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Show MASKED RAIDERS BURNJEUJILDINCS Independent Tobacco Factories in Western Kentucky Destroyed by Dynamite and Fire. Three Pecple 8hot by Members of the Mob, the Police and Telephone Girls Being Held Prisoners While Property Was Being Destroyed. Ilussollvllle, Ky. Night riders, 100 strong, snooped down on Russellvllle, Logan county, early Friday morning, and after overpowering tho throo policemen po-licemen nnd providing against tho giving giv-ing of an alarm, dynamited and burned tho two independent tobacco concorns in tho city and soveral other establishments, estab-lishments, and rodo away out tho Hop-klnsvllle Hop-klnsvllle nnd Clarksvlllo pike. Throo men wero wounded and tho telephone girls and pollco wero held prisoners for nearly threo hours. Captain Cap-tain W. H. Bruce, tho chief of pollco, ns soon cs ho heard tho noises, hastened hast-ened to tlio Ilro, whero ho attempted to sound tho alarm, but was overpowered overpow-ered by four of tho masked night riders. rid-ers. Two merchants, J. H. McLean, proprietor of a grocery store, and J. Henry Mosoly, proprietor of a dry goods store, did not hurry into their homes nj fast as tiro night riders do-sired, do-sired, and wero shot. Tho most seriously seri-ously Injured wns Dr. llobert, who wns a guest it tho Forest house. Ho was wounded about tho fnco and head by a charge of buckshot tired as tho night riders wcro leaving town. Ho heard tho contusion nnd, thinking that tho riders had departed, ran out to sea what had hnppcncd. Ho camo faco to faco with a group of tlio departing mob and, as ho started to run, was shot. It was said that tho mob camo to Itussellvlllo from tho direction of Cavo Springs, near whero tho members aro said to havo had their rendezvous. Tho mob seemed to bo well organized, with a head and lieutenant. All tho men woro mounted and woro whlto caps, false boards and masks. Except for tho shots at those who appeared on tho streets, thcro was llttlo shooting, tho chief business of tho mob seeming to bo tho destruction of tho two tobacco to-bacco houses. This Is tho third raid which has been mado In western Kentucky, nnd comes In tho fnco of tho announcement announce-ment of tho governor that disorder must ccaso. Tho night riders nro attempting at-tempting to Inllucnco or lntlmldato certain tobacco growers into holding their crops for higher prices. Tho situation sit-uation is particularly ncuto at this tlmo, as many of tho growers have two years' crop on hnnd. , |