Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-03
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How Famous Moonshiner Long fvadst
Capture by Revenue Onicers.

How . Famous Nfoonshiner Long Evadsd
Capture by Revenue On,cers.
The most noted mountaineer in
West Virginia, aud perhaps in Ken.
lucky and North Carolina-Jim Day
has ut last been captured. The
Government officers have been trying
TO arrest Day for over fifteen years,
but failed on every occasion. Day,
who Is tall, muscular, shrewd look.
Ing fellow, has been running Illicit
stills for over fifteen years During
this time he had sometimes a. many
as a dozen stills running ut one time.
The stills were located In the depths
Of the primitive forests or In caves In
the mountain sides, q long distance
from r0adways and trails The stills
were always located near some prom.
inent height or at a point
from which q guard or spy constant.
ly on the alert--cOuld overlook all
approaches Of the vicinity Of sus.
piciOus looking strangers In fifteen
years only two OF Days stills have
been captured and DESTROYED. On
each Of these occasions Day and his
men all made their escape. Tine
and again revenue officers have at.
tempted to waylay and ambush Day.
They found roads and trails over
which II was known he would bc
forced to travel and they placed
squads In ambush, but, according to
the St. Louis Republic, although Day
hHh hmm ANN tp0CoA a1..np Ht,n
road, he always slipped through their
fingers without q scratch.
At last his success in evading tho
officers became known. Day had
number Of thoroughbred dogs which
he had trained to scent out revenue
officers or strangers and to notify him
OF their presence long before they
could come In sight When travel.
Ing over the routes or trails leading
to and from any Ut his stills two OF
Days dogs always trotted along In
front several hundred yards, taking
opposite sides Of the road. Two
would fall back In the rear and one
would advance like a scout on each
side. In case of an ambuscadc the
dogs In front would scent the pres.
ence Of the Deputy Marshals before
they got within 100 yards OF them.
They would then return quickly to
their master and inform him by their
actions Of the presence OF the enemy.
Day would then take to the woods to
the right or left, with q dog In ad.
vance, and pass around an ambus.
eadc without being seen. In case
pursuers should come up behind,
Days dogs which had been trailing
along, would quickly hear or sccnt
them, and then would hurry forward
to their master, who, knowing by
their actions how close the enemy
was, could easily evade them. With
such guards II was almost useless for
the officers to attempt to capture
Day. They often gave up the search
In disgust to start out month or
two later reinvigorated and encour.
aged by rumors or reports Of spies, to
fail again and again. Day could DO
heard OF in Mcdowell County, and
the next some one from Taswell, In
Virginia, ffty miles away, would re-.
port that he had been seen In that
section. He proved to DO an ignis
fatuus to tho officers, and although
they could hear Of half dozen stills
running In as many places In tho
mountains, the officers In the entire
fifteen years were successful only In
capturing two OF his stills.