The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-11-18
NO KILLINGS IN
BUTLER COUNTY
But Several Wounded As
Result of Raids.
VARIOUS RUMORS CIRCULATED
Several WhippingS Have o.
CURED, But No Arrests
Have Been Made.
TOWN WAS THROWN INTO PANIC

Morgantonwn, KY, Nov. H.
There is a great deal of excitement
here and in this county in regard to
the Night Riders or Postum Hunters
or regulators. The officers here are
fully able to handle the situation.
While 1t is true that some depreda-
lions have occurred, the conditions
have been overdrawn.
From the best that can be learned
the regulators sent notice to fam
| lily living in the South Hill neighbor-
hood to change their way of living
or they would call on them certain
night.
Some of the neighbors. so the
regulators claim, concealed them
selves near the home and when the
regulators came and were whipping
some of the family, others firedin the
crowd of regulators, who returned
the fire. Considerable blood vast
found next morning. and there was
some speculation as to just how
many of the regulators were killed
and wounded. 1t is now generally
believed that no one was killed, and
two were wounded. AS to the
newly-made grave, people from one
neighborhood say they heard it was
over in a certain neighborhood, and
people from that vicinity say they
heard it was another, and others say
all they know of the grave is the
talk coming from this place. Several
men have left their homes and have
gone to another State until the ex-
element dies down. A merchant of
South Hill was also whipped.
Morgantown was thrown into a
panic the other night by u man COM
ing into town in a machine just after
dark. He said he passed a squad Of
fifty men about two miles out from
here. coming this way. Women and
children and others were greatly ex-
cited. A machine and three men
were sent back to investigate. They
came back and reported crowd
seemed to be gathering at school
house, and excitement, of course,
grew higher. Nothing more was
heard of the band until next morn
ing. when 1t was learned that the
supposed regulators were crowd
of boys on their way TO serenade a
newly-married couple In that neigh
borhood.
Regulators telephoned the tele-
phone manager at Rochester the
other night that they were going to
cut the wires near there. This was
done, and that night they called at
Rob Mason's, a negro, I'm the out
skirts of that place and whipped six
negroes that they found there. One
negro, Robert Hines, of this place.
happened to be there and was whip !
ped. They told him that they whip !
ped him because they found him
with the other lot of negroes. and |
for him to go back home, behave |
and stay away from that |
bunch of negroes. IL is reported on |
good authority that a bunch OF men
made up to go To house few
nights ago. In this county. telling a
farmer that 1t WAS reported that he
was one of the leaders of the Postum
or regulators in that Sec
ton, and that the good people We're
tired of their doings and for him
to leave that section within five
lays, and that they We're his neigh
Dors. He tried to get them to come
N the house to the fire and talk the
matter over with him. He said he
lid not belong to the Postum Hunt
RS, nor did he ever have anything
o do with them. The band refused
o enter the house, holding their
reads over TO one side 10 keep him
rom recognizing them. II was just
bout dusk a few nights later this
armer saw some men looking under
he blinds in at his windows. He
ushed out with his gun and fired
nto them when they ran of. One
nan screamed as II he WAS shot. II
5 hard to get at the truth. Those
,ho know anything are afraid 10
ak. and everyone else is telling ey-
'rything.
II was rumored that warning was