Arizona republican., 1902-02-13
4 KENTUCKY WAR
 BULLETS AND FLAME
A Sanguinary Affair Between the Authorities and
 MountaineerS
The Place of the Battle an EntIenched Saloon in the Mountains Which Had a Record of Fifty -four Deaths by Violence.

Knoxville. Tenn. Feb. 12-A special to the Journal and Tribune from its Middlesboro, Ky, correspondent says: Six men are dead and as many more are dying as the result or a battle be tween officers from Middlesboro and mountaineers. The battle. which was one or the most desperat te in the history of mountain warfare. occurred between and o'clock this evening at Lee Turner's "Quarter House saloon. three and a half miles from Middlesboro.
 Last month. some mules and other goods of Turner's were levied on in payment for a debt. and a few nights ago. it is alleged. he. with others. went to Virginia. where the property had been taken. secured what was formerly his and returned to the Quarter House" Deputy Sheriff Wat Thompson summoned a posse Of ten or fifteen men for the purpose Of arrcstiug Turner al his saloon. Th- Louisville G Nashville railroad refused to convey the officers to the saloon and they walked through the mountains.
 Turner had heard that an attempt would be made to arrest him and he and his men. ftean in number. gave the officers q warm reception. The saloon was well suited for an attack like this. It was built O: logs and was surrounded by thirty-foot. fence in which loop holes were cut so that the inmates could shoot at outsiders.
 Turner's surrender was demanded. His reply was a round O. shots. Charley Cecil of Middlesboro was riding pony iE plain view of the Turner men. Some ore raised q window Of the log hou-e and shot Cecil, who fell dead Instantly the man at the window fell back, . the firing began in earnest. The officers scattered and. hiding behind trees. poured a gaIiing fire into the mountain fortress. In the fight John Doyle d railroad man. was badly wounded. per- haps fatally. and simon Bean. another railroad man, was shot in the hand.
 The town men gathered cloSer around Turner's place. undaunted by the shots
 which whi2zed around them. As soon as Cecil w&s killed. hssl companions de ternined to burn Turnpr'S rendezvous and in the midst Of the battle a man applied torch to an exposed side of the buildin-. soon the building Was in hameg. Several Of the nountsineers came to the window and mere iumed- lately shot down. The members Of the posse. surrounding the bcrricade, were determined to let none escape.
 Lee Turner and several of his friends however. in some manner escaped. and he is s6w at the MinSo mines. eight miles from Aiidllesboro. Several of his men rcrished in the flames. All sorts of rumors are atloat tonight, one being that five Turncrites were killed by the rifles of the attacking men. ana that five more perishcd in the flames. r. Is also believed that the posse lost more men than one. and some of the MiddIesboro fighters may now be lying dead or dying in some of the hollCwS surrounding the Quarter H0use.'' Some of the deputies came in to- night with rifles over their shoulders They state that half of tho men are stin at the Quarter House" and that they will return with endorsements.
 It is feared that the trouble is not at all end. Turner is not man who is easily Cowed- and it is believed that he l will organize q band and avengc the death of his friends and the burning of his saloon. Turner is q brother of Wild Bill'' Turner. who was killed some years ago. The Quarter House . is known far and wide. because of the number of men who have been killed within it's confines. Placing today's number Of deaths at six. fifJy-nine per sons have been killed there, and twice that number wounded.