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Show I MAKES OWN WHI2L. Hf; BILL WILLIAMS MOST NOTCD Bj j SOUTHERN MOONSHINER. Hri Hj Has Long Been the Detpalr of Gsorcla PB.1 Revenue Officers Destroy His Hb Stills, but Cannot Capture Hi Hlm Ut Few distl)lery captures havo been B more highly prized than that raado by Hf United States Deputy Marshals Dave pVJ and Frank Riley near Oconeo. Wild Bf Dllf WllllamB, n white man who had p been a terror 'to the community be- H causd he was operating a very large M'j business In open deflanco to tho lead- V' Ing cltlzcnB, was the man the ofllccrs H( sought, but this time, as on many H' other occasions, Instead of fighting H with his reputed Bteel jacket bullets, jJ ho dodged into tho weeds and left his f!i still, warm from the fires of four H i months, to bo demolished, H , Wild UI11 has never been captured H'j but once. Ho has been a profasslonal HH moonshiner for years. Frank Itlloy, H , ono of tho deputies who has been this In long llmo In search of tho man, man- H , nged onco to locato lilm and ho was H i brought Into court. For some reason H Wlhl mil braved tho circumstance's H't and camo to Mncon. Tho deputy 1 ft caught eight of him and there was a B raco for life, Baf The supposed outlaw had no weap- BSt on of defenso upon him save a barlow BJl knife, and trusted to his feet to savo Bt t him. With half an hour spent In dodg- Bjl lng corners and climbing over and BJ under freight cars in railway yards, Bji the deputy outran Williams and Btop- Bf ped him in n struggle which tasted B long enough to exhaust both men. Bt Judgo Emory Speer placed him under Btl $600 bond, nnd as soon as a bonds- BJLf man was secured the still operator Bkt was out again stirring cane beer and BJ sour mash In his native haunts. Bj jn A constant effort has been made by Bb United States Marshal George White BBi; and his force ot deputies to locate this BaT man, but twice within tho last six BJK months havo tho offleera destroyed BJ& largo outfits without capturing the BJm operator. BJl a Tho next Information earning from BJ t this refiner of spirits was that which BJj led tho officers Into tho woods near BJA Oconeo. With rifles and revolvers Bjb- they ciept th'rough tho spot where the BH' outfit was in operation and were fore- Bn , ed to smash It without having captur- B ed a slnglo person. But since that BR time plans havo been raado which, it BJ' is believed, will result In bringing the BJ man to answer. Hepo ts to head- BJ quarters and recommendations follow- BJ s lng havo put the officers to new ruses, BJ1 but Williams Is at present beyond BJ ' their reach. BJj The man who is so badly wanted Is Bh J unmarried. Ho has no regular habits BMf other than the one determination to BML opernto a distillery. He Is a wanderer BWf nnd shows up always In the spot BVt where ho is least expected. He looks BJl to be a bravo man, Is a good cxamplo BJi, of the backwoods typo and is friendly BJr and noil to as the most refined. His BJl ilfe is moro adventurous than that BJf; of tho officers who search for him in BMt: swamp and woods with rifles In hand, Bff for nlthough It would bo a prison life Bab- of severity woro ho captured he would BHP not injure his fellow man. Tho strlk- BV ' ing characteristic 1b his firm belief BJ " in his profession as a harmless voca- BJ ' tlon. Atlanta Constitution. |