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Show MASKED RAIDERS BURN BUILDINGS Independent Tobacco Factories in Wettern Kentucky Destroyed by Dynamite and Fire. Three Pecpla Shot by Members of the Mob, the Police and Telephone Glrla Being Held Prlioner While Property Wa Delng Deitroyed. !lucllvllle. Ky Night riders, 100 (trong, swooped down on Itusaellvlllc, Logan county, early Friday morning, and after overpowering tho three policemen po-licemen nnd providing agalnat tho giving giv-ing of an alarm, dynamited and bnmed tbo two Independent tobacco concerns In tho city nnd several other eatab-HibmenM, eatab-HibmenM, and rode away out tbo Hop-klnavllle Hop-klnavllle nnd t'larkallle pike. Threti men were wounded and the telephone girl nnd police were held ptlwnim for nearly three hour Captain Cap-tain W D llruce, the chief of police, a soon ei he heard the nolsea, hastened hast-ened to tii- II iv. where he attempted l sound the alarm, but wna overpowered overpow-ered b lour of the masked night riders rid-ers Iwo merchant, J. It. Mclmu, proprietor of n grocery lore, anil J. Ilenr) Mowly. proprietor of a dry gooda stoii-, did not hurry into their homes ii4 l.mt a the night riders desired, de-sired, and worn ahol Thu moat seriously seri-ously Injured was Dr. Robert, who whm n guest i' the l'orft Iioiim'. Ho wbi wound. -d nliiiul tne luce anil bond by n chnrxu of butkiihot llred a the night rider wire lciilng tnwn. 11m beard thu conluHiou and, thinking that thu rider hud departed, run out to eo iwbat had happened. He camu tuco tu face with a group of tho departing mob and, n he Btarted to run, was shot It wn said that the mob came to Hussellvllle from tho direction of Cuvo Springs, near wheru tho member aro laid to havo had their rvndeivous. Thu lliob seemed to be well organlted, with !l head and llculenanL All tho men tere mounted nnd woru whllo caps, 'blse beards and mask. Hicept for lhe ihots at thoio who appeared on itho Bltvet. thero wa llttlu shooting, j ithe chief buslne ot tho mob seeming to be tho destruction of tho two tola to-la ceo houie. Thla I tho third raid which ha l-en made in wettern Kentucky, and Igiine In the faco of tho announce-tient announce-tient of tbe governor that disorder mint cease. The night rider aro at-llemptlng at-llemptlng to Inltuenco or tntlmldalo Lrtrtaln tobacco growcru Into holding ahctr crop for higher price. Tbo sit-uVllon sit-uVllon h particularly ncuto nt thli time, na many of thu growura have two yeara' crop on hand. |