The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-03
Kentucky Mounted Night
Raiders Again Spread
Terror.-Seyeral Hurt.
DYNAMITE WAREHOUSES;
Band Well Organized and Rus
sellyille Police P0werless.
Descend on Town as Peo.
pie Sleep..A Doctor
Amsng the Injured. !

RUSSELLVILLE. Ky, Jan. 3.
Night riders, 100 strong. mounted an@
wearing white capes, false boards an
masks. swooped down on Russellvil
early this morning and, after oyeE-
powering the three policemen and pfo-
piding against giving of an alarm,
dynamited and burned the two ihde-
pendent tobacco concerns in the city
and several other establishments and
rode away out the Hopkinsyille and
Clarksville turnpike.
Three men were fired upon and
wounded by the marauders, and the
telephone girl operators and police were
held prisoners for nearly three hours.
The following buildings were de-
stroyed: Frank G. Works, tobacco
ware house, loss on building and 6on-
tents $4,000; American Snuff Company
factory and contents, loss $4,000; Rob-
erts & Brown planning mill, loss $4,000;
A. Underwood, grocery. loss $1,000;
King g. Proctor, stable; Joshua
Knowles, cottage.
The wounded are; DR.. Charles M.
Roberts. Evansville. Ind; ]. r. Nc
Lean, Russellville ]. H. Moseiey, Rus
sellyille.
Captain w. II. Bruce, the chief of
police, as soon as he heard the noises,
hastcned TO the fire tower, where he
attempted to sound the alarm, but was
overpowered by four of the masked
night riders Two merchants, j. Fl.
Mclean. a grocer. and ]. Henry Nose
ley, owner OF a dry goods store. did
not hurry into their homes as fast
as the night riders desired anG were
shot.
The most seriously injured was DIR.
Roberts, Of Evansville, Ind, who was
a guest at the Forest House. He was
wounded about the head and face by
a charge Of buckshot, fired as the might
riders were leaving town.
DIR. Roberts heard the confusion, and
thinking that the raiders had departed,
ran out to see what had happened.
He came face to face with group
Of the departing mob, and as he started
to run was shot.
1t was said that the mob came to
Russellville from the direction of Cave
Springs, near where the members are
Sd1Q 10 nave Idu liltT IcuaCEffOuS. II
appeared well organized, WITH COM
mander and lieutenant. ExceDt for .he
firing at those who appearSd on the
streets, there was little shooting, the
chief business of the riders jseemlng to
be the destruction of the two tobacco
houses.
This is the third raid byjnight riders
In western Kentucky, and comes in the
face of the announcement by the
government that the disorder must
cease A Grand Jury summoned at
Hopkinsville is investigating a similar
reid made recently III that city.
AUGUSTA, KY, Jan. S-Three hundrel
might riders called las, night on Charles
X. Blatee, OF Powery1lle. and thea called
upon Isaac Munson. Edwin Ware and
William r. Wcwnard and Martin Iloeran
In succession all signing the contract not
TO raise tobacco crops THIS year and to
hold their 1907 crops for siS months.
The riders next visited A. w. Hedge
cock, a wealthy tobacco dealer and farmer.
Mr.. Hedgecock was absent and his wife,
opening the front door of their home 20
look upon 300 mounteG men, fainted. Her
husband states that today she is In q state
OF collapse.
The riders" then called upon Nicholas
j. Poddycord, who has a large crop Of
tobacco. Poddycord refused to sign. Re-
turning to Brooksvllle. the county seat
the riders disbnnded, TO meet in Ger
mantown, January 6, for/an advance into
Mason Cot1nfv