Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-08
HFpSl0sYII!s The Scene Of a gas.
taFtIg Outrage Committed BIZ
an Armed Masked Mob.
WHOLE CITY MIGHT HAVE puRHEO
Tobacco Growers Who canno, coun.
tenanee Views Contrary to Their
Own. Apply the Torch and Destroy
100000 Worth of proper.y-Re.
marketable That No Llvea arc Loot

tby Asaociatol Press,
i'ofhsNSVlLllE, KY. Dec. Live
hundred might riders" nnoLel ond
heavily armed. marched into Hon.
Nn5ylllc early today and destroyed
property valued at over 5000 600.
while citizens, iii terror of their lives
reared even 20 opcr their windows.
The police. FIRE department. telephone
and telegraph offlccs, and even tho
railroad stations. were In posaosslon
OF the Wild mob, shootlng right anu
left. iamcs from burning bulldlnRa
meanwhile lighting up tho city ana
the surrounding country until II eoem.
I'd thnt TIE whole town was ablaye
Windows in the front OF buniness
houses ana banks on the main street
of tho city were shot out ana tho
entire front of ono newspaper. which
mad been especially severe IA tia
condcmnatipns OF tho raids OF The
night riders.'' and which wac ownod
ny the mayor OF the city, was demols
lShcd. &.
IL ~ &. \ ! i 3
Only two men were injured, ono
OF them bing Lindsay Mitchell
tobacco buyer, who was seyereiy
beaten with switches and clubs, and
no other brakeman. who was ehot
IN the back while trying to nova
MS train from the path OF the IRE
The raid OF the might riders,
caught tho city un1wares, as for
some time tho depredat,ons resulting
from the tobacco war had boon of
minor nature, and 1t was generally
houshi mat In the dark dlstrict.'.s
at least the worst was over.
Tho property destroyed was an
follows: W. II. Tandy. independent To-
eacco Warehouse building, owned by
j. H. Latham.
b. NJ. Woolridge. commission
warehouse Tandy q Falreigh, buy.
ers Warehouse.
In addition. the entire glass front
OF tho Hopsinsvillo Kentuckiau. May.
or Meachnm's paper. was destroyed
white windows in the front OF the
Commercial Banking II SavIngs Com.
pany. the First National bank. thet
Planters Trust Company, and tho
Bank of Hopkinsville. were puncturod3
with bullet holes. M
n number OF other business housea
and residences bear marks OF bullets
and 1t Is considered remarkable that
no ono was killed. The Insurance Ia
believed to be about 100000.
Pursued the l-a.yIess Mob
AS soon rs the might riders" left
town n posse of about IL headed ny
Major Bassott of the local militia.
and Deputy Sheriff crayens entered
bueGies and followed the trail Ass
soon as the posse could get near
enough they opened fire on the fiee-
ing mob and the pursued returned
The shots. 1t is believed that nono
or the might riders" was hit.
The members OF the posse es-
capped injury. They were soon out
distanccd by the mounted men. and
af.er chasing the murauders past era.
ccy, the officers returned home.
News latcr indicated spread Of
nc raid OF the riders" There la
hardly house In the business sec
ION OF the city which did not spfs
fer.
Just why no damage was done By
TIC night riders" to the property osi
the Imperial Snuif Company ware.
house is not known. 1t probably con-
aimed more stock than any other
warehouse.
At the iniercession of the c:tizenka
Who were being guarded on a street
sorner, the invaders during the raid
allowed the fire department to leave
heir buildings to save property uA-s
iaeent to the burning buildings.
Had it not been that no wind was
blowing and that the flremen ara
citizens worked so we'll, the enurs
city might have been destroyed.
The girls in the telephone office
yer ordered By Is men 90 leave Sheis
swltchhoards until the mob waJs
ready to depart from town.