The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-25

Sheriff Bass. together with Morr-
son, had gone to the place of the
killing following a report that Rube
and Clyde Love and others were
headed towards Chattanooga with an
automobile full of whisky At the
time Rube Love lost his life Clyde
Love, together with others, was fol-
lowing In larger car. When Rube
Love was killed, Sheriff Bass then
searched the car in which Clyde Love
and associates We're riding, but find
Ing no whisky and not wanting them
to know that tube Love was dead,
held his gun on them and COM
manded them to pass on by and go
into town.
Body Brought In.
The sheriff and Morrison then
brought the body Of Rube Love in to
the undertaking establishment of
Jack O'Donohue & Co. and the sixty
gallons of whisky was taken to the
jail and locked up. An inquest over
the body of Love will be held Sat
urday at the undertaking establish
ment of O'Donuhue & Co.
The killing of Love was the second
battle with officers the party had had
during the night Earlier 1T was re-,
ported that the Loves and Olive
Ayers had battled with Georgia off
GERS and made their escape.
Both Sheriff Bass and Deputy Nor
rison were seen at the jail Thursday
morning and stated that of course
they deeply regretted the affair. but
that the killing, though accidental,
occurred while they were in the dis
charge of their duty.
Morrison remained at the jail
throughout the morning, although he
was not under arrest. The sheriff's
office spent the entire day searching
for the occupants of the second car
in Wednesday nights affair and state
that they know them all and that
there will be no trouble apprehend-
ing them.
Charley Morrison is a highly re-
spected employe of the postoffice de-
partment and a popular local band
leader. Rube Love was a glaSsblower
and it is charged that Clyde Love
has no occupation.
Sheriff Talks.
Sheriff Bass in discussing the case
said Late Wednesday afternoon re-
ceived a call at the Jail from some
one, who told me that Rube and
Clyde Love and Ollie Ayers wanted
to hire an automobile to take some
girls out riding, and the party asked
me if | allowed them to have my car
and they brought whisky back in 1t
could the car be confiscated. l told
him it could. Later | received a call
from Charley Morrison, who told me
that the Loves We're just leaving their
house with an automobile to go back
to Georgia to help the rest of their
party who had gotten into a fight
with the Georgia officers.
1t was also reported that Clyde
Love and Ollie Ayers had had a fight
in Georgia, Love accusing Ayers of
tipping off the Georgia officers.
Clyde Love had brought him back to
town and put him out. The trouble
in Georgia had occurred when two
automobiles containing the Loves
had been stopped by the Georgia Of
fiCers. While the officers were search
ing the first car the second escaped
and came on to town and later went
back to find the other car.
II then got Mr. Morrison. who is
q special deputy, to go with me to
capture the Loves, if possible. and
we drove around Lookout mountain
and stopped where the two roads
divide going up the mountain.
Il walked about thirty feet down
the road and Mr. Morrison about fiji
teen feet down the road We placed
our car across the road so as to leave
as little space as possible for any
other car to pass. Finally we saw
two cars coming, and we ran out into
the road and pointed our guns at
them and demanded of the first car
to stop. Instead of stopping, the man
in the front car, Who was alone, made
an attempt to race past in the small
space we had left in the road and
as he did SO | hollered to Charley to
fire at the tires of the ear. which we
both did. Just as Charley fred. I
saw him stumble and fall to his
knees and the car which we fired at
swerved to one side of the road and
swcrved back and then stopped.
81 then ran up and saw that the
man in the car was dead and the
car contained liquor. We then turned
our attention to the other car, which
in the meantime had come up, and
| threw my gun on the occupants
and demanded OF them that they
stop. | searched the car. but found