Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-08
THE GIRLS
determination of the NOtOri-
 Ous Sims Family.
THEY FOUGHT LIKE TIGERS.
0verpowered by the Posse, Strung Up
 and Riddled with Bullets

The Greatest Excitement Prevailing In
 Choctaw COunty---H History of Old Bob
 Sims and His Peculiar DOctrines---His
 Daughters Well Educated and Assisted
 in the Publication of the Simsites'
 Newspaper.
 MOBILE, Ala, Jan. 9.-Excepting an only daughter, the Sims family, who have kept Choctaw County, this State, in con stant trouble for the past few years, by securing converts to their new and pecu- liar religion, is now extinct.
 The most intense excitement was caused here yesterday by the news that Laura and Beatrice, two of the three daughters of Bob Sims, who was lynched on Christi mas day, were yesterday seized by a posse who were in quest of Bob's brother Neal, wanted for murder, and strung up to an oak tree. The women tried to in terfere in Nears behalf and fought desperately
 The Simsites were on their way from WOmack Hill to Leak, Miss, the rendez- vous to which they were driven by the military for the second time early in December. They consisted of quite a strong party led by Neal Sims, Bob's brother, and all, including the women, were armed to the teeth.
 The posse overlook them at a lonely point of the road, amid some trees, and near the State boundary, for which the fugitives were making with all speed. An endeavor was first made to arrest Neal. but he showed fight. By strategy then the posse caught him alive strung him up to an oak tree, and sent dozen bullets into his body
 Bob's two daughters interferred in their uncle's behalf, but the posse was in no mood to show mercy, and it was the work of few minutes to treat them like wise.
 Ever since the McAIillin murder a posse has been hunting down the Sims boys and their followers. It is said that three more men who were engaged in the outlawry of the gang will be put to death as soon as caught.
 The daughters of Sims were remarkable young women. Their father owned a small farm in Choctaw County, operated moonshine distillery, assisted by his sons and daughters, and on Sundays preached to his neighbors the peculiar doctrines of his so-called religion, the main feature being the complete repudia- tion of all allegiance to human law and an interpretation of divine law to suit himself and followers. He insisted that every man should be governed by his own sense of right and wrong without regard to law, holding that every man had perfect right to do as he pleased
 Sims ignorant neighbors readily agreed with this code of morals. After the Simsites had defied the Government and rewards had been offered for them, the two girls went to Montgomery and called on Gov. Jones at the Executive Mansion to make terms for their father. They made favorable impression on the Gov ernor, and he promised to investigate the matter and see that Bob Sims received justice
 When the attack on the house of John McMillin was made in Christmas week and his family murdered by the Simsites, the daughters of the outlaw leader were in the party dressed in mems clothing and each carrying a heavy rifle They were in the thick of the fight, and are said to have fired many of the shots that eXterminated the McMillin family.