Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1902 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

Jeff Roberts was shot from ambush and instantly killed.near Duffield, Va., by unknown persons. Walter Spradley shot into a barge filled with excursionists at Spottsville, Ivy., and killed Deputy Sheriff Jesse Mitchell. Hunt & Hutchings, one of the largest brokerage and commission firms In Louisville, Ivy., and a member of the Chicago Board of Trade, has suspended business. Robert Hicks was killed, Thomas Hackett fatally wounded, W. M. Smith shot in the forehead and Henry Hackett seriously stubbed in a fight at Olive Hill, Ivy. John Mooney and Frank Friday were hanged on the sain® scaffold at the State penitentiary at Moundsville, W. Va.. for the murder of James Hervey at Elm Grove over a year ago. Both died protesting their innocence. John Turner, formerly chief of police of Middlesboro, Ivy., was killed by Lee Turner of “Quarter House” fame at “The Narrows,” near Jeliico, Tenn. The latter is reported mortally wounded. The men were cousius, but old enemies. Mrs. George W. Herget was killed during a carousal at her home in Dayton, Ky. Her husband, William Thornton. Frank Kent, Thomas Shields ami William Murray, alias Ford Mattox, have been arrested on the charge of murder. Ilerget is the son of a wealthy distiller, who died at Pekin, 111., two years ago.