Show lawlessness IN KENTUCKY the th legislature I passes panne the mont rigorous Rl gorou laws ever placed on statute books frankfort ky slay may 14 turnpike raids murder from ambush mob lynch ing in kentucky especially the defiant continuation of the raiders have driven the legislature to desperate means the sanate has unanimously passed a bill N which is considered the most rigorous law ever placed on the statute books it requires jailers and other officers holding persons threatened with mob violence to arm the prisoner that lie he may defend himself and to protect the prisoners with the aid of a posse it makes it mandatory upon the county ledge to furnish not less than ten armed guards summoned from among citizens who are compelled under heavy penalty to protect for thirty lays days any tollgate toll gate or other public or private property threatened by the raiders |