Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-02-04

business ana what IL was and always
had plenty of new whisky to drink
they never let him know where the
still was located and he could only
guess at the distance from their cabir
by the time it took them to go and
come. AT the end of week, having
found out all they seemed inclined tc
let him know, he slipped out one morn
ing between dark and daylight, and III
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.
They didn't say much, but when they
saw my jolly lrishman among us thev
did some tall swearing, as they realized
how he had tricked them. We found
the still after some searching for it,
down in a little ravine about two hun
dred yards from the house, sitting
under shed made of an old threshing
machine boiler flattened on. 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 them?"
I'm the shooting way? No, not often.
They're not a brave set of men, as /
said, and 1 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 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 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 go
armed always.
"About a month ago l had scare,
and a big one, too, but it wasn't caused
by any Sinners l was riding through
thick stretch of woods near the top
of the mountain when l heard n child's
shrill cry. 1t was about dark and /
was rather glad to know of a house
being so near where could put up for
the night, and pushed forward, every
minute expecting to come upon clear.
ing and cabin. Presently heard the
cry again, only it was nearer this
time and sounded more like woman's
voice. | spurred up my horse, and
just as we turned 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 / had
whipped out my gun and began to pull
the trigger for all l was worth.
Woman? No, sir: one of the big
gest panthers l ever saw standing
on log not twenty feet from
me, lashing her tail from side
to side and yelling like demon.
Was 1 scared? Well, l should
remark! Why, the goose-hesh came
all over my body in a moment, and l
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
a bit more scared if you had turned all
of John Robinson's menagerie loose on