The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-27
TO PAY UP.
Armed Men Camped in Mullen
berg County.
Property Of Citizens to Be Levied Up,
on By Order Of Court.
Tho Citizens object 20 Paying Interest %
the Railroad Bonds Voted 81 tho coan-
~. and May Rcalst the Federal
Omcials--Troubls Expected

LOUISVILLE, n.y., May k0s---lt. =. MAR
shal blackburn. with every available
regular deputy and sixty specials,
comprising an army Of $50 men, Is now
established In camp NJ Central City.
Mnhlenberg county. He will, In ac-
cordance with the order Of the federal
court, levy on the property Of the citi-
zens Of Muhlenbcrg county for the
purpose Of collecting the defaultcd in
tercst on the bonds voted BY the county
70 aid in the construction Of the Eliza
bcthtown and Paducah railroad, which
IS now d part Of the Newport News
and Mississippi Valley system.
With the greatest possible secrecy
Marshal Blacxburn, with Deputy Mar
shall Bedford, left Thursday night.
Deputy Marshal Smith left Bowling
Green at the same time with force Of
thirty men, and Deputy Moses Builing-
ton, with twenty-five men from Han
cock county, and Deputy Hunter, Of
Bardstown, with the same number o.
picked men, have arrived At Central
City, besides forces from the southern
part Of the state. Marshal blackburn
Thursday morning assumed command d
the concentrated forces. Bloodshed
would not surprise anyone, for the citi-
zens Of that county have leagued them
selves together and have declared they
will resist unto death the payment Of
the taxes.
The facts leading to this warlike
demonstration and the peril Of the
government forces are these: Twenty
five years ago Muhlenberg county
voted 100000 bonds to the railroad
mentioned. The road was built, the
bonds passed into the hands OF third
parties, and the interest fell due at the
end OF each succeeding year. Some
time ngo the Citizens National bank,
OF Evansville, which held nearly nll
the bonds, filed suit in the federal
court at Owensboro against u. J..
Fleming, Judge Of the Muhlenberg
county court, and Muhlcnbcrg county,
to recover $4,000 Of interest which has
just fallen due.
Judgment was given the bank by
Judges Jackson and Barr. and It was
ordered that eighty cents on each dol
| lar Of valuation be collected. The
officials Of Muhlenberg county failed
lst.r .uhry -, - tl>nree.Et
Alanson nj. capps WAs appointed Z
special collector to raise the $4,000.
He was threatened with violence on
every hand and failed In his attempt 70
levy on the property Of the citizens
The facts were communicated to the
federal court, and on April u Judges
Lurton and Barr entered an order di-
rccting the United States marshal,
with d sufficient force, To visit Mullen
berg county. seize the necessary prop
| erty and guard the collectors
A carload Of provisions and camping
tents was sent To Central City Thurs
day morning BY Judge Ell Brown, q
Greensboro, attorney of the Evansville
Citizens national bank. The officers
are heavily armed, and an abundance
}of ammunition was received 1T Central
City Thursday morning. should the
citizens continue 10 resist the levy,
there will doubtless be a war, ms Mar
shall Blackburn has declared he will OK
ecnte the order Of court at any cost.
Each man has rifle on his shoulder
i and d revolver In HIS pocket,