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Show CARRY OFF CONVICT MAN . CONDEMNED TO DEATH ' . RESCUED FRO MT VIRGINIA " . JAL"' BY' 'fr! ENDS. ! . i ; ' Mountaineers Ride- Into .Town and After -Releasing Friend From Pri- son, Having Overpowered tho Guards Set Him Free. ' . , Livingston, Va. Mountaineer friends of John Mooro, under sentence- to bo electrocuted for tho murder of Frank Howl, descended upon tho Nelson Nel-son county jail at 1 o'clock Friday morning, stormed tho building and rescued tho prisoner. It is supposed ho will bo taken to tho mountains and liberated. At nn early hour sovonty-flvo men from tho mountain section wncru mo crlmo was committed proceeded to tho county jail. Admission was gained and the guards awed Into non-reslst-enco. Mooro was then released. Precautions had been takon by tho mob to prevent an alarm. Almost as quietly as they entered tho town tho departed for tho mountains. It was not until some hours after tho rescue that tho nows spreua and deputy de-puty sheriffs woro on their way Into tho mountain district to try 'to re-arrest Mooro. Tho onlj' tolcgraph wiro leading into tho section of the country whero tho crlmo was committed and whero Moore's friends llvo, was cut before the rescue Mooro was condemned to dentil at Richmond on Sep ember 25, after being be-ing convicted of murdering Frank Howl In Nelson county last May. |