Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-07
RUSSELLVIILE, KY,
RAIDED BY RIDERS
5ToBAcco HOUSES ARE BURNED
AND TOWN Is "sHoT UP" BY
MARAUDERs.
POLICE PRISONERS
DURING PlLLAGlNG.
Several Are Wounded by FusiIlade-
Masked Men Dressed In Queer Raj.
ment Terrorize Residents-WouId
Control Output of Weed.

Russellville, KY, Jan. 4.-Night rid.
srs, 100 strong, swooped down on Rus,
sellville, Logan county, early Friday
and after overpowering the police
men and providing against the giving
! OF an alarm dynamited and burned the
two independent tobacco concerns in
4 the city and several other establish,
ments and rode away out the Hopkins
willie and GAINESVILLE pike. Three men
4 were wounded and the telephone girls
and police held prisoners for nearly
three hours.
Police Chief overpowered.
Capt. w. R. Bruce, the chief Of
police, as soon as he heard the noises,
haatened to the fire tower, where he
attempted to sound the alarm, but was
oyerpowered by four of the masked
night riders. Two merchants, ]. R..
Mclean, proprietor of grocery store,
and ]. Henry Moseley, proprietor OF a
dry goods store, did not hurry into
their homes as fast as the night riders
desired and were shot The most seri-
ousiy injured was DIR. G. M. Roberts,
. guest at the Forest house, who was
wounded about the head and face by
charge of buckshot. DR.. Roberts
home is in Evansville, Ind, and he
was shot as the night riders were
leaving town.
Meets Raiders; Is Shot.
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
3 run was shot.
1t was said that the mob came to
Russellyille from the direction Of Cave
Springs. near where the members are
said to have had their rendezvous.
The mob seemed to be we'll organized,
With head and lieutenants. All the
men were mounted and wore white
eapes. false boards and masks.
Bent on Destroying Tobacco.
Except for the shots at those who
appeared on the streets there was lit
sstie shooting, the chief business of the
mob seeming to be the destruction of
the two tobacco houses.
This is the third raid which has
been made by night riders In western
Kentucky and comes in the face of the
announcement by the governor that
disorder must cease. At this time
court is in progress at Hopkinsville
Investigating a similar raid which was
rrade on that city several weeks ago.
Troops are now on guard in Hopkins
Vile.
Would Influence Growers.
The night riders are attempting to
influence or intimidate certain tobac-
co growers into holding their crops for
higher prices or not to sell to the
American Tobacco company. Ware
housemen have been notified from time
TO time to refrain from buying any
tobacco. and many Of them who de,
hed the notice have had their houses
destroyed by fire. Nearly all the to-
bAccp growers are members of the To-
bacco Growers Protective association,
but this organization discountenances
such acts as have been credited to the
night riders and claims that it is the
work Of a 1awless element.
VIII Probe Raid.
Hopkinsville, KY, JAN 4.-state
Fire Marshal Mott Ayres left Friday
for Russellville, KY, to investigate
the night riders raid upon that place.
Col. Ayers says If conditions war
rant he will begin an investigation at
once, but cannot tell just whether he
Will take up the work or leave it for
his successor, Cicero Barnett, who as
sumes the ONCE in few days.
Governor Offers Reward.
Frankfort, KY. Jan. 4.-Gov. Will
son. in statement issued Friday on
the Russellville outrages, blames the
tobacco association for breaking its
promise to keep order and offers
reward OF $500 for the conviction Of
any man through advance information
Of an intended raid or outrage. He
says the informant will be protected
and the secret guarded
Goes Insane After Murder.
Alienstein, East Prussia, Jan. A.
Mrs. Won Schoenbeck, whose husband,