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KILLED IN A FIGHTB ATT 1.13 BETWEEN SHF RIFF'SFOSSE AM) IHvKPEItADOCS.Mpu W ho Uohtiejl and Murdered an Aged Woiiiuu and Her Son Are Overtaken in the Mountain* of Kentucky — 1*1 tolled llnttle Kn-mmen and Two Men Arc Killed and Two Wounded — I»o«kc llam Been After tlie tiring for Several Mont Us.Whllcsburg, Ky.# April 13.—Two men were killed and two wounded in a flght between Sheriff John Wright and his deputies on one side and the des-pei-adoi-s who rbliboa and rriurdered aged Mrs. Jemima Hall and her son on the other. The light occurred in the mountains between Boone’s Fork and Woolston Creek. Wright and hia posse started out several months ago to capture the gang, who cruelly tortured the aged widow, and after securing her money killed her and her son and burned her body in the little building in which she lived. Citizens have been daily expecting to hear of a pitched buttle between the two crowds that have already had several skirmishes. Thursday John and Morgan Reynolds, isaa.- and Creed Potter and George Newsome were located by the posses* in a rendezvous on top of the mountain. Morgan Reynolds, New-some and Creed Potter want away, and while they were gone the officerssuddenly confronted Creed r tt( r and John Reynolds and all of rhemettfr In number, opened fire. The d. • crudocs replied with rifles and revolvers and more than thirty shots were exchanged at a distance of less than a dozen paces.John Reynolds received a serious, if
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Albert Lea Enterprise
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Wed, Apr 17, 1901
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