Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-30
WARLIKE MEASURES
IN KENTUCKY TOWN
Big Guns Protect Courthouse
and Jail at Jackson.
AUTHORITIES ARE vIeILANT.
1t Is Perslstently Rumored that the
Mountaineers Are Gathering and viii
Make an Attempt to Release Jstt
and White.

and White.
Louisville, KY, May 29.-Advices
from jackson, this morning, indicate
that all is quiet
There was some firing during the
night, but nobody was hurt.
All mountain passes into the little
city were guarded during the night
by OutpOsts Of militia. Rumor is per-
sistent that the mountaineers are gath
ering and will make an attempt to re-
lease Jett and White and the vigilance
Of the authorities has been doubled.
The Gatling and Hotchkiss guns are
now in places believed to be the most
advantageous to the troops and for the
protection of the Jail.
Nothing is known of the whereabouts
of B. j. McEwen, who left yesterday
afternoon.
What is believed to be the first ac-
curate information regarding an at
tempt tC release Jett and White came
in this morning. 1t is said several of
the mountain desperadoes have been
riding night and day since the two
prisoners were lodged in Jail here,
spreading the news of the capture and
10 be prepared to rescue their comrades.
The military authorities here have no
further intelligence from the noun
tains, and although many efforts have
been made to secure something more
definite they have been fruitless.
1t has been decided to keep an out
post on all roads and mountain passes
not only at night, but during the day
This will probably result in call
for more troops and the field of opera
tions is thus widened All newspaper
correspondents have been put in a tent
at the military camp. They were
formerly stopping at the little hotel
here, but were brought in yesterday
under orders of the military authori-
ties None of the writes is allowed
to file any matter for his paper after
dark and all must remain in camp
from dark until sunrise under mill
tary supervision. Several of. the cor
respondents who tried to send stories
to their papers of the shooting two
nights ago were placed under arrest
as they were leaving camp and return
ed to their tents.
The telegraph office will remain
open at night hereafter until ordered
to close by the superintendent office
of the Postal company in Louisville,
but the correspondents cannot go to
the office, which is IN the Lexington
and Eastern railroad depot, on account
of the military rule. Attorneys for
both sides in the Jett and White cases
agreed this morning to allow a jury
to be drawn from another county than
Breathitt. When court convened Judge
Redwine, over the objection of Mr.
McNeal of the defense, set the case
for Monday, June 1, when the COM
monwealth will make it's announce
ment The trial will not be entered
into then until the conditions are con-
sfdered favorable by both sides.
Judge Fedwine declined to remove
ElisOr Little, whose term of office ex-
pires tomorrow and who cannot act In
selection of jury for this case. Both
sides will try to agree on what coun-
ty jury will be drawn from Court
then adjourned until tomrrow. Sher-
if Callahan said today that he would
not act in the assassination cases. An
other elisor will be appointed for them.
The commonwealth has appointed nine
names for elisor and the defense 25.
No agreement was reached by the
counsel.