Show MOB RULE WITH FIRE FIKE louisville dec 29 A special to the from lebanon ky issyk within two miles of this city last night a relentless mob burned to death a pregnant woman and riddled with bullets her gray hatred paramour arbe blackened and disfigured corpses of the victims hirs mr tomaas west and william deveres De were found in the ruins of the comans womans 18 home today by too toe 14 year jear old daughter of the old man the tragedy was waa one of the he moss moat brutal ever enacted under bome sway away of judge lynch despite the pleadings for hr her fathers fat ber life of a hall balt biad child and tb a prayers and tears of the ill and aad helpless woman the mob went through with its if work with cold blooded cruel deliberation and only left when certain that both man and woman were dead the affair was the outgrowth of the old story of a lait bles wife anti a vengeful husband bu several beveral months ago deveres a middle aged widower was wae accused by thomas thomae west a berous former farmer of intimacy with mrs west quarrel followed loll owed quarrel throughout tle the fall until west weal dinati ansti divorce proceedings and declared deveres must die the men met in ID lebanon and west snapped lils his revolver which missed fire while deveres killed him bim on the spot the murderer secured bail and moved into weitso house the relatives ol of too the murdered husband swore vengeance close to 10 last night a hand band of men rode up to the west homestead mud and demanded admittance tom betow west is dead now ilsa ila your to turn rl the spokesman called and do de veren and the woman awoke to lo find their house surround eo oo mrs west rushed to a darkened window and began a wild hysterical plea for mercy A dozen bullets answered her cries and the demano demand for surrender wap wac r n heated daverese davelee Da veree veres too asked for a nearing hearing but his bb request was wag greeted with a shower of shots shot well give you ten minutes to open up tip then you burn s said the mob mobs moba s leader der and his men quietly retired from the door A hurried consultation was waa hold held in side the house bouse and then white and ana terror stricken the little uirl mirl of dveres dj was thrust out to plead with toe mob glad clad in her night robe bare and unprotected she bravely walked balleu out into the moonlight and sobbed out a prayer for her bar white haired baited father 0 life a get out you youre ire liable to get shot abot yourself a ruffian said and thoi frightened ibe enild fled to the on cabin bin of a negro neighbor mrs mr west then appeared at the door and referring to her condition made a set last appeal for or mercy it 11 was wag unavailing and ana in D another moment the house was fired the shrieks of the imprisoned wretches failed to move their torturers tor turere who after the flames reached the livena alving bruam could see sea toe man and woman in the agonies a oi death just before the root roof fell the woman W waa seen to reel across the room and plunge headlong into the fireplace among the burning chalos and there she be died wild with pains pain deveres at the lt lost moment made i a dash for liberty but a score of bullets stopped him ball a dozen steps fam the door this morning the little girl led her negro protector to the scene and there the bodies scorched beyond recognition were found untouched by the ibo lyn chers chere there Is in but little doubt that the members of the mob will be captured as they were without masks masis anu and made no attempt at secrecy it to is not improbable that the scenes abener of last night will be re enacted in the sho shortly itly as we the outrage has groused aroused the most intense indignation among the people of the country because of the fact that wast wasta a relatives bad threatened vengeance there is a strong belief that they were w ere res pons ble fur for jost jest nights crime uncertainty as to just who was implicated bee baa iso do ar prevented further trouble the child ol of deveres who was wag a witness to the tra tragedy geuy is dangerously ill as a result of toe aright sad and exposure but upon her recovery she ebe may ke be able it la Is hoped to identify some ol of the lyne berF De deteresa veresa body was wag pierced by at least twenty five bullets before his bia ae desperate sperate dash for liberty he be had been frightfully burned and would probably have cried without the gunshot wounds his hair and bearo beara wert pere burned off Ds clothes were in charred shreds and hiu hio face blistered anti and blackened no arrests have so BO fur far been made but developments are expected tomorrow justice nave late this afternoon held beld an inquest upon the me bodies of the vic timp several witnesses were exam ineas ined but nothing tending to incriminate any one was developed the investigation will be continued tomorrow deveres formerly lived at teno tenn |