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oprmKiea 5ait in wounds on Her Back After Whipping Her.Whitesburg, Ky., Jan. 20.—A ku-klux klan in Letcher county took Mrs.Elizabeth Mullins, a widow, from her bed and whipped her unmercifully with . switches, sprinkling her naked back with salt after the lashes had drawn»• blood, j r ;\.J I --The ku-klux were attacked while at , their ghastly work by a posse of neighbors, led by James Mullins, a brother-* In-law of the widow, and a desperate fight with revolvers and Winchesters followed. Mullins and one of his followers, Harvey Moore were killed.Two of the ku-klux klan, w'hose names are said to be Hooker Smith and Haley, are members of a notorious Cumberland mountain gang. Both were wounded and taken prisoners. They were bound to a stake and a fire started under them, causing them to reveal the names of their associates, who were recognized as among the most desperate of mountain outlaws. They made for the Cumberland mountains, and a posse is now in pursuit* Scandalmongers had connected the name of Mrs Mullins with that of one j of her hired men, but as shown by the developments of the battle, the neigh* bors took up for her. Her assailants were people who came from at ieast 30 miles up the country. It Is said the officers in pursuit will be killed If they corner the men, of whom there are tea.
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Richmond Climax
Richmond, Kentucky, US
Wed, Jan 27, 1904
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