Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1891-05-31 | Page 5 | Grand Army Men Attacked |

Type	issue
Date	1891-05-31
Paper	Salt Lake Herald-Republican
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Grand Army Men Attacked
Type	article
Date	1891-05-31
Paper	Salt Lake Herald-Republican
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	5
OCR Text	Show Grand Army lien Attacked p CINCINNATI May 30A Ccmmcrcial Ga rears Owensboro Ky special says j t riot occurred today at Whitesville on the occasion of Decoration day exercises One hundred Grand Army men wero proceed inn with tho exercises when a gang of 1 toughs from Taylorfield came in dragged I the speaker from tho stand tore the floral mblems to pieces and dispersed the assembly as-sembly The veterans went to Whites ville to take tho train and here tho toughs renewed their attack cutting two men seriously The citizens came to the rescue and a battle ensued Burrell Taylor leader of the toughs and Dave Smith were fatally stabbed The people of the I town armed themselves and sent a posse I alter the toughs
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