The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-12-27
.DYNAMITE'S
DEADLY WORK
TreaCherOus Revenge of a Gang
of MOOnshiners.
LOCATED AND CAPTURED


was arrested and taken from this place
to Louisville las eek, has been operat-
ing Illicit DIST sres in Breckenridge
and Hardin counties for the past fifteen
years. Bill has been a hard one for the
officers to handle He has been arrested
a number Of times aud served out sew
eral terms in the penitentiary, but every
time he gets out he resumes his old
trade
Uncle Sans officers were slow in locat-
ing him this time, but they finally sue
ceeded. He spread the report that he
had left the State, and a great many
thought he had, but some parties got
wind of a moonshiue distillery up about
Jacksonville, aud they began to get on
Bills trail again.
The Cundfs, over in the edge Of Har-
din, haye been q terror to the moon
shine gang. Il seems that one of the
Cundiffs JEFF, 1 beFeve) acts as a sort of
a detective among them. Last week, in
order to reap venreance against JEFF,
they went one NIGH to house which
they thought belonsd to him, and put a
lot of dynamite under it and blew it up.
They thought JEFF rs in there and they
would get him. Butt proved to be the
property OF the Rai. G. N. Cundif, a
local Presbyterian h1escher. G n Is a
cousin Of Jea's and 81 never had any
thing to do witbfepo tiug on the moon
sinners. But he ID Bn't like them de-
stroying his proper and if he we're to
meet them there wou be trouble. G. N,
is a preacher, but-li his Cousin JEFF,
Che detective-he is ad game.
RiaTaylor and bis BAL in the moon
shine business wBfe crested over in the
hollows above Huds6nt ille at O'Clock
in the morning. JEFF Cundif got wind
OF an Illicit distillery up there, and he
went to work to take it, From what he
could learn, it was situated over in the
hollows somewhere, in a secluded spot
and a section Of country rarely trsversed
by any one. Cundif went to Pomp
Miners and learned from him about the
direction Of the still.
In company with Len Miner, he got
up about a, m. and started on the hunt.
They travelled over a very rough country
for an hour or more and finally came
upon a little hut down in the woods.
They approached it very cautiously, for
they knew that if Bill Taylor was in
there making mOOnshine, and they didn't
get every advantage, he would kill one
Of them. Miner stayed back about
twenty yards, and Cundiff Crawlsd up to
the door He could hear two or three
voices, and he thought it best for him
and his partner not to tackle them. So
they lef5 quietly and found their way
back to old Pomp Miners, There they
Sent a messenger in haste to Hardins-
burg. Two United States marshals were
telegraphed for from Louisville, and they
arrived here at night on the 1880 train.
Together they went to Miners, where
they were joined by Cundif aud two
others
At midnight they struck out for the
distillery. They ran up on it about 3
o'clock, and Taylor and his partner were
running her in full blast. Marshal Yates
did not know exactly how to tackle the
thing to make sure of his game, He saw
a man come to the door once or twice
aud look around and then 20 back.
Yates crspt cautiously down 10 the door
with a revolver IN each hand. He told
his men to surround the concern, and if
the inmates tried 20 escape, to kill them
II necessary. Yates took his stand by
the door and il wasn't long until It was
opened again from the inside. Instantly
the officer covered the man With his re-.
volver and told him TO throw up his
hands. The other falloWon the inside
broke out the back way and tried to es-
cape, but they nabbed him. Yates had
his man at the door foul, and 80 they
surrendered.
This was the only moonshine disillery
10 that section, and most likely the only
one running in the county. AS the last
vsstge Of q was destroyed there may
not be another started soon.
ThH fellow Taylor bad such a mania
for running a moonshine distilloFy that
he would DO most anything 70 got one
started The ono in which ho operated
be put up himself 80 went Into the
woods and cut the loga and carried them
70 The place and land them up himself.
Ho ihon ohinkedit with mud and shut
out IN the light