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Title: History of American conspiracies: a record of treason, insurrection, rebellion & c., in the United States of America, from 1760 to 1860
Year: 1863 (1860s)
Authors: Victor, Orville J. (Orville James), 1827-1910
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Publisher: New York, J. D. Torrey
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ned by the democratic societies, assum-ed a leadership of the armed patrol,* which, from its acts intinkering the stills that would pay the law obedience, wonthe name of Tom the Tinker. It became, during the Fallof the year 1793, a terror to all loyal citizens and a scourge toall officers of the Government. Holcroft was, in fact, a sansculotte of brutality and impudence, before whose power, allauthority, both State and National, soon quailed. Even thoseleaders of the insurrection who had trifled with the law fromthe sordid motive of personal popularity, were affrighted at themonster which their own lawlessness had evoked. During 1794, the Administration having previously appoint-ed John Neville inspector of the district, resolved to press pro-secution against those who had failed to comply with the law—being empowered by a special act of the late Congress to callthe delinquents to account. Neville, a very influential manof wealth and family position, resolved to see the laws of Con-
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R 3- Nevilles house destkoyed. 215 gress obeyed and assumed office to perform his duties at allhazards. Through his exertions indictments were found againstthirty distillers who had neglected to enter their stills. War-rants were issued against each offender and all except one wereserved by the marshal, in company with Neville. On the roadto the last delinquent, the marshal and inspector were met bya party of tinkers, who at once fired upon the officers andcaused them to fly for their lives. Neville returned to his finemansion, eight miles from Pittsburg, whither he was pursuedby the regulators. On the morning of July 16th, 179-1, hishouse was assailed, by forty of the ruffians. Neville was pre-pared for them. Having armed his negroes and others in thehouse, he repulsed the assailants, wounding six of them, onemortally. The ruffians withdrew and gave out that they would finish the job on the morrow. The inspector appealed totwo magistrates, and to the county militia commanders, forpro

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