties with themp"
YIN the shooting ways No, not often.
They're not brave sci Of men, as |
said, and for one have never been
fired on by them. Perhaps my good
luck in always getting the drop on
them may account in part FOR this,
however," and the big marshal laughed
again,
Raleigh county is full of moohshih.
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 been-there is
never any telling about such things,
you know We will try and do our
best, though, to break up this indus
try. Yes, have to do great deal of
riding, night and day, and of course 90
armed always
about u month ago had scare,
and 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 childs
shrill cry. 1t was about dark ana
was rather glad to know of n house
being so near where could put up for
the night, and pushed forward, every
minute expecting to come upon q clear
ing and cabin. Presently ! heard the
cry again, only it was nearer this
time and sounded more like woman S
voice. l spurred up my horse, and
Just as we turned bend in the lone
some old road such a yell as You never
heard burst out from directly in front
of me, and the next second | had
whipped out my gun and began to pu,i
the trigger for all / 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 side and yelling like a demon.
Was I scared? Well, should
remark! Why, the goose-fesh came
all over my body in moment, and I
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 / wouldn't have been
q bit more scared if you had turned all
of John Robinson's menageric loose on