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Show IIQLI AGEfllS ESCAPE DEATH AFTER BATTLE ' " " ' aeaaxsaMBasseaisHaaB ' Rumors -That Three Prohibition Pro-hibition Officers Had Met Death in Kentucky Raid Prove Unfounded HAZARD. Kr- Aug. 11 (By A. p.) Six deputy sheriffs who went from here Friday to Cockeriila Fork on Lost Creek, wher four prohiblton agents had been aur-rounded aur-rounded by a band of moonshiners, returned to Haxard tods with sevn 'prisoners and alx moonshine stills, after having exchanged shots with moonshlpers In a brief fight In whictt no one waa wounded. Rumor that the prohibition agente had been unable to escape a trap and that three of them had been killed by moonshiners were set at rest jy tha deputy sheriffs on their returf). The federal men Included Alex Oa heart, who prevloualy had been reported wounded; R. L, Stewart. J. I. Carpenter and C. D. Morrison. They htfi been surrounded by th men they were raiding along the Rreathitt-Perry border, but the siege had been lifted when the deputy dep-uty sheriff arrived, according to -the local officer. PVveral ehota were fired at them by the moon i shiners before they succeeded In I making the arrests. |