The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-01-27
NIGHT RIDERS
CRUEL DEMONS
THEY RIDDLE HOUSES WITH Bull
LET'S, USE FIRE AND FLOG
OPPONENTS.
OFFICIALS GATHER The FACTS.
To Be Used i'll Suits by Government
Against the Burnley Tobacco
Society.

dence gathered by Special Agent Harry
w. Hoaglanl and his Deputies for the
department of justice in connection with
the WORK of the murderouS bands OF
night riders who have been terrorizinE
the independent tobacco farmers and
their families in Kentucky Ohio and
Indiana, will be submitted to Attorney
General NIckersham i'll Washington, to
be used in the suits about to he brought
whose headquarters are in Lexington,
ky. That the night riders visited only
thu homes OF the independent tobacco
growers who refused to pool their crops
wlfh The Eu"Iey society Is an established
fact. Whether CT i0t the Riders and
their lawlessness can be connected direct
ly with the officials of the Burley society
Is another mater. Some of the cases in
vestigated by the agents of the depart.
ment of justice axe sad and cXasperatiug.
Mrs Matte Kite runs a tobacco farm
AT Walton, Ky. Night riders told her
she must pool her crop with the Burley
society, but she refused. Masked mount
ed men then went to her home. When
she again refused they rddIcd her place
with bullets and rode off. She hired
man and his two sons, paying them
$50 each, and they succeeded in bring
ing her crop week ago to this city.
Thomas Muln was on his way to
lishberS, Ky, to buy a crop when four
masked men jumped out of the road.
II you buy single pound of non
pooled tobacco you'll never get out of
this place alive" shouted the leader
Mullu hurried back home.
Sampson Tomlin, who was driven
from his farm, attributes the loss of one
Of his children to the attacks made by
the night riders. Although warned, he
brought his crop to Cincinnati Night
riders dragged him from his bed and
whipped him. Later when band of
them. all masked appeared, Tomliu hid
| behind the door in his woodshed and AS
two men dismounted and walked through
the yard, fired. One night rider dropped
and the other fled. Carl Flynn. Tom
Inns brother-in-law, heard the shots and
by previous arrangement hurried Tom
Inns little baby boy away. An hour
later 800 night riders on horseback and
mostly masked, rode up. Hey, Tomlin,
YOU with an OATH, shouted the lead.
er, will you pool your tobaccoT' The
| farmers answer was we'll aimed shot.
\ fusiladc followed, and the house was
riddled with shot. Tomln escaped UNI
hurt. Then a rider stepped up and
shouted. Nov we are going to dyna-
mite your house" Tomlin shot him.
then stepped to the window, pushed the
| barrel Of his gun through the glass ana
fired. \ moment later shot struck
him in the shoulder. "Will you give up
now demanded the night rider cap,
, tain. "No.' yelled Tomlin. lie aud
Flynn heard the leader order kerosene
! spread over the place, but their vigor-
Gus fire drove the band away. The
child carried out of the house during the
first attack and taken to n neighbours
died from the exposure, and Tumlin
gave up his farm and moved to Coyng-
ton.
Phil Stayton, Cincinnati buyer, was
pulled off his wagon, tied to tree and
logged with blacksnaIle whips; then the
night riders after putting the torch TO
his load Of tobacco, dragged the partly
! unconscious man to the river and threw
him in. lie escaped but has ne5pr been
in Kentucky since.
Another sad case is that of NJ. S. Eu-
banks of Peoples, O. While his wife
! was sick in bed night riders fred his
| barn and burned his crop of tobacco
| The sheriff, VINO put the bloodhouuds on
| the trail, traced the riders into Ken
! lucky, The experience preycd On Eu
| hanks IQinl til he became iunatc,
while his wife is hopeless cripple.
i. 5. Montgomery, 6,foot Kentucky
farme" of Robertson county, had been
on his place Cor over thirty years ana
refused TO join the pool. lie had raised a
very good crop and sold it to the trust
lie was ready to deliver it when at 3
=. In. two OF his sons hurried into the
house. Dad, they said. don't move
the tobacco: we Just seen 300 armed
men on horseback They're laying in
ambush Two hours later they rode up.
Montgomery and his wife went out to
meet them. The latter is known as n
fearless woman ami an expert rifle shot
IMl have no time to talk to you" said
Montgomery, addressing the chief. at
Is shame .Eat n man who has lived
| here thrifty years cart raise his crop to
rsult himself IF you men would only
oblige a lady by taking down those
masks" called out Mrs. Montgomery, II
would just love to look in your eyes and
see What kind of people YOU are" The
band rode away. La'"l Mrs. Montgom-
Iery awoke her husband calling: Get
up, Ed Night Riders are here. There
are two men outside Of the door. Shoot
| them down Waho the farmer kept
guard with his lie ms wife and her
| daughters built barbados of beds and
Furniture, behind Which they hid. A
HToment later q terrible fusillade opened
Tile girls were in Mysteries on the floor.
AFTER the louise hAd been shot up the
band rode away. The strain made merry
GUS wrecks of the cAildpen, and finally
Montgomery abandoned the farm.
Il will die before | pool my tobacco"
Mike Flaherty, who owns a big farm
near Maysville, Ky, told the night rid
ers. Elaherty is known as II desperate
fighter. He sent word to the night riders
he would just love to receive them at
his place, But they never called.
Perry Flora, who lives on his tobacco
farm just outside Of MaysvlIe, was CON
sidered stubborn fighter. He repeated
~ refused to sign with the pool He
changed his mind, however, when the
night riders dragged him out of bed at
> in the morning aud dashed him until he
was nearly dead
Secretary Brooks Of the Burley Tobac-
co society declares that the society has
never had any connection whatsoever, di-
rectly, indirectly, secretly or openly,
with what is called might riding"