Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
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INFORMATION
Gov. Wilson Plans to Block
Raids Before They Are
Well Started.
PEACEFUL ARMIES ALSO
Russellville Raid Was Only
Organized to Intimidate
Hopkinsville Witnesses.

Frankfort, KY. Jan. 3.-Gov.
Wilson was -iedAthis morning Of
the raid on hdssellville, and imme-
diately prepared a typewriter state
ment concerning the affair, in which
he offers a reward of $500 for any
information given in advance of a
contemplated-raid by might riders"
or the socalled peaceful armies.
This is new feature in the case,
and the Governor expects that it will
prevent more troubles like the at
tacks on Princeton, Hopkinsville and
Russellville.
In the statement the Governor de-
clares that not only the night riders,
but the peaceful armies as well, are
acting in violation of the law, and
he declares that every power in the
state sYill be used in efforts to stop
80 ign of lawlessness, in the to-
20 regions.
The Governor in strong terms de-
nounces as towards and criminals,
not only the members of the bands
which operate at night, destroying
property in the towns and country,
but he also declares that if the law
is to be upheld the peaceful arm
les, must be stopped as well.
THE Russellville raid was clearly
violation Of the promises made by
the managers of the associations in
that part of the State, and was made
to hinder the prosecution at Hop
kinsville by intimidating the officials
and witness ~ the only result
will be to ao~ crimes and new
criminals, guilty of open felonies
similar to those at Hopkinsville and
Princeton, and to make it harder for
the tobacco growers in that region
even to get living prices for their
tobacco; to further disgrace the
State, infict further immense de-
struction of values Of farms and all
property in that district, to destroy
the tobacco market there, to Cypress
and grieve the people and.take away
their liberties and to shake their
faith in the protection of the laws
and to force capital and valuable i'm
migration to shun Kentucky, and
all this without the least hope or
chance to help the men who formed
these conspiracies, or any of their
tobacco.
! MEANS MORE CRIMES.
at simply means more crime,
more criminals, more who will have
to go to the penitentiary and more
disgrace to Kentucky, more distress
to all of the people there, more hea-
Wy expense to be paid out by the peo-
pie as tax money for protection of
their liberties and constitutional
rights, more burdens on the law
abiding majority, more destruction
of property values, and more ruin to
the market for tobacco and all other
produce of that district, and more
thousands of the flower of Kentucky
ktitizenship leaving Kentucky to seek
MONIES where the laws protect and
Z Kukl5M are unknown. At the end
it means the penitentiary for the in
famous men who formed this conspi-
racy and for many Of their dupes,
for though their associations num-
Der thousands, the law-abiding, law.
loving people number hundreds of
thousands, and there can be no pos
cible hopes that the Kuklux can gov
ern K entnalsy and a possible escape
from punishment when, as surely
mu come,to pass. in a short time,
,~hd i'll extent of the crime and hurt
isl lerstood, and the conscience.
fdui and faith Of the people resume
control and restore the full and ir-
reslstible power Of the peoples law.
~ EyERY'PO or LAW.
Meantime every power OF the
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