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Show BOLD RESCUE OF GOiElED Ml Friends Storm Jail and Carry OIF Convict Under Sentence of Death. LIVINGSTON. Va.. Oct. 21. Mountaineer Mountain-eer friends of John Moore, under sentence sen-tence to be electrocuted for tho murder of Frank Howl, descended upon the Nelson Nel-son county Jail at 1 o'clock this morning, stormed the building and rescued tho prisoner. It Is supposed he will bo taken to the mountains and liberated. At an enrly hour seventy-five men from tho mountain section where the crime was committed proceeded to tlie county jail. Admission was gained and tlie guards awed Into non-resistance. Mooro was then released. Precautions had been taken by the mob to prevent an alarm. Almost as quietly as they entered the town they departed for tho mountains. It was not until some hours after tho rescue that the news spread and deputy sherlffa were on their way Into the mountafn district to try to rearrest Moore. It Is feared that bloodshed blood-shed will result from the attempt. The only telephone wire leading Into the section of the country where tho crime was committed and where Mooro's friends livo, was cut before tho rescue,. Moore was condemned to death tit Richmond Rich-mond on September 25, after being convicted con-victed of murdering Frank Howl In Nelson Nel-son county last May |