| Show A SORRY SITUATION IF justice gets its due a notorious and red handed v villain known as talt tait hall will drop into eternity at the end of a rope at wise court house near stone gap va the list of murders committed by this wretch to is said to toot foot up to the number of ninety nine this statement of his bloody record may possibly be exaggerated but he be must have been a great slaughterer to have warranted such an enormous credit of vacti victims me society surely has use for such aa inhuman monster hall to is under sentence of death and ought to hang toga tomorrow orrow between the hours of 10 and 2 ot clock there are serious doubts as to the ex locution taking place these surmises sur ue ai combined with serious apprehensions which prevail among the people of stone gap and vicinity it appears that the condemned desperado was the leader of a band of bad men the latter are now under the chieftainship of one claib jones and declare they will prevent the hanging of hall or every one of the gang will sacrifice acri floe his life in an attempt to rescue him jones and his followers are from over the mountains across the kentucky line and have in addition to small email arms a gatling gun and a cannon preparations have been made to give the proposed rescuing party a hot reception should they seek to carry out their avowed purpose if claib jones and his crew are going to get in their work in behalf of hall they will have to be quick about it or they will be too late if they make the assault the lovers of law and order will fervently hope that they will not only oaly be baffled in their purpose but properly and thoroughly wiped out that an object lesson way may be furnished that will have a salutary effect upon other characters of the same stripe it is largely customary in these in the southern states when a person is even only charged with committing a crime particularly if he be a man of color to show the most sublime contempt for legal and authoritative proc eese in dealing with the individual accused this sentiment to is exhibited by taking the man general ly colored against whom the allegation is laid out of the bands of the frequently too willing officers and hanging him to the nearest tree another favorite method of summarily disposing of colored people accused of crime Is to perforate their bodies with bullets there is said mid to be an opposite to every condition the proposed rescue of the notorious hall furnishes it in this line in the one case great anxiety to is displayed lest the law should fall fail to do the work it is claimed it ought to accomplish com in the other the a solicitude ilici tude is in the direction of preventing the due an j proper execution of tb the e law this is a sorry state of affairs |
