The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-07-26
NIGHT RIDERS
RIDDLE HOUSE.
Masked Men. Shoot up Prom
Ajnent Farmers Residence.
Manaad Wife .Injuried but Refuse
to Tell Conversation Had
With Marauders.

HOpkinsville, KY, July z3.-Maskeu
might riders about 100 in number,
between 1870 and O'Clock this morn
/. ing surrounded the residence of Ste
phen p. Moseley, prominent and
!, well-to-do Trigg county farmer, in
g the Roaring Springs neigbborhood.
riddled the house with bullets as the
Family lay asleep, wounded both Nose
\ ~ and his wife and narrowly missed
shooting several children.
"a The first intimation the family had
Z of the presence of the night riders
\ was when avolly of shot came crash
ing into the house. All the doors and
windows were wide open except for
the screens and not a room escaped
! the fusillade.
Mr.. Mosely received one shot in
the left cheek, which buried itself In
the bone. Another shot struck him
glancing blow on the :third finger
of his right hand, while the third
made flesh wound in his right ear.
One bullet struck Mrs. Mosely a glanc-
ing blow in the cheek, while two or
three pieces of wire from the screen
door were drivn into her right eye,
causing an extremely painful injury.
The marauders were constantly yell
ing, Come out Mosely, come out,
Mosely; we have come after you" He
finally went out, seeing that there
was no chance for him to fight back.
They took him down into the yard
some distance and then they talked
Mosely refuses to state any part of
the conversation which took place.
Mrs. Mcsely in her night dress at
tempted to follow her husband and
Aas seized by two men who forced
lr to sit down on the porch.
Nfter leaving Mr.. Mosely the night
s mounted their horses and rode
Tor three hundred yards up the
lad and then turned and came back
r oy the house with their horses going
at top of their speed, and they disap-
peared in this manner
This is not the first time that Mr.
Mosely has suffered from night riders.
Early In the spring his tobacco plant
bed was sown with grass seed and
ruined. He then burned and sowed
another bed, but they dug this one
up and raised mound in the middle
to represent a grave putting up
sticks for foot and head stones. Il
In discussing the attack MoseIey
said:
When the men demanded that !
come out to them l compiled in order
to keep them from continuing to fire
into the house and endanger the lives
of loved ones. After l stepped out
on therpOrch only two or three shots
wer fired. 1 think it is best not
to- reveal what the night riders said
when they talked to me.
Mrs. Moseley said: THE first thing
/ did was to spring from my bed and
push to and fasten the door of our bed
room. Then / made the children, who
had run into the ROOM hlue IN the
wardrobe. Mr.. .Moseley was bleeding
profusely from the bullet hole in his
face and the night clothes were sat
urated with the blood which streamed
down his cheek. When he went out
to the men naturally tried to follow
him to help him anyway could
II was seized by two of them and
kept from leaving the place and they
made me sit down in chair on the
porch. had kept my son Byron from
using his gun, and at my request he
came and sat by me. | was very much
Sycited and my screams may have been
Heard long distance. 1t was terri
ble experience."