Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-08-25

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p'eayane of The oh Inst. gisc, = leahul picture of or
eantzed crime. and OF dapnyiiy which se's ali the Laws
o1 The land al defiance. s
p,prcAn, Ky, July %, 1915.
l. has lately come 10 lgh,. that one Of the most es.
teusisp aud thoroughly organized bands ii outlaws that
have vet BEEN bIHlf.I together sn,a the d lays ui Mufrei
and his gang, lave lpcir hauuts IN the adjacent cJonties
~ Illinois. whence hey SILLY firth 10 his STATE, and parts
ii Tennessee, Mississippi and Missouri. uron their ef~
noJs of crime. The immediate clase oi The dscOve-
n ufthis hords at robbers. tHur1efprs, cauniefiriiefs and
nurse thieves, was the sudden disappearance Of n mar
named Davis. who resided IN Christian county. In this
Stale. l wu men arrived at Dayis's hpu4e lew weeks
40, with 3 deed conveying Ia Them the whole OF his
property. consisting Of farm, negroes aud stock.-1hey
lurHed the family out Of the larfnsield, bad the conVoys
ance regularly recorded, aud toak quiet possession Of the
prenis.s. The disa patanco 81 Davis caused a wide
spread suspicion Of logi play. The people II Christian
county mei Ia public assembly, and adopicn resolutions
1%esienrd h fsfet out the mystery. They divided iiteln>
selves into companies, and several hundred persons IN
snail squads are scoring the country on h@1fsejaek, to
secure Tie safely Of The county.
A frS days az a party ot cttfz ns Of Christian coun
" tnok Up . a~uaiisluus fellow, carried him Ia the Ho0ds,
tied hin 10 a nee, aud threatened to whip him to death
I he did not disclose In them the secret oi Davts's abb
scnee. The man, after protesting i1t a llng time his
ignorance upon tAa subject, beesne alarmed for his life,
and revealed iAa Whole circumstances OF his robbery aud
murder. H. appeared HAT In making a shnrt excursion
Il IN his house, he fell IN with aman AIMED Pennington q,
(whu is the t%inaleader III the gang, , aud one ur TWO nth
ems ofhs parry. fraaington FIRST got DAVIS drunk, ie
then by mo ehicaHery OF anatlfaf, eat him to sign a deed
conveying to hun his property as above mentioned. To
prevent al trouble hereafter, Davis was despatched and
his body hid away in a cave, and Pennington then took
possession OF his ELECTS,
B,l,re The recovery Of the body Of Davis, Pennington
mad his rscapc from Kentucky, ad Ii said 10 be nj the
iuGse of a mea,her Of his gang. named Young Linn, on
the Illinois side nj the tivef, SIX miles iron opposite tins
ace.--Ntstrrla a small detachment oi the county pat
rUl arrived here They nsceftalned thai a notorious
member Of the gang, 4 fellow named Cray, was NJ n lit.
Tie vlag" 10 Illinois, twelve lniles below Padncah. A
numhoF Of The rilzens volunteered Ia ctnss the river aud
assist IT. eaptoriog Gray. This They effected, aid last
evening the party returned with the outlaw safely So.
oured-Nhi15t write, Efforts are being made Ia mise
a company large enough Ia 90 after Pennington To- night.
E i he baud have an extensive couulcrieitlnI establish
ncnt in Pennins TONS vicinity. and have 80 lad the coun-
ny Immediately around under contribution. and have dis.
posed themselves about IN such an advantageous manner
as 10 make an expedition ot the kind, parllcu latly from
/ another State, one ut PERL and doubtful success. 1t Is
10 be hoped That The party Will be made up, and that
success will attend their public sp1flted e~ntcrpri1a.
The fellow WIN reyealed the murder OF DAVIS. gay
IN a liSt OF some eighty persons, Whom he named. and
denounced rs members Of the gang. In securing the
county, the cii2rns have come 10 the know ledge vi
The preparation Of many pnsi dIaballeal acts by these
men. These were generally committed In out of tn,
way places and obscure neiahhlrhunds, where they might
not have cane 10 light but tuf the general excitement
hat unw prevails IN the counties abuye tins town.
understand that the Judge OF the tifeuit Cuurt In
The several counties Of l.inols opposite tins place, has
said that the administration ot criminal law in The lnfec.
ted district Is a mere farce; that when a person is taken
up, the members of the gang contriye to get upon the
grand Of pciil JURY and effect his acqaillol; thai in one
or the other pannel the rubhers succeed IN getting II
majafily Of their accnmplieys.
The revelations that .%lnyrbron recently made accaunl
Tor The losses of horses. cattle and other property that had
hoen frequent through the Southern parts OF Kentucky
aud Grey, who Was taken Yesterday, has been recoanl
znd as oto OF a pafiy OF horse thieves who made his ess
cape a slipft while ago from a party Of gentlemen IN pnr.
suit OF him by cutting his horses throat aud hetakin,
himself 10 an extensive swamp that lies contiguous t
The Ohio al mouth.
Ii Is 10 be hoped that our citizans will not cease thri
lahurs till this den is thoroughly broken up. II is inlcn
ded, believe, Ia get assistance from The interior of NH
noisi n case the expedition tu-night fails OF fall. through