The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-25
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By Frederic ! Aask!n

lucky recently, testimony was adduce ed
showing that there existed. III the noun
tain counties from which witnesses were
summoned, secret order planned for
| the mutual protection of outlaws Each
member of the order. upon being ini-
| tiated, took an oath to become an alib
witness for any member accused of any
! crime whatsoever. Attempting to con-
vict member of this order naturally
presents problems not ordinarily en-.
counterod In criminal prosecutions.
During the progress of the notorious
1'olliver Logan fcud in Rowan county.
, Kentucky, the State administration
made many Intellectual attempts to Sc
cure the conviction of the leaders of
! the Tolliver clan, but nothing material
resulted, Upon one occasion Craig Tol-
liver was arrested by militiamen,
brought into the grand jury room and
relieved of two concealed revolvcrs The
grand jury refused TO return an in.
dictment against him, but did indict
the Attorney General who "woren Il
pistol TO court while attempting to
prosecute the feudists. Outrage after
outrage was perpetrated by the Tolliver
clan.
Upon one occasion a number Of Tol-
liver g men were sent 10 the bome of
2 physician with directions to demand
the surrender of his two sons in re.
sponse TO warrants which they pretend
ed TO have. The boys wanted to fight
it out, believing that they would be
murdered. but their father. after secur-
ing promise that they would not be
ill-used, advised them to surrender The
Tolliver men marched them a few
rods from their father S front door and
shot them to death. The young men
were Logans. A short time thereafter
q young attorney, Boone Logan. was
ordered by the Tollivers 10 leave More.
head, where he owned home. Realiz-
ing that 10 disobcy thc order meant
sudden death, young Logan agreed TO
leave.
At this time it was apparent that
no appeal 10 the law could avail TO
crush the power of the Tollivers. At
the point of rifle, and by the votes
of handful of his retaIners, other vot-
ers fearing TO come 10 the polls, Craig
Tolliver had elected himself Police
Judge, declared prohibition in effect.
forced ali saloons to close, and opened
saloon of his own, He had bought
the leading hotel by showing the pro
prietor a check and a rifle, aud men,
tioning the day upon which he desired
possession, He owned the circuit
Judge, and efforts TO lmpeach that off
cial had failed
After leaving Morebead, Boone Lo.
gan appeared at Frankfort and sought
an interview With the governor. Just
what advice was given TO him was
never divulged Mr.. Logan then went
TO Cincinnati, where he purchased loo
rcpeating rifles, having raised the
funds by mortgaging his Morehead
home. \ few days thereafter a cor
don of men was thrown about the town
of Morehead before davbreak. 10 pre-
vent the escape of any of the Tolliver
clan who might seek safety in flight
At a signal another BODY of men. led
by Boone Logan, entered Morehead,
and the battle began. Trains were
tagged east and west OF the town, for
the double purpose Of preventing the
escape Of The feudists and preventing
possible injury TO passengers. More
than 1000 shots were fired. and Craig
Tolliver and ali of his retainers who
could be found were finally laid out In
row to convince the people of More
head that the Tolliver clan was vir-
tually extinct. Boone Logan returned
70 the practice OF law, and since that
time has been one Of the most respect.
cd citizens of his State.
Craig Tolliver-the name vas really
laNaterro-was native of Virginia.
He was said 10 be a model husband He
made good impression upon strangers.
and had the marks of good breeding
Allie W. Young. who was charged by
the Logans with completely in the
tcud, and who would have been shot
down with Tolliver if the avengers had
caught him in Morehead, was after
ward chairman OF the Democrs tic State
Central Committee. the governing BODY
of the party in Kentucky and is now
a circuit Judge, His brother, William
Young, is au attorney for Judge James
Hargis of Breatbitt county. who is
charged with several murders growing
out Of the Hargis Cockrill feud in
Jackson.
Kentucky is Just now wrestling with
the prosecution of number of men
charged with completely in the assas.
sination of James r. Marcum. James
Cockrill, and DR.. D. B. Cox at jackson,
known as ''the city Of sudden death -
The important 6gure in the prosecu-
tions is former County Judge James
Bargis. the alleged leader of the Har-
gis clan. Thomas White and Curtis
.Iett, the latter nephew of Judge Har-
gis, are now serving life sentences for
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with having hired assassins to kill the
three men mentioned, and several con
fessions have lent interest To the case.
Judge Hsrgis is estimated 10 he
worth 100000 His brother. Alexan-
der Hargis. WIS formerly State sena.
tor, His cousin, the late Thomas Har
gls, was one of the Judges Of the Ken.
tueky court of appeals Judge Hsrgs,
aside from presiding over a court of
first instance in Jackson. and having
, orc business partner in the Office of
sheriff and another business partner
upon the circuit bench at the time OF
the assassinJtions, was a member OF
! the State Central Committee of his par
| ~, and n powerful factor IN State pol
itics. TWO Of the three assasspatioDs
werc committed in broad daylight by
! mon concealed in the courthouse, and
the other was done by a firing squad
I DI3Scl az rho re1r pF fbe HaTuIS sun.