The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1902-04-11
DESPERATE FIGHT.
VIII Reynolds Colored, Killed
Two Men and Mortally
Wounded Three.
NEGRO WAS RESISTING ARREST
The Murderer ia Turn Was Riddlsd
With Bullets and His Body
Thrown Into . Fire.
Three Houses Were Burned In An Ef.
for to Reach the Dsspsrido-EH
cry Shot Fired ~ Reynolds
Brought Down a Man.

Tuscumbia, Ala. April Three
men are dead. three mortally wounded
and four seriously wounded as the re
suit OF Sheriff GAssaway attempting
to arrest VIII Reynolds, 4 desperate
Negro.
The dead; Hugh Jones, shot through
head: Bob Wallace. wAl Reynolds
FATALLY wounded; Sheriff Charlie.
Gassaway. shot through the arm and
abdomen; Win Gassaway. shot through
abdomen; p A. Prout. shot through
stomach. Seriously wounded. -
Paine. shot through chest; Jim Pin
ney, shot through right shoulder;
Robert Patterson, shot through leg;
Joseph e. Davis, shot through Jaw.
All the foregoing casualties except
the death OF Reynolds himself are the
result Of the deadly FIRE OF Reynolds
with 45-caliber Winchester. The
Negro was in his turn riddled and
thrown into are. -e=sey- ...-.. sa
Sunday morning at II O'Clock Sher-
Ia Gassaway went to 4 Negro settle
ment, @Knardtown," to arrest VIII
Reynolds for obtaining goods under
false pretenses. The oficer, was met
by the Negro. who opened Are with 4
Winchester. wounding the sheriff and
Immediately firing upon the deputy.
Will Gassaway. who was 300 yards
away, mortally woundlng him.
AS soon as possible every man in
town who could procure gun was
In the neighborhood, but owing to the
location none dared to venture within
the open space. Dynamite was pro-
cured. and the house in which tho
Negro was barricaded was fred upon
but TO no effect.
At o'clock Capt Simpson, Of the
Wheeler rides, arrived with II guns
and 1000 cartridges, which were dis
tributed among IL picked men. This
company was stationed around the
house and riddled II, but the Negro
had taken refuge In the cellar and re-
turned the IRE. killing Jones and
vounding Finney. Coal oil was then
procured and after four hours OF hard
work the houses adjoining that in
which the Negro was located were Or.
ed. About o'clock the house In
which the Neghe was located was fred
by tho Wheeler rifles. who had ar
rived on the scene. The Negro took
refuge In . shed and opened Gre, kill.
lag Wallace and wounding Davis. but
the posse and militiamen riddled the
Negro and the crowd. numbering 1000.
grabbed the body and threw Il In the
burning building. Wallace. who was
killed. was closing in on the Negro.
who shot HIM through the body. His
body fell in the burning debris, but
was recovered. Davis. Wallace and
Falkner were the men who fred tho
building.
Relic seekers cut on the Negroes
fingers and such parts Of the body as
could be procured
Three houses were burned in the
effort to reach the Negro.
Several horses were killed In the
battle. Sunday night II was reported
that the sheriff and his brother have
no chance to live. So deadly was the
Negroes aim that 1t was possibly an
hour before the body o: Prout could he
recovered. Not shot was hred by
Reynolds that did not tell, when those
whom he was firing upon could be
seen. The excitement all day Sunday
was intense, but there 10 no fear OF an
uprising among the Negroes.