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MAY24 190IViaken to the Whitesburg jail. For a moiltli the jail was closoiy guarded, : Last January Sol Flcmlug implicatedt4 others Su the murder of Mrs. Ball and her sou. Coventor Beckham then sffered a reward oil each for their arrest. Many, of those implicated were prominent. Among: them was Morgan Reynolds. The captain” of the Ku-fcluk gang was a schoolteacher.Tiii rteen members of the gang remained. These, heavily artned, bid la the mountain fastnesses they know to well. In February Detective John W. Wright, Sol Wright ;uffi Wild Bill, a Cincinnati officer, surprised four of the outlaws , while at a dunce in Sol Hall's house acd arrested them.During the last month the officers pursued -Son” and George Newsome and Creed Potter to Camden-on-Gan-ley, W. Va.. and there in a fierce battle Son Newsome was arrested. George Newsome and Potter escaped.. Since then Potter has been in three desperate battles with the officers. Theoutlaws under bin control now number 50. Trapped in their mountain , j stockade, they are ready' to light to the . I death. The battle will‘be n bloody one, for the uiouutuinceis. picked shots every one of them, are determined to kill off the ruffians of the Sukltix clan.
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Lima Times Democrat
Lima, Ohio, US
Fri, May 24, 1901
Page 7
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Jamie T.
TN, USA 26 May 2017
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