Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1879 — The Moonshine War. [ARTICLE]

The Moonshine War.

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has prepared a statement, showing the number of illicit distilleries captured, the number of stills seized, and the number of persons, including only internal-revenue officers and their guides, killed in the country during the past year: O.fficen Suite Arreete Killed and • Seized. Made. Wounded. A1abama........... 83 f>92 .... Arkansas 16 31 .... Georgia 237 654 5 Illinois 11 9 .... Indiana 2 2 .... Kentucky 97 207 2 Louisiana 5 1 Massachusetts 1 1 .. / Maryland 2 2 Mississippi.. 10 3 Missouri 99 131 ” ” New York 38 30 ”” North Carolina 410 4SO ”1 Ohio 7 9 Pennsylvania 3 3 Sou th Carolina 110 90 2 Tennessee.......... 223 466 f Texa5..,.....,..... 4 4 ... Vermont 2 2 Virginia bO 152 ' "j West Virginia 20 13 Wi5c0n5in,,..,,,... 1 1 Total..: 1.258 2,990 ~J3