Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-12
MooNsHINERs CAPTURED.


MOoNSHINERS CAPTURED.
Raiding Deputy U. B. Hammett Of
the United States revenue service, ac-
companied by State Constable ]. L.
Sanders, Deputy Sheriff F. E. Quinn,
Constables Andy Quinn and Meek Par
ish of Glover, went after Kings Noun
tain township moonshiners Sunday
night, and returned yesterday after
nocn with two prisoners and a report
Of a generally successful expedition.
The names of the prisoners are VIII
Stewart and Lum Caveny, both veter-
an blockaders. Stewart Is the man
who was filled with buckshot by OFF,
GER Duncan of Blacksburg some years
ago, and who has served at least one
sentence for distilling. Caveny has
been working as a. blockader for some
fifteen or twenty years. but has never
before been in trouble.
Following some remarkably accurate
pointers that they had gotten some
days previous. the officers on Sunday
night went up to the vicinity Of the
Galloway old mill, and shortly before
daylight. about half mile from
there they ran upon the moonshine
factory for which they were looking.
There were five mash tubs, all full Of
mash that would soon be ready to make
into beer, some wheat bran and a
quantity of malt: but the still had
been removed from the furnace and
was nowhere to be seen.
After little council Of war the par
ty divided, Deputy Hammett. Deputy
Quinn and Constable Parish going on
one errand and Constables Sanders
and Quinn remaining hid to look af-
ter the, contraband stuff about the still
house and to see what they could see
In other directions.
Beating about across a ridge some
distance from the still house, officers
Quinn and Sanders ran upon still
and worm, which they pulled out Of
their hiding places and threw them in
the open to await the return of the
balance of the party. Being now pref
ty we'll worn out, having made this
find and having disposed Of 1t as de-
scribed, the officers sat down in place
Of nearby concealment to rest
Within a few minutes afterward,
two men were heard approaching.
They were looking guardedly in every
direction; but had no. suspicion Of the
presence Of the officers. Presently one
Of the men said:
You told me you hid that still and
worm last night. That's a h-ll Of a
way to hide things, amt it?"
The man pointed to the exposed still
and worm as he spoke and the man
addressed as Caveny, rushed toward
the objects in startled way and seiz-
ed them as though he seemed to think
they were just about to run #.
Officers Sanders and Quinn were
some yards from each other; but we're
both quite close to the two men. They
came out of the brush at the same
time, and in an instant Officer Sanders
had hold of Caveny. The other man
seeing this turned to run and went
right into the arms Of officer Quinn,
who took him in charge with no diff
Guilty.
Both officers recognized the second
man as Will Stewart; but neither was
acquainted with Caveny. They asked
Stewart the name Of his companion;
but Stewart declared he did not know.
WHAT" asked Officer Sanders, "you
worked with that man yesterday,
probably slept with him last night, the
clothes Of both Of you smeared with
still slop, you have just been drinking
together and you do not know his
name?"
The other fellow was so frightened
at the time of his capture and his
teeth were chattering so that he could
not talk. After a while, however, he
recovered sufficiently to say that his
name was Caveny, and then Stewart
loosened up a little and admitted that
they were fellow workers at the same
still This, however, was not until af-
ter the officers had reminded him Of
the remark they had overheard him
make at the discovery Of the exposed
still
Further search of the vicinity
brought to light ten gallon keg, hid
den in the laurel bushes, and half fill
ed with whisky. The entire party hav-
ing come together again in the mean
time, the contraband about the still
house was destroyed, and the two pris-
oners were brought to Yorkville and
committed tO iail