The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
LOTS OF ILLICIT WHISKEY.
INOREIsE OF MooNsHININo IN
TIE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINs.


LouIsVILLE. req. 4'-oho oi u u VI ~
ADVANCE OF inc internai revenue '" oh WINS
ksy 10 pi'Io a ga'i"h h"s oeon astoa :,
IN Illicit distiiilhg, OF "oonsh'n,nb' 10 u
Known IN the mountains "hoh '"o 10
Filling Is only about 10 cents a gaiioh ana inc
tax 10 seven times as great 'hc[o . q S'rohs
temptation TO evaoo inc payment 10 ,ne uoE.
eminent. speciai ht'ohtioh ""s oah.u ." ~
matter IN tno iasI ahhua iopoio 'no ~ -
commissioner OF lnternei noHen'o iSaueu ~
Decemoer. IN ieea ohiy WV nv, ",ha
were seiLed' Out IN Lao nseui 9ear onucp asI
July no tewer lnsn 80 "cfo uiseoNoieu "
tho authorities no" many "oro op,'"'
without detectoh cannon " aoIorini"Su ~" '
the commissioner MAKES no es,inase, uu' ~ Nc
number cannot na'o = . i199 ln"h o,Vo0' ~,
penoVeo hore. ihe Commissioners ., ,"
coiiectors report tha0 'no nh'"" ." '"ei
command arc ihauoquavo u s"ppioss ~"nn
eninihe' ne ~ "pp''
pfis'io" y Az ,'uipos"
In many sootione y 'no 80
emah oistiuefie' :, ,ooateu ~ n"o 80 ~.
inpracticaoio - . u
hon-paymcue y 'aA'ee . pi'o equai .o
amount OF tho TAX oue On tucm, IN an
secuons IL 10 iouho nav VIZ Nv .N
nmVo esfoou " w oNn" -
tiioa spni.s " u : . 'na" quo !" y
PROVIDED thae tho purohasois asIeo " io.un
inc stamps intact U Z ,ho p",fei =" ooat,"s
inc stamps YIN 10 Il p oe
ny Ns'NN
~ , -. -
aoieu y oa'o " $780,
WITHIN ~ Q III. u"' -
nioi' epii',e ~ Nv r'.S 'n%i " 90
IONS na'o ~ ". $500" o. -.
tomeu y Il Inv N -aonsan nv .a.o
sol.'u. Uuina. shL,nI "a ~. "
tAtAt wv tAatSa 'NaS
sne =, a"s '"ss sua w. ~ i,io,. a.,
opus a u aU ;o.o sOat,ona -, .ho oonn.
.nI"Iion 10 'onu"s -. - ~"
Try wnere IL nus never peiorc eNis'cu'
an oa . annn ntr, a'S o., EYES th,o s'" mn,nSoa MAJ a.
~ ,eo1 TLs..
ana on uistileries IN loeri inese Iaius were
Southern states.
Tn,asa . 49,, ,oo,s,i,ors II 81. ,ou
tains of eastern Kentucky, Tennessee, and West
Virginia, and the revenue forces have been
Kept ousy IN the pursuit OF men VINO thihk' II
they stop to think at all, that q man has a right
10 make SO sooa q Thing as wnlskey without
consulting the government some Oh these
men are desperate. and the officers take their
M =. 80 49,, ,s..yr ~ ~.
The moonshiner generally erects his still in the
snus.a nu mo,o ~ nnt ., 1 ,po Goro a.e - a tnm
to their discovery. This reward has given rise
to what may almost be termed the profession
Of informer on moonshiners. There are spies
VINO haSo ae.ea WIN 'ho revenue olhceis tor
the reward of $40 which tho Government al
wava 0ivcs and any ol,ownnce for exnenses
they can get. There is reason to believe hat
.rs1n, frequently to ass a oetray 0O sno sides t. t by sending I'M
shIsd 70 sscon. befor. ,ho of,oor. como frn.
quently with the most valuable part of their
rude distilling apparatus.
tho ar ssss,o OF m 0f ,hn ffn;t 1sfu H}st q large rpH part or
each term Of the District Court in this city tho
TO toit testifv I IN m ot Mn1m e aso m4'i som. OF off1 tbsm
have made the trip scores Of times Thew
sssntoiMn t iii t iUs tr;a oLne . y Sn nh1 Il axe ne an sre IA inter- ,hteI,
ttbSs ~ have have heen caii,eS we tc.sifv u " T6sr IN M " I'm
2 professional s, witnesses who make a good part
In perbsns the mn4orIfv Of tt6e I'M pettv cases iSoi
fSen rss e1i1l ~ enc cnns SGrss snd nsr tng charges TsnS are
tho prisoner ia aniItv of vioIatinu iincie SnmH's
revenue laws and has been peached on by some
IL Is a put-up lob betWeen him and du Inc W wi
The average .moantaineer Who makes moon:
mantbs I'M i,r a mo nn al 10 serve a rev
an aare tr ent' bY which, for n idiyi eiIsof Of t h
r ress anu and mt cepeisd ne 70 permits enni1Sii Himself Use rddoS,nDee,ar ar,
tor triaI q ~ Vi S0fineoon
w w In ns many mrtncSsoS " = ppssipie are
xvith Sans mhu ~ get u tidP 10 inc DIG CITY
nensas e1S @ y an md5ie Iaa wm,eh Ky Fay tnetf e&,
Y!"uaiiiI anu u Eooi ueni more. nv practtco -
mn one" ' a wbi1e Ihe nnri nI tn 10 h orsMk
t ~. ,oh hetraH tIh.mmntTu ne pir ,hon, 10 inc Goh-
LAY rar DesraS Cheihsoi'es' aiu Iheh inc PUNISH
a cnns1iracv ~ tbis so-, como n I,oht ~
the seasinp ~ Euda niI p6 r IT. cn orr W iSmt nt
S Snr Sohih n,o onds1 narrs IourG IN oWems,
aSnb E onnni eioseI tasu "ceh. iheIo were
tnS Donnsbino 1i UmI ont Th was ior innk,
IrIs Io '1as HI1o Too Inc prisoner James
Saar.ss M"S HnGu Si,oGU ma sennGhced TO one
SHeo11r IMPRISONMENT III the penltentlary az
one a, he Uade y ne. cas- of cn MnS . b very s unusual ao ba
oai IN hS uiaue Pieh u LILLY peghusc' 80 nc
ssnt,.n ~ ~ me- Lau honS Wpoms, bpoh nein{
bean ied in me- th na h,,n n e y 81 LIN ne hfn
10y nsieeuu,m,Iho 1no uuSrhess Oh nioonsnining .py
tS u EaioraI VINO vii perhaps pe ihaicteu py
Enbr,'"r az, oma3mm nis chs uurlne tns
~; Hnfuary turm. tmcreuiVni ny sa'a approacheu
: All and p pmann uSo an II muriSGn mn rp SET up
nnnrrad anu a avina tha, Io m ros sahna onarh &c,
tnu ,tT nayiht ma no Mas iaDio 10 gtt ih,9
him he ,y WnI tre roEhii m ngnins At . conssnunn toaa
an1 ~ rou" H. NY mn all co"sequeHces
Sith.s AZ ~. uiu So u SFcas eAtbnt. Mere
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