New-York tribune., 1897-01-15
NEM.JERSEY NEWS.
A NIGHT HUNT FOR MOONSHINERS.
REVENUE OFFICERS SEARCH THROUGH I"o
COUNTIES FOR ILLICIT STILLS AND
FINALLY DISCOVER ONE

--a, 1ar a (speciaD-A force OF Internal
poanv. oeicers attached to the Collectors Depart
rnent In this city made "A midnight descent upon
an Illicit whiskey still at Rosenhayn Cumperiann
County last night. They captured all the apI'a'"o'
ord tho alleged proprietors of the still. Thomas
Tooley and Henry Hansbury, who were prouen'
,o this city this morning and sent TO the coun's
tail in default OF 5000 bail each. by Uniteh o'"'e'
Commissioner Cassidy. Tor
The raid was planned several DAYS aeo 49,,
r,onths the revenue officers have had evidence '"
moonshiners were at work In South jersey az"
sk,,,ed officers Of the Department. VINO nave ''a'
exnor,ence in the haunts of the Southern us,
have been on the trail OF the tax-oooee's ,ho
hv Special Revenue Officer A u van ~ .,o en-
marty left this city last night Inc
arated in Vineland hut at 10 o ciocA ''es drive
=, aes,vnated point and took a hack lor NV
a. Tho snow was falling fast ana
-. ,.or,ou.ter was about zero. but the o'
ION, on They dropped unceremohious'S ,u,a nd
oral houses in the wilds OF Salem anu -, uas
/ countv but no trace OF anythiiis ~, ,ber
turned IN They had about cohciuu.u tuck nav
iss,or vas 10 be iruitless when 'hes ' " ting
missio" was - faw miles from their staru"s
point. ,uc. neopled almost
wholly by foreigners. with kusSiam laws there
domino ting Evasons Oh .he H., ~ oGicials no
have given the county and "o'e'"
end of trouble - 49, oe;cers met with
i'm
os,s,opce April showed fight. and 10 - SUM-.
t otcers found IL necessary TO bring ,, then ~ ms
t,e ns mo NAV in the midst OF tne ,o" ,no assst.
| oiacn a woman rushed downstairs ~ " ' snow-cov.
!nnce nj MIR APRIL ana ran out iilto Muir
ared roads TO a farmhouse near ny ''''
rho ntticers paid no attention 10 ,he ssncctior
uomap but went ahead and made tneil nlacs
" ,he house When they reacheu 1nrcceJ their
OF hing was i'm darkness but they dssnii,
'Toolev's shivering protest ana thc ,p,rr in the
.jfn and children They found nothins u. THO, &
house and proceeded to the out puliu'.So ~. coor Al
hod .ho,ir given up the search. when the "p poiou
~ 10y %iittie shantv was found to give for'h "o''
"What's here" demanded Special Agent val
Horn. .,, ,ouor" said Tooley
shiverng more than ever ,.-L. ~ tha
The floor was up. and by the nsnt VI ,a ,an 4
lanterns the officers found rickety -
ING into small cellar. There was the opJec. ~
their long weary search through the sho" an.
cold a well-made still. with all the hecsssai,
nara phernalia for turning out whiskey' anu 81 :,
warm from recent operations. was discoNeIeu, :. !.
the place Tooley and Hansbury VINO appeareu, !.
he his chief assistant. were al once pace" u"s u,
arrest The officers obeyed the provisions OF u.
law by destroying the still. which was III :,
class one After the still had been broken up; III
officers turned their attention TO three Darrels .
mash the contents of which were thrown away
a large quantity of distilled whiskey was destr9yr
in the same manner. Then the officers. chilled d;
their iong trip. bit happy in the thought that
had been successful started for this city with tnei