Show I 1 CITIZENS masked men visit kentucky town and chastise ten of the residents with switches county ju judge ge Is ie warned that his immunity from similar punishment depended upon friendship he was expected to show tobacco growers Organization Edd eddyville ky night riders strong visited Edd eddyville at I 1 i sunday morning anil and Ni whipped hipped ton ten nien men four of them white and six negroes tho the white men who are suffering from soro sore hacks backs as the result of a i severe chastisement with switches are brei police judge C W lesel woods former city marshal press fralick Fral lck who occasionally all acted as deputy city marshal anc grace robertson Rober lson a saloon porter tile tho connection between the whipping of tile the white men mail and the negroes and the tobacco war in western kentucky Is not apparent and no one has been able to offer any explanation none of the victims was known to bo be either active or influential in opposition to tho the farmers pooling movement no attempt was made at JIL destroying ying stored tobacco after tho the whipping had heon beon adman arto a mob awalt awakened ened county judge W L crumbaugh and warned him that his immunity from similar punishment hereafter do depended en upon the friendship lie he was expected to show the tobacco growers organization lie he was told that hla his gray hairs alone yero were responsible for its his being spared this time the only tobacco roan inan visited was J al bradshaw who Is a tobacco prizer for ono of the growers associations A mr I 1 ir bradshaw was ordered to close up a billiard hill hall I 1 which he owns orns |