Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-27
RAIDING MOONsHINERs.
several stills Capturcd-sharp
Firiug--t Ghnst:y Find.


DANyILLE. VA. December 26-(Spe-
Cial)-Revenue-Agent Thomas n. VII
lams has returned here from two
weeks trip through counties in Virginia
and North Carolina. in search Of moon
shine" whiskey and brandy and Illicit
stills. lie travelled night and day, and
had his shoes of only night in the
two weeks
Near Buffalo Springs, he captured stin
. which was owned by man named But
Ter. and which had been run six years
The product was destroyed. and Mr.
Williams brought the worm with him to
Danvillc
ON sunday night. al a place called Hell
Bend in an Isolated point at the bend
OF the river, between Campbell and Pitt
sylvania counties. the officers met with
warm reception. They had heard of
still at that locality, run by three
brothers, named Dawson. but. not know
ms the path to IL, the officers had TO 90
through the brush. The men az the still
heard the cracking Of branches and
came out with a lantern TO investigate.
Seeing the bushes move, they began
fusillade at the officers. but. luckily, their
bullets flew wide Of the mark.
ANOTHER ATTACK.
Mr. Williams finally Withdrew. believ-
ing discretion the better part OF valor.
and renewed the attack Monday. Al
though the moonshiners fired on them.
the officers succeeded in capturing and
destroying the still and the liquor, but
the disullcrs escaped.
Tom Tucker. negro. who was at the
sul. was shot through the hand.
Mr. Williams on Monday destroyed a
He says that IN spite OF the rigor Of the
law there is more illicit distilling going
on now than for many years past.
John Kelley was colored man. and
was born a slave. He was probably one
of the Oldest men in this section of coun-
Try. II not the State. John died at his
home Tuesday evening last, between Mil
ton. y. c.. and Ringgold. Va. His cor
rect age could not be learned. but many
persons believe that it was III years. He
was a slave of y. L. Lewis. Of Milton.
whom he nurscd, and with whom he lived
up to the close Of the war. Ten years ago
Mr.. Lewis died. at the advanced age
of IS years. and il is reasonable TO sup
pose that Kelley had passed the century
mark. Kelley left great ereat-grandchil
drcn. one of whom is now % years of
age. kclloy's death was due TO a super
sttiOn among many negroes. lie never
got out OF his bed from either side,
but always jumped over the head or
foot-bOards. on Monday he made the at
tempt TO get out Of bed in his usual
way and fell, sustaining injuries which
proved fatal
Miss Lula j. Paulett died in this city
yesterday, after short illness Deceased
was born in AppomattoX county Va,
March II, 1915, and was the daughter of
Captain Harvey II. Paulett. She had been
living i'm Danvile FOR the past five years.
with her sister, Mrs. II. T. Harvey. For
many years She had been member Of
the Methodist church at Pamplin City.
4 MARRIAGE.
Tuesday evening. at the brides resi-
dence. in Neapolis. Miss Fannie b.
Richmond was united in marriage 10 Mr..
George 5. Parkinson, Rev. +. c. Holland
officiating. The couple have many
friends in the community. The groom is
a popular brakeman on the Southern rail-
way.
The CHASTITY find OF A hunter last week
near Pelham has just come to light. 1t
was the skeleton OF white man. There
was portion Of the clothing and an
old felt hat left with 1T. The skeleton
was i'm q deep bottom. No papers were
found by which the man could be iden-
titled. The bones were inferred yesterday.
There was no way 10 tell whether the
man had been murdered or not.