The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-02
III ND '''AODNSH|E. :
80 aucE or An ILLICIT DgsT1L-
1nY n sKACET COUNTY.


-
B ~ raee for ore OF those quaint stories Of
r. TennTssee mountains. such az Rave
- from the pen OF Charles Egbers
NS<Ndock CMias Murfree). the Southern
q 1880. In said 10 be interviewer In the
& ~s,a.a,D4ances lending 10 the ares: OF
* nx<sr Wilson. o. Hamilton. on d charge
ssfnalfnx iiqssor without . license.
r Anwor OF 'tmooDshine' whisky and Of
& - 6ae-tack" that never knew OF internal
I. svSepae stamp tax. the smell Of smoke
i srsk. Illicit stills ard the atmosphere Of
~ Hju% mountaifss OF North Carolina
& 0xSkr about the tale the government Of
g - tell o. Wilson'S alleged misteests
Vhile the warrant issued charges him
- with selling liquor without The gov
I. = peni's permission. as q matter Of fact
- sasfempf Will be made TO prove TO the
!. ~ fartion OF the United States grand
- Which meets IN Seattle next June
~ wilson Ii ore OF the accompiices Of
1nepo Wcodrsng. the Hamilton blacksmith
{ - vas arrested six weeks ago for alleged
srdpoushining'' and who Ia now under
/ bood TO appear before the United ststes
Il 6rnod Jury al the SaSnr time AZ Wilson
nth wilson ard Woodrfng urs natives
Z fhs state Of which Two staple products
~ ptne tar and ..mooushsne.. The in
takxal revenue officers who have been
0u1atng on the case are OF the opinion
- when the two men came West and
! rltled In Skaxit county they did not for
- uscresx Of an art learned among the
noanfaineere Of North Carolina, and have
Nm for some time practicing Il TO the
lsninent of the United States treasury
Z = the mountains near Hamilton
moved away In q little room connect
q With the United States marshars Of
~ IN Seattle are portions Of = crude dis
d1tnx apparatus alleged to have been
(pund on q farm leased by Woodring near
Hamilton This constitutes part Of the
svf1euce against him. Ii Ia alleged that
Wills the hAckwoods diEtiliery was located
q Woodring's ranch another man had
I'm operating IL. And that man, Il IL
cInimed was Wilson.
wilson Is s;rappling young fellow. tall.
~ las black hair. dark blue eyes and
~ honest face. In hts cell at the county
III hs IL Anxiousty awaiting bondsmcn to
secure his release pending his appearance
bsfore the grand jury. The story Goes
al there Is connection between Weed
nng and Wilson other than the one Of
ailoDed completely In Illicit dssttiiing. VII
soA II " said. Tn the accepted slitor for
~ hand Of Woodring's pretty daughter
- haA been good many years since
Nccdnng lived In North Carolina. but
Wilson has only been In this state year.
IN the East he lived in the same neigh
6orhood from which wooslrinw came and
4 ,uAs only natural that when he came
Wmt he atsosiid seek out his countryman
and make the acquaintance Of the laiserss
psutty daughter. There II settlement OF
North Carolinians in the vicinity of Ha'nii-
tea and the government officers who In the
Guise 81 timber land buyers have spent
much time among the franspianted ''tar
heels" say that there Is strong evidence
dat others besides the men arrested are
tgniitatei In the alleged Illicit distilliSg.
With shruE Of his broad shoulders VIII
oon denies hiS guilt. either Of making or
ssthng liquor without the knowledge of
pleaded entire innocence of any such vfo-
lafbun % the law. But the fact remains.
- the government officers ray, that around
prepvaesore arres. were found many mute
esteences Of extensive Illegal distiliing.
baefess which had lately contained apple
polnce and cider srem which apple
lscvd about the hastily dismantied still.
Ana other circumstances went 10 show
that potatoes and grain of different kinds
had been converted into whisky.
The moans1iners evidently had warning
Of the proposed raid. for they carried away
and serretsd somewhere the worm" OF
the still which yet remains undiscovered.
At the time Woodring was taken To the
clearing where the still had stood he
pleaded ignorance even of It's existence
and tu!d Deputy Marshal Tyler that II had
been constructed without his knowledge.
Skagis county. >" the Rovernmenl OH
ceFs cay. In now pretty well supplied with
very fair quality OF ''moonshine." l, has
bean sold extensively TO logging camps.
saloons and eattiers and even fo Indians.
they say. They ciaim that they will be
able 10 prove that Wilson was dealing IN
the Illicit dstiiiatton and soak 10 the noun
hins after the arrest OF woodring.
Wilson WAS bound over nv the United
Mates commissioner AT Sedro Woolley
when arrested by DEPUTY Marshal Jack
Stffnges. BAH was fixed AT tl.n1s