Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — GETTING READY FOR WAR. [ARTICLE]

GETTING READY FOR WAR.

Likely !o Be Bloodshed at Morgan field, Kentucky. The excitement over the Oliver tragedy at Morganfleld and Sturgis, in Union County, Kentucky, has not abated, apd the entire country is still worked up over the affair. It was given out as a fact that friends of the Olivers and other Sturgis citizens have organized a body to lynch the prisoners if justice is not administered properly at the examing trial. It is also stated that friends of the prisoners have organized and will resist any such attempt. Taylor Oliver, the wounded father, is still hovering between life and death. It is believed that his death will tend to further excite the mob, and violence will then be feared more than ever. The ninth man wanted by the authorities is Frank Carter, and It is reported that Detedtive Henry Spencer has captured him. However, he has not arrived in Morganfield. The guard at the Morganfleld jail has been doubled.