The age-herald., 1898-02-08
UPRISING OF
 INCONSISTENCIES Is Nov a Source of Fear in the State of
 Arkansas, REGENT SUCCESSFUL RAIDS In Portion Of Country Considered In- mune Causes the Trouble. FI
REGENT SUCCESSFUL RAIDS
DEPUTY BURRiS DISGUISED
Operated a Successful Raid Forty Miles North west of Searcy, in Which Five Men
 Were Captured and Seven
 Stills Destroyed.

Little Roc, Ark, Feb 7.-An uprising of moonshiners is threatened in the noun tain district of Clebourn county, and the united States authorities have been applied to for assistance to protect the law-ablding citizens of the locality. The trouble is caused by Q lawless element whose chief occupation is the unlawful manufacture of whisky, and was brought about by a raid made last week by deputy United States marshals Internal Revenue Collector H. L. Remmel this afternoon received the fol- lowing telegram from John T. Hicks, prosecuting attorney at Searcy. Ark:
 Threatened uprising of forty men near Hiram, Clebourn county, caused by recent raids. Send force tonight sufficient to pro- tect citizens Very important.
 The collector replied as follows:
 Collector has no authority to employ. any one to assist you, but have wired the commissioner of internal revenue. If the sheriff cannot handle the case, why not call upon the governor?"
 An Unlucky Week
 Last week was an unlucky one for Ar kansas moonshiners. and the revenue off, cers did some good work. As the result of two well-planned and executed raids, seven men were captured and five illicit dist- leries destroyed. Forty miles northwest of oSdicy, III lHo IOuutdlnS or C1eDOurn, IS a postoffice known as Gin. Gin is located in a territory infested by illicit distillers who have hitherto enjoyed immunity from the interference of revenue officers. But Raid- ing Deputy J. T. Burris planned to throw bomb shell into their camp.
 About ten days ago he disguised himself as a rough moutaineer and went into the vicinity to fanfliarize himself with the situation. Returning to Little Rock Mir. BurriS perfected the detsils of the raid, se- cured his posse and last week left for the scene. The posse consisted of seven or eight brave men. They reached the neigh borhood of Gin about o'clock Saturday morning. Mir. Bur1is divided his force into two parties and each concealed themselves by one of the three stills. The third still was necessarily left unguarded as the posse could not be further divided.
 Pounced Upon Them
 When moonshiners appeared the officers bounced upon and captured them, giving them no opportunity to escape. The stills were captured about the same time. Five msn in all were arrested, John Moody and Henry Brown, by Burris' party and Jim Pheips,t Hugh Shookand Alex Carter by the other party
 a deputy and the moonshiner and officer had a running battle for a half mile. Enough beer was destroyed to make 1,5oO gallons of whisky.
 The country had never been raided before and the stills were operated with a con- fident air of security. The prisoners were brought to Little Rock and landed in the state penftentiary for safe keeping.
 It is now said that the friends of the, five men arrested are getting together and will cause trouble. Very few people live in the vicinity except those engaged in moon- shining and if the trouble is as serious as seems to be indicated by the telegram from Prosecuting Attorney Hicks it wall take a large force of men to cope with the moonshiners as the country is very mount ainous and full of ravines.