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.tto Btalaia^bf .*!'* tha.and ao neater .*#■ ;.*»';. tfcd, ijaariurtfa*. reporting1. etc., SMty expect* . awSrtr' vfe . of the contigioes tod infect*ons die* ttxade without ree^ethno* -tb®.throughout the county. . fugitive* Jordan, tt « *aid, U w»M-Thit to t*a li»t lt;* the reportable «t Graham CetmtXf«Ltb* jtfflins .jmmm, Typhoid Fever la herebjr act .of a boy there twygaM.aga, pffitle ■^1;. naeaAie euUng it to take dftact -Nebon is ehargrf with .'.$• killm* of on «d after October let, 191*.: That a resident of Clay County about two the maoeaeenent and. enforcements of- weeks ago.these ruUe arid regulations shall be!, Williams ^is charged with the kill entrusted to the direction of Dr. W.g of members of the Phillips fam-S. Rankin for the next twelve (12) ily. it being alleged that he went to months yand that the County pay him the Philips home the first of May therefore, the sum of Three Hundred and killed Mrs. Phillips, a son and a Dollars ($300.00) for the said tweive daughter.(12) months. , j With Mr: Phillips and another sou jiSecond: That we contract with the the only surviving members of the c State Board of Health to conduct in family, the former began a search this County an:inspection arid educar for Williams and offered- heavy re-! tionai campaign for the schools of the ^ds for his capture, He had been if County this Fall according to outline unusually active in his efforts to (Ml of Dr Rankin before the Board on *lt;*. the capture of Williams arid .is 1 August 2nd, 1915, at a price, of about *»!* to have received information ten Dollars ($10.00) per school, same dealing with the whereabouts of the', to be paid the State Board of Health -hom he ^ught just prior toll by the County Commissioners and the his death. . He was killed from am-j: Board of Education jointly each one- hush, being shot from behind sonic -Half of the expenses.bushes near his home at an eany I Williams isjiThird: That the medical attendance hour Monday morning, of the inmates of'the Jail, County his son-in-law, and it is.stated that j Home and convict camp be entrusted :the trouble started following certain : to the people in charge of said insti- i disclosures made to officers of the i tutions; that they call the most eon-;U»ited States Government relative to j lt;venient doctor when necessity for a the operation of illicit distilleries injc physician arises, and that his bill be the Smoky Mountans. • . !»made for actual services rendered, ae-- Bloodhounds Used. j£count itemized, approved by the Sani-i Bloodhounds which tracked the | i tary Board and persons in charge of **» prisoners Were brought to west- U Institution, and paid by the Commis- :ern North Carolina by J. T. Brown , sioners. and -J. C. Brown of Chattanooga. TheFourth: That ,bc County Sanitarv |doSs ar* kePl at the Hamilton Coun-Board shall meet at least every forir,1*^ at Chattanooga and were sent 'months during their term of office to '** friends of Mr PhilliP5 im‘look after the health of the County. , mediately following his tragic death.Upon motion duly made and see- j-Arriving here Tuesday afternoon, the ended the above resolutions were animals were Plafted °* « sl**ial adopted by the Board of County Com- * char^ of their owners and a rec miasioners,—Mebane Leader. |ord run was made fro!M Asheville to' iTopton in order that the dogs mightBUT ONE MEMBER OF FAMILY.1* Put on the trail of ** *Heged LEpT -murderers. The special train made _.the 100-mi!e run in less than four-P. L. Phillips of Graham County Shot:fcura ranning tim* ia sPiUs of the From Ambush and Killed—Search- jfact that H ^ ste*P *™d®= ta ing Smokiec. • .ascend and two mountains to traverseArmed Posse Homing For Jordan, Xt-ben and Williams, Wiggins and Miller Jailed.Asheville, Aug. 25.—With an armed posse searching the Smoky Mountains in the hope of running to earth three additional men who are believed to have been implicated in the assassination of four members of the family of P. J. Phillips, a prominentjbsfare it reached its destination. Two stops were made for water bewtee.i here and the end of the trip.Although it had been 32 hours since Mr. Phillips fell mortally wounded near his home! the , ffSgs .took the trail immediately and' followed it to a pomt-.about‘one-fourth of a mile from' the scene of the murder. The actions of the animals at the place indicated that two men para ted, two .rails branching outfarmer of Graham County, the *n opposite directions. One trail ledRobinsville jail is surrounded by special deputies and well-known citizens who have been sworn in for service to guard Hardy Wiggins and Merritt A. Miller, who, were arrested on a charge of killing Phillips.Fearing that efforts will be made to liberate the two prisoners, it is understood that arrangements will be made to bring them to Asheville into a posse which was looking for the murderers and in the crowd one of the prisoners was found. The doge jumping- upon him, had to be taken off him by iheir owners to save his life. He denied strenuously any knowledge of the manner in which the deceased met death, stating that he was a friend of Mr. Phillips and was desirous of aiding in the searchorder that they may be securely hel-i,for the men charged with the kill-to answer the charge of murder upon which they are detained without bond. The arrest of these two men was effected as the result of the trailing of the prisoners by bloodhounds- which were brought to western North I Carolina from Chattanooga, j Few tragedies in the history of j western North Carolina have createdi | so much excitement as that whicn : j prevails in the community in which- j Mr. Phillips and the members of !j family resided and the posse which[is now scouring the Smoky Mou; tains is preparing to deal with a dea-: perate situation, should its member ! locate Tom Jordan, Jim Nebon and jEd, Williams, who are sought ■ ticipants in the crime which wiped out every member of the Phillips fam-iy except a young boy. Several residents of the Smoky Mountain section who were at Asheville today were no-titled to return to their homes in order that they might join in the chase, and ammunition was shipped to Rob-bmsvilie and surrounding ritwns for the use of the possemen. It is stated that members of the posse have been advised just where the three men eaa.be found and they left there this afternoon with the intention of ad-nxJpojiiLJp Resist.It is charged that the three men Who have not been apprehended are known for their desperate charactersing of the deceased.Returning to the point at which the trail divided, the dogs were put on the other seent and the remaining prisoner was captured at his home several miles away. Like his alleged confederate in the assassination, l»e protested his innocence.
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Burlington Twice A Week Dispatch
Burlington, North Carolina, US
Fri, Aug 27, 1915
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