The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-03
Voters Are Urged To Go To Polls And Make Vote
 For Bonds Overwhelmingly
BLOODY MOUNTAIN FEUD
 MAY RESULT FROM KILLING
 OF LYNN BY FATHER-IN-LAW
Leslie Lynn Member of Famous Family Around sayre Dead and Relatives of Brewis and Lynns Are Securing
 Woods In Search of Man Now In County Jail
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him. The bullet penetrated the heart and death was instantaneous. There was but one other witness to the shouting besides the man who says he did it-his son.
 The news of the killing spread over the | little valley like wildfre and relatives of | the dead man armed themselves and started in pursuit of Brewis. Brewis first went to Banner to give up to Deputy | Kennybrook, but Kennybrool1 was in Bir- | mingham. He then continued to Ala bama City 10 give uR to Brent, but Brent was away. He then hid out until yes- terday morning, when he telephoned to Birmingham for someone to come out and get him, and Deputy Sheriff Hart | field was rushed to the scene. Wanted Son Arrested | In the meantime John Brewis, the son. had heard the threats and hid in the hills. Yesterday morning Coroner Brasher was fnotified of the killing and went to Sayre.
 He held an inquest an dordered the ar- rest of John Brewis. Deputy Sheriff Ken nybrook placed him under arrest yester- day afternoon.
 It was reported to the deputy that plans were being made to take his pris- oner from him. In order to evade the lynchers he walked Brewis around Sayre and caught the Louisville and Nashville to Birmingham. The train was searched by the men, but Deputy Kennybrook has barricaded himself in the baggage car. That car was not searched, and he was not discovered.
 The situation was considered so serious by the deputy that he placed a revolver in the hand of Brewis and told him to look out for himself if there was trouble.
 Deputy Sheriff Kennybrook stated last night that the mountains for miles around Sayre were in ferment over the killing and he feared trouble would result. He stated that it needed but match tc start the bloodiest battle of the Alabama mountains yesterday afternoon. | At a late hour last night no further reports of trouble had been received from Sayre and 1t is hoped that the matter will blow over for the time being with | out trouble.
 heluSeS tO Mdhc otdtcuCHt | Brewis refused to make a statement to l an Age-Herald reporter when seen al the county jail last night. He refused even to admit that he did the killing However, he is said to have admitted il | to the officials.
 Brewis seems to take things much as g matter of course. He Is a small man T i,,ab i0h rnf faced. and with nondescript brown hair To look at him one would not think ht was dangerous, and 1t Is not until his eyes gre seen that one is impressed. They are set rather close together, and ar'
 keen and piercing When he spoke Of tho
 killing yesterday they blazed and hi
 thin lips drew back exposing yellow | teeth.
 While the younger man is not as coo as his father he is holding his nerve witt the habitual stoicism of the mountaineer He likewise refused to make statement He was slightly nervous and spoke hesi
 tatingly of the shooting.
 Leslie I.ynn is a member of the famous Lynn family. and is one of the notorious
 I,vnn boys who were prominent in officia 1 circles some time ago. There were nv
 of the boys and they made the nam of Lynn a terror to the mountain folk.
 Oscar and Purvey Lynn are in the Chat
 tanooga jail awaiting trial on variou
 charges. Leslie Lynn is dead, Cheste Lynn is hiding from the officers some
 where in the mountains. There remail of the original five only Webb Lynn, wh
 resides at Sayre.