Show nil LED dowa till THE FUG FLIG I 1 gare of democrats try to oust a At publican naser STANDARD special af chronicle service serviced I 1 Cuic CHICAGO Aclo april 1 the levs wash ington dispatch says special agent sharp of tile pos tonice tollice department are at chat haa has forwarded to washington a report regarding the per persecution se cution of james finn a new 1 republican postmaster at elmwood inwood Kl smith county tennessee the tile matter was first brought bro aught to the attention of the department by a tele grain rani received by the po postmaster general from post postmaster masler finn re qu questing that he lie be furnished with a half dozen good winchester rifled to protect his office and himself from a gang of democrats who were trying to drive grig rive him out of town the inspection which nas was made by inspector pierre pierce under the direction of agent sharp f horn el that these rifles were needed very badly for the in mob ob not only dragged down the united states flag which the postmaster had bad run up over his building but attacked the postmaster tua Iter and his eon son po and nd crippled the latter letter for life the leader leade of tho the gang was the tile deposed democratic postmaster four or five of the ringleaders ring leaders have been arrested and are now in in jail |