Show an old L baily ady tortured by robbers now new orleans march 22 A special to the picayune from aberdeen miss is sippi says bays sunday night three strangers went vent to the house of mrs iero a widow lady living across the lake from debula twelve miles from lexington gassed gagged and bound her and a peddler who was in the house at the time with the view ot of securing large abarge sum bum ot of money be lieval to be secreted about the house bouse the old lady was subjected to all manner of torture and it was not un til they carried her to the fire and threatened to burn her that she told where 1300 was secreted As soon eoon as this sum was secured and that the peddler had bad the robbers left for lexington Lexing toa to take the train the peddler got out his knife cut the cords and released himself and gave the alarm town marshal mcbee 0 jennet and john given started i in pursuit and overtook the robbers about a mile from lexington where a battle occurred one ot of the robbers was instantly hilled and another wounded the wounded robber was traced to the edge ede of town and hopes aro are entertained of his bis capture in a eack bee k addressed to mrs on the thap person ergon of the dead robber was found in his bis bat was a baud band nea neatly 8 0 embroidered in broi dered with the initials initia li a 0 G 1 no papers were found to identify him |