Federal finances; or, The income of the United States . n of southern Kentucky and north-ern Tennessee had been infested by a desperateband of moonshiners, who had openly boasted thatno revenue officers dare invade their attempts had been made, at different times,to seize their stills, but without success. Severalgallant officers lost their lives in these futile at-tempts to arrest the moonshiners of Pearidge. Oneof these officers was not only murdered in coldblood, but his body was never found. The moon-shiners afterward said that it had been burned inthe furnace of one of t
Federal finances; or, The income of the United States . n of southern Kentucky and north-ern Tennessee had been infested by a desperateband of moonshiners, who had openly boasted thatno revenue officers dare invade their attempts had been made, at different times,to seize their stills, but without success. Severalgallant officers lost their lives in these futile at-tempts to arrest the moonshiners of Pearidge. Oneof these officers was not only murdered in coldblood, but his body was never found. The moon-shiners afterward said that it had been burned inthe furnace of one of their stills, and that it made good fuel to help make a doubling. In October, 1889, information came to W. , revenue agent for Kentucky, that severalof the stills of the ringleaders could be locatedand guides furnished to any posse of governmentofficers of sufficient strength to make a successfulraid. Mr. Wilmore wrote to James S. Battle, reve-nue agent for Tennessee, and asked him to co-oper-ate with him in a raid on the Pearidge district. It. FEDERAL FlrNANCES. 2O5 was finally decided to make a joint raid by Ken-tucky and Tennessee revenue officers. The generaldeputies, marshals and revenue officers, detailed togo on this expedition, met at Gallatin, Tennessee,December 10, 1889. The rest of the story can notbe told better than in the words of Mr. W. G. Dun-lap, who was one of the chief officers in charge ofthis expedition: We secured good saddle horses and started atonce for the scene of action. We reached Harts-ville for dinner, and after a tiresome ride through arainstorm that came up in the afternoon, reachedCarthage for a late supper. Here we understoodthat our coming was known to the moonshiners, andthey had sent us word that a reception committee of•thirty-five, armed with Winchester rifles, had beenselected to entertain us. This was cheerful at theoutset, and we began to realize that we were on adangerous and important mission. Leaving Car-thage at daylight w
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