Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-15
Revenue Officers Successfully Raid
Four MOOnshina DistiIlerias.
FERTILIZER RATE CASE
senbonrd Air Lines Eramo Manager
before the cours-A Greensboro
Liquor Dealer Sentenced 10 SIX
Months In Jnli-A Desperate A Trny
Near winston-A Slick Young sran
soiiofss Charity and ships Out.

Raleigh. N. c., Dec. ia posse of
revenue officers sent out from this city,
Tuesday night, captured four moon
shine stills.
These "juiceries" Were in a bunch,
from half 4 mile to five miles apart, at
the point where the three counties of
Wake, Granville and Franklin come to-
Eether. Two OF them were in Wake,
one in Franklin and one in Granville.
The stills were cut up.
Then the work of destruction began.
Now, cutting up n large hollow copper
vessel makes great noise, especially
JUST about day, when everything Is
quiet. And in this case, the revenue
officers say, but IL few blows had been
struck before the whole neighborhood
seemed to be aroused.
"a bell began to ring in one direction.
a lire blazed UP on 4 hill in another, a.
horn blew In still another, while here
and there one heard n halloo, answered
a mile away.
1T was somewhat of an exciting
time" said officer Hasty, describing it
at the Marlborough House last night,
but we went on chopping up the cop
pers. Then Cnan came by on horse
back. going Mt full gallop toward the
place from which we had taken one
still Soon another horseman came by
going In another direction
The stills cut UP varied In size from
40 to 70 gallons capacity and all Of
them had evidently been running for
quite long while and at full capacity.
No distlllcrs We're caught, as the stills
We're not running at the time of cap
turc.
A DESPERATE AFFRAY.
News from Winston states that
Samuel IIauser, Romulus Finch and
Joseph IIauser got into q big fight near
Bethania last evening. when Finch shot
one OF Sam HauSer's ears Off. While
The latter was gone after an officer
Finch struck Joe Hauscr with a stick,
splitting one of his ears Hauser then
drew his pistol and when he stopped
firing there were six holes in Finch.
four In his body and two in one arm.
One ball glanced and struck Sam Haus-
er's wife in the thigh Finch cannot
live. Joe Hnuser skipped, but the off,
GERS expect to capture him. He recent
~ returned from Porto Rico where he
served in the United States army. The
tight was the result of family troubles.
tlnch Is Il brother OF Mrs. Sam Hauscr
GOT CHARITY AND SKIPPED.
Register of Deeds Hood and his
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mourning the loss of some chartably-
bestowed coin. 1t is not so much the
mere loss OF the sheckels that worries
them, but the fact that they We're
flceccd out Of the money by a slick
swndler.
Several days since, these gentlemen
were called on by a. preDosscssing
young white man, who gave the name
OF Ed Roycroft. The young man
stated that Mr.. G.. C. Coclough, who
lives near the Wake and Durham line,
mad lost mis- property by fire and he
was soliciting funds for his aid.
Yesterday MIR. Adams received n let
ter from Mr. Colclough, in which he
stated that he did not stand in need of
charity, and Furthermore had never
seen Roycroft and knew nothing of
him.
In concluding his letter Mr.. Col
clough says: "Roycroft Should be pun
ished to the full extent OF the law, and
1 will testify against him when called
on"
or course it's Catching before hang
Ing" and MIR. Roycroft has disappear
ed, leaving blank behind as dark as
the shades Of highland memories of
departed shcckles.
FE1TILIZER RATE CASE.
Evidence before Judge Moore in the
fertilizer rate case in the appeal of the
poration Commission was all put in
yesterday, two days having been con-
sumed in the hearing. Only II. w. B.
Glover, traffic manager of the Seaboard,
was examined. The only point involved
was as TO the reasonableness OF the rate
on fertilizer as fixed by the Commits
sion and an exhaustive inquiry was
gone into by counsel in this particular.
The evidence will be typewriter and
sent to Judge Moore ut Ashevlle, and
briefs by counsel will be submitted. If
he Shall be unable to decide without
oral argument, counsel will be heard at
chambers about January 10, at which
time Judge Moore will be in Durham to
hold two weeks term of court.
LIQUOR DEALER SENTENCED.
special from Greensboro says:
Sentence was passed on F.. G.. New
combe this afternoon by Judge Brown
for retailing liquor: sentence was $500
fine and six months in jail A great
deal of interest was manifested by the
people of Greensboro on account OF the
aggravated case. Newcombe is an ex-
barkeeper, and when the dispensary
became law instead of closing as the
other barkecpers did lie continued
selling secretly SO the Judge made the
sentence unusually heavy.