The age-herald., 1898-02-27
BR|CANDS REIGN
 IN LAMAR COUNTY The Successor toO Rube Burrows
 Band of Outlaws. NEGROES FOULLY MURDERED Property Destroyed ard tho Citizens
 TerrOfizd. THE COUPE CAME YESTERDAY When Four Rigleaders Were Ar
 rested and Jailed.
  ANDREW LINDEN WAS A VICTIM Ra,no Shot Death-Negro Churches Burn ed-ReIiious Worship Prohibited-B Bap- tist ainister and Mayor of Kenne-
 Afraid to Venture Abroud.
When Four Rigleaders Were Ar
 rested dand Jailed.
ANDREW LINDEN WAS A VICTIM
sneial dispatch to the Age-Hera.d.
 BY SIDNEY YOUNG.


 Kennedy Ala, Feb. 26.-Lamar county, lhe birthplace of the noted Rube Burrows. with it's giant hills and fertile valleys, has given rise to another band of outlaws, who for months have murdered, pllaged, ter rorized and intimidated the negroes and law-abiding citizens. Hardly had the fumes of the erstwhile Burrows reputation set tied when this band began its operations on small scale, and as a merchant, in- creased his operations as his capital mul-. tiplied, so did their fendish deeds become more frequent.
 Negroes left the county in droves, obey ing the midnight mandate of the masked assassin citizens slept uneasily in their beds; ministers of the gospel who had de- nounced the awlessness trembled with fear as they went from appointment to ap- pointment; men awoke' to find valuable property laid waste, and in talking of the perpetrators the tones were almost inaudi- ble and no one valued his life so lightly as to utter open accusations.
 The reign of the assassin became unbear- able, and upright citizens, enraged at the utter disregard of the law, appealed to Gov. Johnston. For two months Detective George Bodeker of Birmingham has been working in Kennedy and vicinity. Yester- day the climax came when plans were arr ranged to swoop down on five of the noted leaders. They were: Will Mccullough, farmer; Cootes Long, farmer; Vester Pate, farmer; Ed Wilson, faremr, and A. w. Ro- land, merchant at Gordo.
 Coupe Came at Daylight
 Sheriff O. F. Haley, his deputies and De- teetive Bodeker made the arrests. At day. light they appeared at each house. At only one place did the culprit escape, he bod .fnd The rest were brought to Kennedy. In the so-called office of the country hotel they sat during the afternoon in moody silence. Rough, uncouth countrymen, illiterates, yet with countenances that would condemn any Judas
 Detective Bodeker and Sheriff Haley played dominoes while awaiting reports from other officers. The prisoners would not talk. With the expressions of devils they sat with roaring flame of retaliation burning within.
 "Wished had knowed you wuz comin," remarked Coote Long. 'I'd had my Win chester ready"
 He ceased when another member of the gang growled at him to dry up. Long is considered the most desperate one of the crowd, and extra precautions were taken with him. Many dark deeds can be traced to the gang, of which A. w. Roland, a merchant, is believed to have been the ring leader. Detective Bodeker only worked up evidence in one case, that of the brutal killing of Andrew Hayden, negro. the latter part of last November. His case will be investigated by the grand jury. which conyenes at Vernon, sixteen miles from Kennedy, tomorrow.
 Must Have Been Warned
 The officers are trying to figure out how Wilson came to give them the slip. He Is the one who Is believed to have fired the first shot into the black body of poor Andrew Hayden. Tho officers arranged to appear at his home at daylight When they had neared the cabin they met his brother. They inquired for Ed and were told that he was in the house. When they entered he could not be found, and it is thought that he was warned of their coming. Several officers were detailed to SCOUT the woods. Others watched the trains on the South ern railroad. Wilson has brother who Is hagman on this road. Yesterday afternoon his run was towards Birmingham. It was thought probable that the whitecapper would board this train in an effort to ef- feet his escape. Accordingly, the train was watched A suspicious character boarded the train at Lafayette and remained some time in the toilet room. He suddenly and mysteriously disappeared The officers are hot on the trail, and it is thought that it will only be matter of a few days until he is safely landed in Vernon jail
 Roland was taken to Carrollton, while Mccullough, Long and Pate were taken in two-horsc wagon to Vernon and locked up. This quartette were already under indictment for white capping, and why the cases resulted in nothing Is easily told. They simply tntimidated the witnesses by