The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-24
HULLS O~vERHAULED.
Much Wanted Whisky Boat Crew
Captured by Mississippi Sheriff.
Taken to jackson. Miss, to Escape Ar.
kansas Mcb-Bost RiddIed with Bull
let's ut Lake Provldencs.

Vcksburg, Miss, Oct. 19.-Sherin
Brennan and a strong posse, reinforced
by a gatling III squad from the War
rem Light Artillery. at 6 o'clock to-
night captured the Hull family, con-
sisting Of father, W.. G. Hull; son, r.
W. Hull, and daughter, Mrs. Allie
Vaughan, wanted in Arkansas, for
shooting the sheriff and several depu-
ties at Sterling Saturday afternoon.
The Hulis surrendered without firing
. shot and are now In the county Jail.
Sheriff Brennan and posse, after
guarding the river banks all night, re-
ceived word at oon today that the
Hulls had entered Yazoo river. AS
quickly as possible the tug Joe Seay
was prepared for the pursuit, with the
Calling gun as a forward battery.
TWO miles up the Yazoo the Hulls'
trading boat, the Hazel, was found
tied to the bank. When the Vicksburg
tug approached the woman hailed and
stated that If Vicksburg officers were
aboard to blow three whistles and the
men, who had taken to the woods,
would surrender. This was done and
soon the Hulls, father and son, put off
from the east bank in a skiff. The
men were prepared for flight or fight,
each being armed with a Winchester
rifle and revolver and rations enough
to last a week.
Alleged Unprovoked Attack.
They talked freely of the trouble at
Sterling, both telling the same story.
which was to the effect that the attack
on them was entirely unprovoked.
Said the elder Hull: Saturday after
noon We were anchored in the stream
a hundred yards from the Arkansas
shore, when suddenly a gang of men,
white and black, appeared on the levee
and without a word opened fire. My
son and a negro boy were sitting in
the bow and tumbled back into the
cockpit just in the nick of time. My
son got a bullet in the arm. Not think
ing for a moment that there could be
officers in the crowd, l seized my rifle
and opened fire on the attackers. If
l hit anyone | don't know it, but l
hope to God that I did. l did only
what any man would have done when
his W life and that of his children
were in jeopardy.
Pilsthouse Riddled.
Gas quickly as 1t could be done we
tripped our anchor and dropped down
stream, passing Lake Providence this
morning. A crowd of men with Win
chesters and Mausers opened fire, rid
ding the pilot-house. l intended all
along to come to Vicksburg and sur
render, but if that Arkansas crowd
had caught us We had determined to
fight to the last"
Hull's boat, the Hazel, is shot full of
holes, the glass doors of the main
cabin being almost completely de-
stroyed. Nine bullets penetrated the
pilot house and seventeen pierced the
main cabins, passing clean through,
while the contents Of the cabin and
pilot house are shattered. Morris Ar
mold, a colored boy claiming Memphis
as his home, was aboard the pirate"
craft as a cook, and he c~orroborated
HulTs story in every particular. The
woman, Mrs. Allie Vaughan, also told
practically the same story.
Deputy's Statement.
Deputy Sheriff E. L. Rankin, of Chi
cot county, Ark, reached here by the
evening train from the north, having
telephoned the first official message
here earlier in the day. Mr.. Rankin
states that there were only nine men
in the party who attempted to arrest
the Hulls for selling liquor without
license. They had been lying to the
bank, and getting wind of the war
rants out for them had dropped out
about fifty yards from the shore.
Sheriff Strong called to them to sub
NIT to arrest, instead Of which they
covered themselves and opened fire,
seriously wounding Sheriff Strong,
who received a bullet in the mouth,
and Deputy Wallace, and slightly
wounding two others. Rankin states
that there is a large party now afoat
in search Of the men, and mob action
would have followed had they been
successful.
Taken to jackson.
They were taken to Jackson, Miss.
tonight to avoid a mob of Arkansas
people, who are expected to arrive here
at any moment.
Mexican Combination.