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■ COURT WIPED OUT.j RICHMOND. Va., March 14. — Dispatches just received from HillvUIe. Carbon county, teil of a riot in ; the district court there this morrj-i mg which practically wiped out the ! whole court.I While trying the case of the Al-I len gang of bandits, the bad men started a riot When it ended Judge Thornton Masse, Sheriff I. L, Webb and District Attorney William Poster were dead, killed by the bullets fired by the bandits.Troops are being rushed from this city to the scene of 'the trouble.HUMjSVILiLE, March 14. — The judge was killed while he was passing a sentence of one year upon Floyd Allen, for aiding in the es-I cape of a prisoner. Two Allenbrothers and their friends did the deed, kiiling the three officials and dangerously wounding others. Theyi made a safe get-away to the moun-! tains and a searching party is in jj pursuit. i
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Fairbanks Alaska Citizen
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Mon, Mar 18, 1912
Page 2
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