The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-19
THE SAMUELs JURY
HUMAN MENAGER|E
Twelve Men Who Neither Drank
Nor Swore Tried the
Distillers.
A REMARKABLE GATHERING
Animal, Fish and Bird Kingdom
Represented in Names Of
Witnesses.
REMARKABLE GATHERING
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GREENSBORO, N. c., February 49,
The science OF NOMENCLATURE, while not
an exact, Is an interesting one. During
the past month there has been in prog
ress In the Federal Court, an Important
trial here duplicating a large number OF
citizens OF Wilkes county, who are en-
gagged In making "moonshinc" whiskey,
or, In the common vcrnacular, "blockad-
ing"
Wilkes county Is n mountain county mn
hundred miles from this point, and. az
the bill OF indictment embraced n preat
many blockaders and many revenue ON.
GERS on common charge OF conspiracy
and collision, the one with the other. II
became necessary for the government
to bring two or three hundred witnesses.
and the defendants as many more.
The charge in the blu OF Indictment
was that certain number OF illicit dig.
tiilers were favored by the revenue off.
GERS. by reason OF hush money! paid.
while the Ordinary" blockader, who had
n little still and board shelter in the
coves of the mountains were destroyed
with great eclat and big reports to the
department Mt Washington
Owned Steam Stills
II was shown Mt the trial. which termi.
mated yesterday. by the conviction OF tho
first officer on trial. after month of
evidence pro and con- that these favored
dlstillers had become so prosperous they
owned not only teams and wagons. but
they ran steam dis,illerics almost on
the public roads, not paving, like the
other class to take their chances by
moonshine.
The names OF these dintillers and on
GERS picked In the bill of Indictment
were Jim Combs Bid Melvin. Mozart
Gofofth. Larkin Trippiett. George Sam
uel Hopsy Huffman. Toney Tamper
John Hasty, Bill Dooley, Mart hfre.
Pole Hafcr. Ace Dinkins. Elchapie
stackleathcr. Josie Bounce and Mark
Prultt.
An accurate record was kept Of the
names OF witnesses examined. and out
the two hundred or more who testified
the folldoing representatives OF the anil
nrui. Dish and bird kingdoms were pre-
served.
A Human Managerie.
OF animals represented By name were:
Josiah Bear. James 4. Lyon. Ell Wolfe.
Pat Fox. Nell Coon. David Mink. Jonah
Dog-got. John II. Lamb, Uriah Bull-ace,
Rorey BuiI-a. Messeick Campbell. VIII
mot Rat-iiff.
or birds and fowles there were: James
Feathcr-ston. Luther Bird. Coon Martin.
Jim Sparrow. Bill Lark-spur, Walter
Crow son. Jimmie Hawkes.. Jodie Rob-
in-son. Paul Robin-s. Henry Fowler.
Anderw Drake. Garfield Cox Eudora
Fowl, George Washington Duck worth.
These names represented the fishes:
;Ahner Fish. Junius Fisher. Elchanic
schubb shad-rach Shafer, David Pike,
Wlshel Salmon. Norman A. Crabb. Car
field Pickerell, Bud Roach, Jesse Spots.
wood
During the whole OF the months trial.
the twelve men composing the jury were
kept In charge of two court officers. day
and night. lodged at the hotel, kept to-
gether apart from everybody else. and
were not permitted to read newspaper
until all reference to the trial had been
clipped from them. They were repre-
sentative farmers and well-to-do citizens.
selected out of list OF regular Jurors
drawn from thirty men summoned from
the five surrounding counties.
A Remarkable Gathering.
From information furnished by one OF
the deputies who staid with them. one
can well believe 1t to be one OF the most
remarkable gathering of men ever hap
pened upon by the simple drawing OF
names out of II hat by blindfolded boy.
From what the deputy gathered by the
constant companionship for month. they
might have been the twelve apostles In
apostolic days, when right living and
religious trend was the test. Not one OF
them would take the oath, but all af-
frmed by holding up the right hand.
having conscientious scruples against
swearing mt all The youngest was forty
five years of age, the Oldest seventy
six
Not one of the men used liquor in any
form except the youngster. and he only
took dram Christmas times and Eas-
ter. and had never tasted spirits until
after he was thirty years OF age. Not one
OF them used profanity. and during the
whole period of their practical incarcera-
ton not 20 solitary profane or shrewd
anecdote was told although they were
lively and companionable at all tines
when of duty In court.
Parties and Churches.
Last. but not least. every one was
protesting Christian. and had not single
political or UNCONVENTIONAL dispute our
ing the whole period. although the 1ol-
lowing parties and churches were repre-
scented by the membership: Populists.
two: Democrats, four: Republicans, -FOUR;
Prohibitionists. two: Hardshell Haptlsts,
two: Missionary Baptist one; Chris,lan
Baptist. one: Quakers. two MoraNial'
one; = German Reformed one; Methouis.,
two; Presbyterian. one; Holiness OF
Sanctificationist, one.
The jury was a pretty tough PROPOSE
ton for a blockade distillcr and the gem
seral run OF daredevil revenue raider
to run up against, az the seGuel proveu
In the celebrated case against George
washington Samuel, n deputy collector
in Uncle SANS employ In the Firth M
ternal Revenue Collection District ZOE
tho Western District OF North Caroiina.
Randolph Macon Notes.
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