The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-12-13
Armed Men Destroy $50.
600 Worth of Property.
Whip One Tobacco Buyer And
Shoot Brakeman On
Freight Train.
TROOPS ARE CALLED OUT.


q torch In one hand and a gun
the other, rode into Hopkinsville
1:30 o'clock this morning, dynam
ed and burned three tobacco IL
tories, shot and fatally wounded
l.. and n. brakeman, whipped
tobacco buyer almost to dea
smashed and demolished windows
business houses and banks and fir
at . number of citizens.
In tie red glare of three burnt
tobacco warehouses, with the pol
officers and members OF the fire
partment held prisoners by the m'
with the telephone and telegra
Offices securely guarded and thre;
of death hanging over the operate
If they dared give an alarm, WI
the city completely cut off fr(
communication not only with
outside world, but between citiz
and citizen as well. anarchy and Vi
lence held high carnival for i
space of an hour.
WontenEess and brutality reie
ed. People were attacked in The
persons and property withuo,
gard to whether they had Civ
cause fer oifense.
II was Ike elimination of t
threats that have hung tor mon
over the tobacco buyers, The I I,
and the independent Jay ers t :
dared TO disregard the demar :,
tie nigh, riders. rry =
In the excitement and thiers
possibly because tie nigcom-
became frightened before iouses
pleted their wo:i:-,Ae operty. =
that are known IS truo COM "
those of the Imperial Iff COM =
pany and the Americae of the
pany, escaped injury. destroy y
three warehouses thause. This "
ed was an assortmn as the y
was tie building y
Woodbridge warehoention Of The s.
Ii WAS not Il building. but Il
riders 10 des,roone of the 9TH u
It caught fire 'iremen were re- c.
err and whenW. the flames o
leas d from aeadway that moth e
had gained 10 save it. The n
il could tif it does not ex-
loss will 10000. d.
cecil in fam and County Judge
Mayor is soon 10 be Attorney "
Bre. thi' kilograms and telephoned =
Gen, raaham this afternoon asking "
TO Go in reply the Governor or d
for 'mpany D., Kentucky State u
dtrunder Mai. E. B. Bassett, OF
G6nd battalion. on duty for an in .
tie period and at the disposal of o'
4 David Smith.
e masked men came from all II
.tions, but assembled before en- b
z the city. II
rst they captured the entire po- I
force and then look charge Of o
fire department. So quickly
the move made that resistance
useless, the mob being heavily "
ID. a,
give emphasis the mob shot 7,
the station windows and then !,
Y switch light in the yard. u,
.ey proceeded 10 The L. and y. T
L. where they repeated the per- :.
ance. =,
e office # the Cumberland Tel :,
me and telegraph company was :
visited. the night manager and :,
young woman operators were :,
EN- into the streets and kept in :
chilly air by the masked guard.
,out fifty or sixty came from
g county and smaller squads =
/ other directions. %
small squad went TO each tel r
NE office and attempted TO cut u
cables, but could not reach II
4. e
ISIS Maud Brown, Of the Home
rhone company, turned in fire u
N, but the firemen replied that d
were surrounded and could no' e
ond. She also called the police p
iquarters, but the police were +
ng troubles OF their own. Two
.ers on duty were fired upon d
ugh the door and escaped with "
ty or more firing at them. O
lille this was going on down e
n another squad had attacked +,
Reggie tobacco factory of Tandy a
Fairleigh, and after driving the
Waterman away. dynamited the :
ding, poured chemicals upon il :
II was quickly beyond saving. o
ear by the brick warehouse of V
III. Tandy & Co., owned by John c
Latham. of New York, and that h
F. w. Dabney, adjoining, occu- Il
,g a whole square opposite the p
and n. depot. were dynamited 4
set on fire in the same way. 4
he party then marched down b