People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1893 — Took the Law in Their Own Hands. [ARTICLE]

Took the Law in Their Own Hands.

Union City, Tenn., July 18.—At 12 o’clock Sunday night thirty armed men raided the city and visited a number of disreputable resorts, demolishing the houses and furniture and notifying the inmates to leave the city. Attempts to suppress these resorts by law have failed. Twelve years ago this city was similarly raided. Seven years ago a den of local thieves was broken up and I seven hanged by a mob. Since then ! until recently the city has l>een noted foe its purity. It has 5,000 inhabitants and is one of the most prosperous towns, in the state.