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The Resort of Crooks.4London, Ky.—During a general fight J. H. Thomas. Trom Mud Lick. N. C., and a man named Thompson, from Flat Lick, Knox county, were shot near the K. D. bridge In this county. Thomas is shot through the stomach and Is dying. Thompson is shot through the arm, and is seriously , wounded. But Lanham, of Lily, this county, is accused of shooting both men, and has made his escape. The place where the trouble occurred Is known as Heirs Half-Acre, and is a woodland just ouLside the corjoration limbs of Corbin and across Lynn Camp River on the Laurel side. Here many noted crooks congregate, and several men have been killed there within the . last few 'years. The resort is so situated that the city authorities of Corbin can not Interfere with the offences, and they have little trouble In escaping the officers of Laurel and Knox by crossing the county line when they were pursued. Deputy Sheriff VV. X. Scoville, of this city, went to the scene of the fight to-night and placed several men and women under arrest, and will j Oriug them to the London jail to-night.
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Springfield Sun
Springfield, Kentucky, US
Wed, Sep 26, 1906
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