The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-23
themselves amply able TO take care
Of the situation, serious as It fs.

HUNTINGTON. W. Va. Aug. e.
Three posses. composed "t lnltHo
States deputy marsha1s COMMANDED ny
United States Marshal William Us
horne; West Virginia militia reserves
comma ndcd by Major Thomas Il. DAVIS
and daputy sheriffs commanded o!
sheriff T.. c. Rlankenship. OF Ming"
county. tonight were pushing rur'n"F
into tho Big Sandy mountains on tne
trejl Of the hand Of twenty-five desert
crs. draft cradnrs and moonshiners' VINO
late Yesterday shot and killed two men
and issued threat that they w"ula
everyone hattie to death before submit
ting to capture. l..
The section in which the hand Is
hiding is the most mountainous in the
stotn and there is no other plac" IN the
southern West Virginia mountains
which -, lends itself I" natural fortiu-
cations. The country ahounds IN hiEh
rrars deep ravlaeS md caves mo
which the pursued may flee and ho'n
out p. long az their provisions ana ann
munition lasts.
The deSertcr< late this afternoon cut
the only telegraph wire connecting the
district with the outside world ana a.
tails Of events there since tweiFd
o'clock today are meagrc. y telepnon'
message from Williamson ut o'clock
tonight. however. said that 1t was GER
tain the pursuers had not yet met thc
outlaws and that no further deaths h''
resulted other than the two winch "C-
Cured Wednesday afternoon.
A message from that section Of the
oosse commanded by Major Davis re-
rnjred late this afternoon said that the
search for the 'dcserterS would not pc
.bandoncd At that time two wagons
wcrc being filled with provisions for
TRANSPORTATION UP the narrow mountain
trail and all preparations were mah'
for a campaign to last SercralA days.
This il the first time the reserves have
hcen called out on duty sine" thfy were
organized shortly after the call Ia arms
took the West Virginia National Guard
from the state.
Deputy Sheriff Tony Webb arrived in
Williamson at o'clock this afternoon
after an all-night hunt in the mountains.
He said that Henry Kirk. reported I"
have been killed by the d"serters In a
running fight. had wounded one OF the
outlaws and had made his escape. klrk
hid in a cave all through the night
Wednesday and this morning made MS
way through the dense laurel 70 tn
lines or mo posse, WHEY 'f ~''f'''N~' ' -
resumInE the hunt. although ne was
faint from cxhauSlto ion and lack OF food
! According 10 Deputy Sheriff webb
, George Dillon was slain yesterday after,
noon when ha entered the house OF
Babe" McCloud and confronted ten de-
! serters there. He demanded their sur
render but Just as he spoke n rule
/, shot wa. fired from without and Dillon
fell dead.
Ellis, according to the deputy. was
! stationed in the rear Of the house.
! When no heard the shot that KILLED
| Dillon he attempted to flee. hut VA:
shot and killed.
The other members Of the posse with
drew without recovering the bodies
| which this afternoon we're supposed &c
still he at the residence Of Babe Nc
| Cloud.
DEPUTY Sheriff Webb immrdiatHl npor
| his arrival in Williamson this afternoon
/ began recruiting another posse In E" tr
! the relief Of tho men in tn" Held. S"hf
Of whom have been on tho hunt Tor -
! bours without sleep and tnsutIEion'
| food.
The posses now In tho field arc DIVIDED
into three forces ono of which is com
! nandcd by Captain Fl. n. McClin'ook. OF
the Huntington Military Reserve mn
other BY Major Tom +. Davis stat
! commander Of the Militia Reserves. am
! rho third by Sheriff c. T. BIank"nShlE
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