The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-07

| ment service and others Of lesser note and have
fSr hnSsriy year Kept scores Of degutes A. Sas
cading them in some instances and again, as In
the fight when Grissom fell, meeting them face
TO face, and retiring with cOlofs flying
The goyernment however. has much 10 its
credit: The officers can point TO score Of pris-
nearly hundred stills captured and destroyed
during the period following the inauguratlon Of
| with the same attention 10 details that a com
mandinR General at the head OF an invading
an enemy. Every raid has been carefully
planned, no essential feature WHICH would add
raids were Of an unusuaiiy stirring Character.
"A few days ago Deputies Carpenter, King,
Heed. and Greene plsnned an expedition into
Pike county. IL had for its object the capture
of q gang of moonshiners and destruction of
still WHICH had been in successful operation for
not he determined. This secret was SO Jealousy
guarded that every one In the vicinity OF the
still professed Ignorance as to It's whereabouts.
II IL given out that the moonshlners were be-
trayed ny a xteen-year-old girl, daughter OF
business and assisted in manufacturing the
Illicit LIQUOR, who sent diagram Of the build
a lead pencil on the margin Of a Newspaper to
the officers giving as an excuse for her treason
that her sweethesrt worked in the still and she
carried out. The stll was found IN a solitary
II, and the locality was almost inaccessible. The
DEPUTIES rode All night. just at daybreak they
Dismounting. they fastened their horses and.
advancing on foot, found old man Diver and his
work. The old man had his arms full OF pine
wood and was getting ready TO light fire. when
his quick ear detected the advance OF tn depu-
ties, one OF them having stepped on a dry twig.
DIVER with a cry of alarm, dartcd into the
house, a rudo structure made Of rough boards
the father did likewise and both opened fire
King and Reed did Spf not finch. but advanced
steadily toward the house, pouring into It a vol
night lasted only a few minutes. The old man
caIlcd out Will you protect me Y give up ~
elder Diver opened the door an and threw on: the
guns. The officers entered and found father
and and son LITERALLY riddled with bullets; the
streams. Litters were hastily construct
ed, the wounded men placed on them,
started with the prisoners for the nearest town.
They did not go far though, before throng OF
firearms had aroused the few persons who lived
near the still, and they lost no time in alarming
1t looked for time a. II the officers would
oe 3Siiged t. give up the men but they pre-,
sem aws sU sn UbSs o bg
some miles distant FOR a ply stefan to dress the
wounds OF the prisoners and prevent their bleed
Il was one of the most successful fights in
which the Government agents have as yet en-
hurt, notwithstanding the bullets fairly rained |
around them for some minutes.
in Polk county next week. Beginning Oct. /, |
seventy moOnshiners will come into Dallas. the |
this mest
Ing will probably not be completed until Oct. g.
The men who Voluntarily place themselves in
upon its mercy or on the lenency of the court, |
are under indictment for moonshining, and war
casion will have all the elements which are asso-
ciated with the surrender OF vanquishctl army. |
enue Agent Fleming, assisted by Deputies Car
penter and Smith: the moonshiners have chosen
ridge, lawyer OF Dallas, and one OF the most
Democratic politicians in the state.
The Seye Of q the thing coupled with ths
themselves prisoners have relations all over
Polk county, is expected 70 draw together an
en- mssse at the little village 70 witness the
rorized Polk county. Their attorney. POLE
in their behalf, In this communca.
ton he gave succinct history of the troubles
the cause Of p the ne
light as would incite Executive cemency should
it be required in the course OF subsequent
United states District Judge Parker will pass
sentence on the men who make submission TO
the Government. and It is understood he will
permit, AS before stated. the back bone Of the
power was broken in Polk county
heir noted raid. driving the army OF moon
sinners before them. and capturing fifteen men
and destroying a score OF stills. The surrender
u the entire army at Dallas will be the last and
closing scene OF the struggle.
Revenue Collector II. T. Cook OF this place told
The Sun correspondent to-day that while the
Polk county matter was the source Of much
there would be no let up in the
pursuit OF moonshners in other localities.
'Sixty-six stills have been destroyed in the
past eleven MONTHS" the Collector added. and
many prisoners have been taken. The fatalities
ire TO he depored. We lost two brave and true
men in Grissom and Martin. But the war
against Illicit disabling will he prosecuted with
he utmost vigor. I am determined that moon
hiners shall not carry on their work In this
state II can prevent it,"