Show TWO MARSHALS KILLED II S OFFICIALS SLAIN BY A MOONSHINES Bodies Thrown Into House and the Building Set on Fire nnd Beniabis Partially Cremated Oxford Mkr Nov 17Johu A Montgomery Mont-gomery deputy United Stat Marshal pro icn rof Tfthls Ccity and Depuly United States Marshal Hugh Montgomery of Pontolcc loft here last night for the purpose pur-pose of arresting Will Mathls an alleged counterfeiter and moonshiner who lived twelve miles cast of this place Early today Hush Montgomerys horse was found atandinrr at the gate of Curtly Hall ft neighbor of Mathls and Matlilss bouse had ben burned to the ground 1 Upon further Investigation two partial Jybiirned bodies wero found In the ashes I of tho binned building which havo been Identified as tho remains of the deputy I marshals John A Montgomerys horso I ban not been found and It Is supposed I Mathla made his cscnpo on this 1 horse after the men had boon killed and tho house set on lire Mathlss wife was at her fathers a few I miles from her burned home and she says she and her husband left homo yesterday i her husband leaving the country Malhls was Indicted last summer for making and passing counterfeit money and was but on a 5JOW bond Tho principal prin-cipal witness against him wag a negro living In the same neighborhood About a month ago the negro was assassinated Tho two Montgomery went to arrest Mathis for making Illicit whisky and It Is supposed that they were prevailed upon to remain for tho night and wore shot while guarding their prisoner v I A posse of thirty or forty of the leading citizens of Oxford went to the scene today to-day and every effort will be made to capture cap-ture Mathls |