The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-02-13
4 DIST ERATE BATTLE
81 Men Dead and a. Many lore
Seriously Wounded.
TROUBLE NOT OVER.
The Fight Occurred at Turner's Omar.
ter House In Kentucky When Of
fcers Attempted to Arrest
the Owner for Offense.

Knoxville, Feb. I3.-Six men are
dead and as many more are dying as a
result OF battle between officers from
Middtesboro and mountaineers, says a
special to the Knoxville journal and
Tribune from Middlesboro. Ky. The
battle TOOK place between and o
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon at Lee
Tarner's Quarter House saloon.
three and half miles from Middles-
boro.
Last month Turner had some mules
and other goods levied on in payment
for a debt and a few nights ago, it
is alleged. he with others went to Viz
ginia. where the property had been
taken, secured what was formerly his
aud returned TO the quarter House ~
Deputy Sheriff Thompson Wednesday
sum moned a posse OF 10 or Is men for
the purpose OF arresting Turner az his
| saloon. Turner tad heard that an at
tempt would be made TO arrest him.
| and he and his men. supposed TO be
about Is in number, gave the officers
a warm reception The saloon is well
situated for an attack like this. 1t is
| built OF huge logs aud is surrounded
by 30-foot fence in which loop holes
are cut so that the inmates can shoot
at outsiders. Turner's surrender was
demanded His reply was a round of
shots Charles Cecil OF Middlesboro.
was riding paIfrey in plain view Of
| the farmer men One OF the party
raised a window of the log dive and
| shot Cecil. who fell dead. Instantly
| the murdered fell back pierce by a
half dozen bullets Then the firing be-
gan in earnest. the officers scattered,
and hiding behind trees and rocks
poured a CALLING fire into the mountain
| fortress la the firing John Doyle, a
| former railroad man. was badly wound
| ed. perhaps fatally. and Simon Bean.
| anDt ber ex-railroaded, was shot IN the
| hand,
/ The two mea gathered closer around
| Turner's place undaunted at the shots
| which whizzed around them. As soon
| as Cecil was killed his companions de-
| termined TO burn Turner's rendezvous
| and after the battle a man applied d
| torch to an exposed side OF the build
| ing. In a few minutes the building
| was In flames. Several OF the noun
/ tanners came TO the window and were
| Immediately shot down. The posse
surrounded the barricade determined
| to let nOae escape, Lee Turner and
| several OF his friends, however, IN
| some manner escaped aud are now at
MING mines. eight miles from Mid
| dhesboro. Several Of his men persisted
| In the flames.
| All sorts OF rumors are atioat, one
| being that FIVE Turnerites were killed
| by the attacking men aud five more
persisted in the flames. Il Is also be-
| lieved that the posse lost more men
than one and that some OF the Mid
| dlesbero fighters may now be dying or
| lying dead in some OF the hollows sur
| rounding the Quarter House"
II Is feared that the trouble is not
at an end Turner who, it IS alleged.
has killed several men. is not one who
is easily eowed. and it is believed that
he wlll organize a band and avenge
the death of his friends and the burn
ing OF his saloon. Turner Graduated AT
Rose Hill, Va He WIS a brother OF
Wild Bill Turner, who was killed sew
eral years ago
The Quarter House" is known far
and wide because OF the number who
have been killed within its confines.