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Show BEAR TRAP SET KOR 0FFICER8. Surprise for Deputy Marshals In the Tennessee Mountains. Tho .gaping Jaws of a bear trap Is what confronted Deputy United States Marshal John Iilankenuhlp, Deputy Marshal George Sharp mid others when they made a raid the other night Into the mountains of niount county. In tho poEio were tho two deputies mentioned and Deputy Revenue Collector Col-lector J. S. Itemlne. They left this city and went to the North Carolina line, and thcro located a distillery alleged al-leged to have been owned and operated oper-ated by "Uncle Sam" Burchfleld. It was in the fastness of tho mountain, and aa the officers were Just on tho point of leaping from the roof Into the little house Messrs. Dlankenshlp and Sharp spied the bear trap, and crawled back. They were both on tho point ot leaping down at the same time, and had they done so they would have been Instantly caught In tho trap. The trap Is said to have been one of the largest ever seen in the mountains of East Tennessee. Burchfleld had escaped, but It Is said that he will be arrested; but tho officers In quest of him will look out In the future for man traps as well as bear traps. Knoxvllle Sentinel. |