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Show KENTUCKIAN KIDNAPED. 9 Pays Captors S200 nnd a Cow for His Release. LOUISA, Ky., Dec. 19. John Babcr. Wallace was kidnaped Just across the river from this place by a party of eight men, composed, it is alleged, of Morgan Curry and two brothers, Lewis and Charles Dillon, Stewart McNeally ana two others. Wallace was taken up Tug river ten miles, into West Virginia. He paid the captors $200 to spare his life, and later he gave them a cow to release him. The men refused to accept Wallace's check, but John Y. York, a merchant, accepted, it and gave them his own check. This episode was the result of trouble which occurred about three weeks ago, ten miles up Tug river. All the partlcs live in the enlghborhood, and some of them are said to have been In the liquor business. Wallace was one of these. Opposition grew so strong, it is said, that It finally resulted In a raid on Wallace's Wal-lace's place, which was entirely destroyed. de-stroyed. During the trouble Mrs. Wallace was shot In the leg and a ball from her rifle entered Tom Curry's breast. Wallace secured warrants and one of the Dillons Dil-lons was then put In Jail. Wallace was surprised on returning home by the eight men, who captured him. Rewards aggregating J350 have been offered by the county for the arrest of the Curry gang. |