, 1898-03-02

noniA is mixed so "a to ssren The fer
mcntntion. j! the f"vol II one lie liQnolls
known, in s. tie of ce,lain ingredients intro
d1ced into it, TO disguise the plescn ce of the
Rmmonia. Lately tile distillorS Ii; We become
holder and the di>tillrries more numerous.
But he vigilance Of The police so long batlled
by the tactics Of the manufacturer in their
sylvan retreat, Is beginning to meet with suc-
cess. That the police Will he more Atrcess
still, let rs hope. 50 that this dangcrons en-
terpriAr will shortly be stamped ont npd all
ooncelned therein tronght to Justice,
Oily LAST week three mon s,>pcct i +" -
engaged in This Illicit trade were captured.
1t was IL hot md exciting ell. Sc quite the
event Of lh9 week on the Coast, and those
concerned ii The arrest of he men ore to be
conSratula ell on the pluck which earned
them success, On Thursday information was
given TO County Inspector K"rl and Commits
sAry Cameron to tie cffoot that three we'll.
known bush rum distilIcrs had brought down
10 Johanna CeceI.n a quantity OF 5ush.rum
and had 5ecIeted it on the premises Of Zip
Yung SoN, a ,hol keere al Iorg Mr.. Came
r0a goi u search Walrwt and M. Kerr &C
c'mpan ed him +" hvc it executed. On ap-
p oaching the bri e at Xolg village, Mr.
Kerr saw o man runuiug ju front Of him. He
ran after him and stopped him. The Inspec
tor then asked him where he was going to
which the man replied thut il vas his bust
ness. Mr.. Kerr then perceived it WIS Martin,
wellSkn0wn to be q lar4c dealer in the illicit
traffic; and attempted 10 arlest him. But
MARITIME strong powerful fellow, would have
none of this, aud did u t hesitate to lunge
ont at the Inspector. who f. rturatply lodged
the blow. Mr.. Kerr managed to rush in
upon the man and Rugged him as for u
wrestle. About this time MI. Cameron anne
up and gave his assistance, A scuffle then en-
sued, of which the black man hNdldecldedly fho
better. He gave Mr.. Kerr a hot backllander,
Telling him, and pushing aside Mr.. Cameron.
took to his heels. MIR. Cameron pursued.
and oven took him in q yard tripping him mp
rs he got on level terms. The Inspector
came up soon after and again the trio engag-
ed in n vigorous struggle. The two officers
held on to him, but The fellow proved so
powerful that he dragged his pursuers to a
distance of about twenty yards into Ah0use, q
haunt Of his. and then disappeared. The iu-
mates of the house refused 20 give any infor-
nation to aid in the mans capture. But
some policemen who came up at this june
tire succeeded in urrestiug Mnrtin, who
nglIu offered stout IeSislaI &c. While the
man was b9ing taken 10 tile station, Mr.. Kerr
cSpied two men. vi ON he at once recognised
as two other bush. I'M dlsilIers, John Aus,
tin and Joseph Roberts. He met them and
hA handy asked where they were going,
when Roberts took to his heels and jumped
into q trench, where the police laid hold Of
him. Upon seeing Roberts run. Mr.. Kerr Of
course at Ouce secured the other man. And
so the three men were captured. Then Nj.
Kerr proceeded TO execute the search war
laut, and found il the suspected shop, three
large demijohns Of the stuff, equal to about
sixteen gallons.
The men will be charged ia due course bs-
fore the Magistrate.