Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-07-13
DUEL TO DEATH
IN BUCHANAN
EOOnShineTS and B6V0nuo Raiders
Fight Battle in Southwest
County.
THREEKILLED, THREE MORE MAY DE
Columbus Collins, Andy Anderson and
Senter, Alleged Illicit BiStillerS, Meet
Death at Hands of Deputies.

Death at Hands of fDeputies.
Grundy, Va, July 10. One of the
most fearful encounters which ever oc-
Cured between the United States reve-
nue. officers and the moonshiners in
recent years took place in the vicinity
Of Jean, in Buchanan county, Va, near
the Kentucky line, shortly after mid
night on the morning of the 9Th, when
three of the moonshiners were killed
and three dangerously if not mortally
wounded by the officers, and Raiding
Deputy Collector G. M. Tucker, was
seriously wounded by the first volley
fred by the attacking moonshiners.
Deputy Collector G. NJ. Tucker, Dep
uty Marshal Short and five possemen
were looking for illicit stills supposed
to be operated by Henry Adams, Col
umbus Collins and Andrew Anderson,
and had gotten within one and one-half
miles of the spot where they were
thought to be located, when the entire
party dismounted from their horses and
left them in care of two of the party
and the rest under the leadership of
Tucker and Short, proceeded on foot.
When they had gotten about one
half a mile from the spot where the
horses were left, a conference was held,
and it was decided to send back Deputy
Marshal Short and one of the possemen
to assist in bringing up the horses.
Those who remained laid down and
were resting when party was heard
approaching them, talking loudly and
carrying a lantern. When the ap-
preaching party got near someone was
heard to curse the revenue officers and
exclaimed that eff any of them ever
came in this part of the country they
would go out corpses, and Immediately
Deputy Tucker called out that he was
an officer and asked them to halt.
This command was answered by a
volley Of six or eight shots, one strik-
ing Tucker in the abdomen infiicting a
dangerous wound. The officers return
ed the fre and number Of shots were
exchanged between the two parties.
Henry Adams, one of the moonshin-
ers, then rushed in and seized Tucker
and tried to wrench his pistol from
him. Tucker managed to discharge his
pistol in the scuffle, but with what re-
suit is not known, and called upon his
antagonist to release him, that he was
a revenue officer. Just then one of the
posse came up and ordered Adams to
release Tucker, which he did by giving
him hard fling which, however, failed
to throw him to the ground, and Adams
then retired some distance and fred on
Tucker again, who returned the fire
and heard Adams cry out as if hit;
The moonshiners then made retreat
and the officers made for their horses
and decided to get out Of the vicinity as
rapidly as possible. When they had
gone some distance after mounting
their horses they were again pursued
by party of moonshiners, but whether
it was the same party or not they did
not know. They dismounted in an ad-
vantageous spot and prepared to re-
ceive the attack, but the moonshiners,
doubtless, seeing that surprise was
impossible, retired and made no further
attack.
The officers reached Grundy about
$50 a. m. Sunday, and in the after
noon an independent report from the
scene of conflict reached here that Col
lins, Anderson and a man named Senter
had been killed by the officers, and
three other moonshiners were badly
wounded, A reliable report has it that
there were twenty-three persons in the
band of moonshiners, and were led by
Henry Adams, the worst desperate
along the border of Virginia and Ken
lucky, he having a record of Staying
four men and wounding several others
in his many personal encounters,