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Show A WOMAN SCARED TO DEATH. A United State Deputy Mamhal lleaome ItrataJ With ratal KaaulU. Raleiuii, N. C., Oct. 21. For several sev-eral week revenue officers have been In search of Herring Creech, a desperate desper-ate moonshiner, Iu Johnston county. Creech attacked and nearly killed an intimate frteod, who, he thought, had betrayed hitn to the revenue officers. , Later he shot an aged neighbor as the latter stood In the door of hi own bouse, to which Creech had called htm at night. After the old man recovered Creech again attacked and beat him terribly. News was received today that Deputy Collector Massey and Deputy Marshal Flowers were raiding in that country in search of illicit distilleries dis-tilleries and found one In a seeluded place and saw two men. The men taw the ollloert and ran toward a house. The officers suspected that men were in the house and went there. They found a Mrs. Creech in the Iioum anil aeked her where the men were. She either did not know or would not tell anything about them. Flowers oored and abused Mr. Creech, and threatened threaten-ed to kilher It tihn did not tell where tha miu were. She wa in a delicate) condition, and Flower' abuse and threals had a fatal effect, She fell on the floor ami died in the presence of the officers. Flower at oticu left and has not boen since. The people tire very indignant and urn hunting for Flower. If he is caught he ill be lynched. |