Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-03
THEY SHOT THREE CITIZENS.
Two Shot Because Did Not Hurry
To Their Homes Fast Enough
To Suit the Mob.
Purpose is 10 Intimidate Certain To.
hacco Growers 10 Hold Their
Crops for Higher Prices.

Russellvllle, Ky. Jan. 3-Night rid
ers' 100 strong. swooped down on Rus
selIvilie, Logan county, early this
morning and after overpowering the
three policemen and providing against
the giving OF an alarm, dynamited and
burned the two Independent tobacco
concerns in the city and several other
establishments and rode away out the
Hopkinsyille and Clarksvllle pike.
Three men were wounded and the
telephone girls and police were held
prisoners for nearly three hours.
PROPERTY DESTROYED.
The following buildings were destroy
ed;
Frank G. Work, tobacco warehouse;
building and contents; loss $4,000.
American Snuff company, factory
and contents loss $4,000.
Roberts and Brown planning mill, loss
$4,000.
900.
King & Proctor, stable.
Joshua knowles, cottage.
THE WOUNDED.
The wounded persons are:
DR.. Charles NJ. Roberts of Evansville,
Indiana.
J. X. Mclean, Russelville
j. II, Mosely. Russellville.
Capt. w. b. Bruce, the chief of po-
lice, as soon as he heard the noises,
fastened TO the lire, 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-
Trietor of grocery store, and j.
Henry Mosely. proprietor of drygQods
store, did not hurry into their homes
as fast as the night riders desired ana
were shot
The most seriously injured was Dr.
Roberts, who was guest at the Forest
House. He was wounded about the
head and face by charge of buckshot
fired as the nightriders were leaving
town He heard the confusion, and
thinking that the riders had departed,
ran out to see what happened. He
came face to face with a 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
said to have had their rendezvous. The
mob seemed TO be well organized with
head and lieutenant. All the men
were mounted and wore white capes,
false boards and masks. Except for
the shots at those who appeared OH
the streets, there was little shooting
the chief business of the mob seem
ing to be the destruction of the two
tobacco houses.
This is the third raid which has been
made in western Kentucky and comes
from the face of the announcement of
the governor thar disorder must cease
At this time a court Is in progress at
Hopklnsyille. investigating a similar
raid which was made on that city sew
eral weeks ago.
Troops are now on guard at Hop
kinsville.
CAUSE or TROUBLE.
The night riders are attempting to
influence or intimidate certain tobacco
growers into holding their crops for
higher prices The situation is par
ticularly acute at this time, as many
of the growers have two years crop
on hand.
Warehouse men have been notified
from time To time to refrain from
buying any tobacco and many OF them
who defed the notice have had their
houses destroyed by fire. Nearly. all
the tobacco growers are members OF
the Tobacco Growers Protective as
ISOLATION, but this organization dis
countenances such acts as have beep
credited to the Night riders.
TO INVESTIGATE RAID.
Hopkinsvile, Ky, Jan. 3.--State Fire
Marshal Mott Ayres left today for
Russellvile, Ky, 10 Investigate the
night riders raid there last night.