The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-14
FIVE MEN WERE SLAIN
Four of Them Buried in The
 Same Grave.
Charley Cecil the Only Member of the 6heri6's Posse Who Net Dsath-- District of the "ouarter House.
 Patrolled by Mountainesrs.

Middlesboro, Ky, Feb. ls.--Although the scene of the fight yesterday between
 the sherins posse and Lee Turner's men is only four miles from this city. it Is still impossible to ascertain the exact casual ties on the Turner side.
 On learning that the officers were coming to his blind tiger" Turner call. ed in his mountaineer forces. who kept up a hot fire until their building was burn- ed. It is not yet definitely known how many were in the log barracks when the officers made the attack, how many were killed. wounded, or perished in the flames, As those who escaped into the Cumber- land mountains and as the victims on Turner's side were cremated, it is doubt full whether their losses will ever be fully known. There are reports of wounded Turner men being cared for in the noun tains.
 Many murderes for years have been reported there and about the noted log house surrounded by . barricade thirty feet high there are many expressions of satisfaction over it's destruction. although
 
 some mules own.A by Turner were levied upon because of a debt due Giles Colson. A week ago Turner. with body guard, went to Virginia, where the mules had been taken, regained them. While es- caping, Boone McCreary, one of Tur- nsr's aids, was mortally wounded. Yes terday afternoon Deputy Sherir Thomp- son. of Bell County. swore in posse of fifty citizens of Middiesboro to arrest &t~a af.ft fod | Virginia raid. Turner heard of this and | gathered the mountaineers into his | fortress for the fight
 | When the posse arrived demand for l surrender was refused and firing almost | immediately began GeciI was sfot owsii- 1 CeciPs body lay in front of Turner s | gate. Doyle tried to get 1t but was shot 1 down. Enraged by this the posse of men | set the saloon and fortress on fire. As 1 the buildings burned & steady stream or bullets was poured into them. Turner and others now claim that they did not do any shooting. The blame | for the killing of Cecil and Doyle is being | laid on .Welch and another Turner man who are dead. Trouble is expected. how | ever, before any arrest are made on the | charge of mudering Cecil and Doyle. Lee Turner, with his brother. "The General. and a larger force are patrolling the dis- trict around the ruins of the Quarter House today and will allow no one from MiddIesboro to pass to the Aingo. mines or elsewhere Meantime the officers are reticent as to their next
 move"
 It was reported here on the streets to- night that Lee Turner, proprietor of the burned Quarter House." who escaped from the palisades with his brother. General" during the battle yesterday afternoon, has been securing the noun tains for the purpose of gathering around him enough men to come against the Mid de sboro officers, who bur rned his fort and killed his staunchest supporters. The Middlesboro men are greatly alarmed and have mustered into service all who arc available, the band that went after Tur- ner yesterday having remained together all day. Last night ten coal miners from Excelsior went to Mingo Mines, where Turner is staying, and offered him their services Mrs. Turner, Lees wife, who lives here was seen tonight by the As- sociated Press correspondent, and asked for an opinion on the situation. She said that she had not heard from her husband since the battle occurred. excepting once when Lee telephoned lNr that he was saes hut she Is of the opinion that Turner will remain in the mountains and rebuild his place. She also said that Turner was a man who did not know what defeat is. and if it were necessary, he will put a. standing army of 800 mountaineers in his