The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-25

In a famous criminal trial in KentucKy recently, testimony was adduced showing that there existed, in the mountain coun- ties from which witnesses were sum-
 moned, a secret order planned for the mutual protection of outlaws. Each
 member of the order, upon being initi- ated took an oath to become an alibi
 witness for any member accused of any crime whatsoever. Attempting to convict
 a member of this order naturally presents
 problems not ordinarily encountered in criminal prosecutions.
 During the progress of the notorious
 Tolliver-Logan feud in Rowan county, Kentucky, the state administration made
 many intellectual attempts to secure the conviction of the leaders of the Tolliver clan, but nothing material resulted. Upon one occasion Craig Tolliver was arrested by miltiamen, brought into the grand
 jury room and relieved of two concealed
 revolvers. The grand jury refused to re-
 turn an indictment against him, but did indict the attorney general, who wore
 pistol to court while attempting to prosecute the feudists. Outrage after out
 rage was perpetrated by the Tolliver clan Upon one occasion number of Tolli- ver's men were sent to the home of q 1 physician with directions to demand the
 surrender of his two sons in response to
 warrants which they pretended to nave l Ine DONS Wdllltu lO ll6 6Hl IL outJ bCiiNNih6 1 that they would be murdered, but thelr
 father, after securing a promise that they l would not be i'll used, advised them to | surrender. The Tolliver men marched i them few rods from their fathers front door and shot them to death. The young
 men were Logans A short time there
 after a young attorney, Boone Logan
 was ordered by the Tollvers to leave | Morehead, where he owned a home Real
 izng that to disobey the order meant sud-
 den death, young Logan agreed to leave. At this time it was apparent that no l appeal to the law could avail to crush
 the power of the Tollivers. At the point l of rifle and by the votes of a handful
 of his retainers, other voters fearing to l come to the polls, Craig Tolliver had
 elected himself police judge, declared pro-
 hibition in effect, forced all saloons to i close, and opened a saloon of his own. 1 He had bought the leading hotel by show l ing the proprietor a check and a rife, and mentioning the day upon which he de- sired possession. He owned the circuit l judge, and efforts to impeach that of l ticial had failed.
 After leaving Morehead, Boone Logan
 appeared at Frankfort and sought an n- l terview with the governor. Just what l advice was given to him was never di-
 vulged. MT. Logan then went to Cincin- nati, where he purchased 100 repeating rifles, having raised the funds by mort l gazing his Morehead home. A few days 1 thereafter a cordon of men was thrown 1 about the town of Morehead before day 1 break, to prevent the escape of any Of the 1 Tolliver clan who might seek safety in 1 flight. At signal another body of men. l led by Boone Logan, entered Morehead
 and the battle began. Trains were fiaSged
 east and west of the town for the double | purpose of preventing the escape or the feudists and preventing possible injury to passengers. More than 1000 shots were | fired, and Craig Tolliver and all of his~re- | tainers who could be found were hnaily | laid out in a row to convince the people
 of Morehead that the Tolliver clan was | virtually extinct Boone Logan returned | to the practice of law. and since thai | time has been one of the most respected | citizens of his state.
 Craig Tolliver-the name was really Tai | iaferro-was a native of Virginia He
 was said to be a model husband. He made a good impression upon strangers, and mac the marks of good breeding. Allie w