Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1890-08-16 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

LNWLESSNESS IN KENTUCKY.  The Kentucky mountains in the neighbourhood of Pikeville have been practically controlled for many rears by outlaws, illegal distillers, and desperadoes, and little attempt has been made to put down the lawlessness that constantly prevails in that section )f the State. Within the last five years more than 100 murders have been committed and not a iiiigle person has been arrested. In Perry county, which is the centre of disorder, there is not a :lituich, school, or telegraph office. The outlaws burned the court-house two years ago, and no attempt has since been made to hold court in the county until Saturday last, when Circuit Judge Lilly, guarded by several companies of militia, arrived in the town of Hazard, the county seat, and held court) in a large tent, which had been erected for that purpose. A large crowd collected, and several hundred outlaws Caine in from the mountains and lounged about in the outskirts of the town. With great difficulty the judge induced 15 citizens to act as a grand jury. In his charge he said that the county was 70 years old, and while only one man had been convinted of murder and sentenced to a short term in the penitentiary, it was on record that over 500 murders had been committed. He said, " I have missed several terms because I was satisfied that a court could nut be held. My life has been threatened and I have bad every reason to expect aesaasination,out I have determined to do my duty." The jury consented to indict several persons for horse stealing, but frankly admitted that they were afraid to indict a number of the outlaws oharged with murder. So complete was the terrorism that Judge Lilly was obliged to adjourn the court mit' Tutsday of this week. Meantime the militia ban been attempting to make some arrests, thus far without success. and serious trouble is feared.  At Birmingham Assizes on Saturday, before Mr. Justice Hawkinet Alfred Rutter, William Beard, and Agnes Collis, who had been found guilty of the manslaughter of Alfred Hyde, stage manager, at the Canterbury Concert Hall, were brought up for sentence. The two first-named were sentenced to seven years' penal servitude each, and the other prisoner to five years'. It will be remembered that on April 2nd tho prisoners attacked Hyde on his way to the hall because his refused to grant them free tickets of admission to the hall, and they inflicted injuries from which he died two days afterwards. From Mozambique it is Ificially announced that a decree has been published prohibiting the importation into the colony of the Lakes Company's and the Mombasa Company's rupees after August 22nd. About 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, whilst Inspector Morgan, of A het dnre, and two others were proceeding to Merthyr on a Great Western raillway engine, near the approach to the tunnel they ottiv a cask containing naphtha, which was being used by some repairers, lying across the line. As the engine could not be stopped in time to avoid a catastrophe, the engine was quickly enveloped in a blaze, and the inspector and his companions were very severely burned. Mr. Mo-Tan was conveyed to his residence at Aberdare, and his injui ici, weve attended to. The other mm v,0.0 Ot-Itt 1,% IfOri I.v1".  A correspondent In 'Loki° says that the Emperor of Japan lately was present at a series of experimenta with the Edison phonograph, when various political speeches in all languages,.eongt, and instrumental mueio were produced. The Emperor then spoke a number of words into the phonograph, which were faithfully reproduced, but the Emperor kept the evliiidei on which th--- ---.0 imPressed