The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-03

and the plans were approved BY the
commissioner Of revenue. q officers.
all picked for their daring, being sum
moned to take part
Some days before the raid the rev
enue department sent two dozen army
rifles and a thousand rounds OF ammu-
milton 70 Mount Airy. Then the Off
GERS came along and started in the
night. thoroughly armed The place
is within a mile Of the Virginia line.
and ali the business OF the moonshin-
eFs Is done in Virginia. they buying
their meal and matt from Stuart, in
that state.
Seven years ago the same place was
ralded by a force OF IL officers and
then six stills were captured and
three moonshiners. Since that date
Illicit diatlllers have poured into that
section until the officers had Informa-
tion OF the location Of about so stills.
They did not hope to get all Of these.
These moonshiners are, the officers
say. as rough and dangerous a lot as
can be found IN the country. The
whole settlement lives By moonshin-
ing. with the exception Of one man,
who came recently from South Da-
kota, and who really farms
The moonshlners had an idea they
could whip any party Of revenue Off
GERS. there being about 100 Of them
and their friends. and also their
larger boys At every house there IS
a bell. and near the houses are the
stills The country Is extremely wild,
with deep rayines and thick sunder-
growth. the location being IL the foot
hills Of the Blue Ridge mountains.
The revenue officers knew that
every move by q stranger was
watched day and night. SO they dashed
into the place between midnight and
four a m and Immediately captured
the women and children vino came
out They also cut the ropes OF all
the bells they saw They put the
women and children In a tobacco
barn under close guard. The women
we're not afraid, but were very angry,
said they wanted to get their men"
The whole community stands to-
gether and runners are ready TO so to
the stills. which are almost in sight
Of each other. Generally moonshiners
have not even a shack over their
stills. but so secure did these people
feel that their stills were IN almost
every case In substantial log houses.
The quick action Of the revenue
officers enabled them to catch some
moonshiners at their houses and 9th
ers at tine stills Thus shey captured
Is stills and ten men. an moonshiners.
The revenue force was divided into
four parties. advancing IN various d.
rections One party Of SIX was met
BY an equal number of moonshiners.
who began firing. using repeating
rifles, as the officers at once discoy-
cred BY the rapidlty Of the FIRE. The
moonshiners did not come out into the
open, but shot from the thick laurel,
The officers and their adyersaries
fred about 100 shots. One officer was
slightly wounded on the ear. one
moonshiner was killed and two others
wounded. It is thought fatally. The
other moonshiners, after the manner
N the Indians carried of the killad
and wounded.
Revenue officers say that over all
North Carolina, with the exception OF
perhaps two counties, they get no aid
from the county authorities. The raid
Ing party burned the houses over the
stills and columns OF smoke showed
he location OF these. The officers
knew that they we're only getting
about half Of the stills In that settle
ment. but It required most Of the day