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From: Kimberly Bargo Riggins <>
Subject: Harlan County Raid
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 08:35:07 +0000

The Peoples News. A Democratic Newspaper. Published weekly by the Peoples
News Inc.
Subscription $1.00 Per year. Charles Davis Editor

February 24 1910

Revenue Officers Make Good Haul in Harlan County

M.G.Hignite, Deputy Collector, and Sam VanBebber Deputy Marshall,
With J.A. Bowman, W.A. Hinkle and George Golden, Of this City and Others
from Pineville, left the railroad at Ewing, VA last Saturday evening,
crossed the Cumberland and Brushy mountains to the head of Brownies Creek
in Harlan county, to the home of Henry Wilson known to many as the "old
Hen" where they found one room of his big log house a moonshine still
running full blast.
Barking of the dogs gave notice of the approach of officers and everybody
escaped except Wilson's wife who was captured. She was helping in the
operation of the distillery.
The still was reached about 1:30 Sunday morning. Four Hundred gallons of
beer and ten gallons whiskey were destroyed
The Party left the scene of the raid at 8 am Sunday and reached the
railroad at 2 P.M. The Only food the raiders had from dinner Saturday
till supper Sunday were a few rough but very delicious corn cakes made by
George Golden from part of a fresh Mash at the distillery and baked on a
board in front of the distillery furnace.

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