Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-05
DOUBLE SMOKE
 REVEALS STILL
  Jones Clan in Tennessee Mountain Never Worked, Always Had Money.
OUTDOOR FIREPLACE
MOOnshinerS Had Revenue Officers Raffled Until Sudden WindStOrm Springs Up and "ReyenOOrs"
 Discover Ruse.

Savannah, Ga., July 4.-In a thick ly wooded glen, nestled deep in the mountains of East Tennessee. there lived the Jones clan. The clan was made up of an old man and his three sons, all married. Upon a small sec tion of flat land in a glen stood the homestead of the old man; scatter ed around him, each in his little home, and with their wives and children, dwelt the sons.
 The home place of the father col- sisted of substantial log house with several outhouses squatting around the back yard. Here he dwelt with his aged, but sturdy wife and his two daughters, one widow. Attached to each of the four homesteads were a few scattered acres of cleared land upon which a meagre crop, generally of corn, was raised each year.
 The Joneses were all an easy-0oing lot of folks. They rarely worked. And yet there was always plenty to eat in their homes, their houses were comfortably furnished and their D mid cash at the mountain stores.
 "Revenoos" Find Nothing Suspicious.
 These circumstances aroused the professional interest of a party of internal revenue officers. The Joneses had from time to time let loose vague rumors as to the estate oe rich and distant relative. long since deceased. in far-away land to account for their steady possession Of ample ready money, but the gov ernment detectives were convinced that the Joneses were making and selling moonshine wliiskey. After months of watching, and on various pretexts, they obtained access to the homes of the four men. They made thorough searches, but all in vain There was nothing to resemble g moonshine still or contraband goods to be found.
 Now, in homesteads in the noun tains there is often found form o1 outerdoor fireplace called the back yard kitchen. It consists of struc- trre of stones built up around three sides of a square. Within this en' closed space fire is built. As the house Kitchens in mountain homes are generally small affairs, these backyard kitchens are often used fol the heavy work. Such fireplace stood in the yard of the home of ole man. Jones, and about 1t were ex hibited the principal activities of tho women folks. For the better part o the time, fire was merrily blazing inside the primitive little structure.
 Much Smoke and 2 Hidden Fire.
 One day couple of them dropped by old man Jones' place more iron force of habit than from any hope O. unearthing evidence of "stilr." The! found the women as usual gathered around the outdoor fireplace. il which a fireblazed merrily. The! were busy with their washing. Al the detectives sood beside the fire Eazing into it with unseeing eyes there swept down a gusty storn from the mountain tops. The womel hastily gathered up th9ir clothes ant hurried indoors. The two officer: were about to follow when one O them. observing that sparks from th' firewere being blown in the direction of the outhouse, hurried back ant dcused the coars with pail of wa ter, effectually, as he thought quenching the fire.
 As he reached the door of thu house he turned to assure himsel that the fire was all olt. What wal his astOnishment to see column o smoke issuing briskly from th sdead" fireplace. Fastening back t t he closely examined the floor o the structure. Hefouad in the bacl corner of the fireplace small pipe about three inches in diameter, pro truding about three inches above tn ground. From. it a dense column o smoke was pourning.
 In an instant the whole schem flashed upon him. Bringing out On of the women he pointed to the pipe Thus confronted she broke down an' confessed that it Jed from a cave un derneath the back yard in which, fo years, her male kinsmenhad beel making mooashine liquor. As th pipe from the furnace below, afte piercing through several feet o rock in the roof of the cave, ende irt the back of the outdoor fireplace the telltale smoke from it mingle unobserved with the innocent wished to distill, the women, on som smoke of the fire built for the activ ities of the women. When the me pretext. started up the outdoor fire
 The cave was entered by 2atura passage several hundred feet i length, whose portal was cleft i cliff. so cleverly concealed b thickets and other defenses of nature further aided by the art of tn Joneses. that detection was practic ely impossible.
 And this was the secret of tn Jones comfortable mode of life i an abode that they bid fair to ex change for a less comfortable On , end one coupled with large amour of manual labor. when their case cnme up for trial this summer.
 Will Clayton. who has been in thu \ city for some time visiting his sister Mrs. ". D. Jones. left yesterday fo Poplar Blum, Mo.