The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-04
USED DYNAMITE
AND THE TORCH
Might Riders Raid RuSSelIvilIe,
KY, Burning Tobacco Ware
houses and Other Buildings.
THREE MEN BADLY HURT
THIRD OF A SERIES OF SIMILAR
OUTRAGES.

RussellVille, KY, Jan. might raid
ers, one hundred strong, swooped down
on Russellville, Logan county, early
this morning and after overpowering
the three policemen and providing
against the giving of an alarm, dyna-
mited and burned the two independent
tobacco buildings in the city and several
other establishments and rode away out
the Hopkinsville and Clarksville pike.
Three men were wounded and the
telephone girls and police were held
prisoners for nearly three hours.
Buildings Burned.
The following buildings we're destroy
ed
Frank G. Wark, tobacco warehouse;
building and contents: loss $4,000.
American Snuff company factory and
cOntents; loss $4,000.
Roberts and Brown, planning mill. loss
s12, 900.
Alfred Underwood, grocery; loss
s.. 900.
King and Proctor, stable.
Joshua Knowles, cottage.
List of Wounded.
The wounded persons are:
DIR. Charles NJ. Roberts; Evansville,
Ind.
]. r. Mclean, Russellville.
J. H. MOsely, Russellville.
Captain w. B. Bruce, the chief of
police, as soon as he heard the noises,
FASTENED to the fire, where he attempt
ed to sound the alarm, but was over
powered by four of the masked night
riders.
Two merchants. J. r. Mclean. pro-
prietor of a grocery store, and J. Henry
Hesley proprietor of a dry goods store,
as the night riders desired and were
shot.
Seriously Injured.
The most seriously injured was DR..
Roberts, who was a guest at the Forest
house. He was wounded about the
head and face by charge of buckshot
fired as the night riders were leaving
town. He heard the confusion and
thinking that the riders had departed,
ran out TO see what had happened. He
came face to face with a group of the
departing mob and as he started to run
was shot.
1t is said that the mob came to Rus
sellville from the direction of Cave
Springs, near where the members are
said to have their rendezvous. The
mob seemed to be well organized with a
head and lieutenant. All the men were
mounted and wore white caps. false
boards and masks. Except for the shots
at those who appeared in the streets
there was little shooting. the chief bust
ness of the mob seeming to be the des-
truction Of the two tobacco houses
Third Recent Raid.
This is the third raid which has been
made i'm western Kentucky and comes
in the face of the announcement of the
governor that disorder must cease. AT
this time a court is in progress at Hop
kinsville. investigating a similar raid
which was made on that city several
weeks ago.
Troops are now on guard at Hopkins
vile.
The night riders are attempting to
influence or intimidate certain tobacco
growers into holding their crops for
higher prices. The situation is parti-
cularly acute at this time as many of the
growers have two years crops on hand.
Warehouse men ahave been notified
from time to time TO refrain from buy
ing any tobacco, and many of them
who defied the notice have had their
houses destroyed by fire. Nearly all
the tobacco growers are memebers OF
the Tobacco Growers Protective asso-
citation. but this organization discount
tances such acts as have been credited
to the night riders.