Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1901 — Two U. S. Deputies Killed. [ARTICLE]

Two U. S. Deputies Killed.

John and Hugh Montgomery, both deputy United States marshals, were found dead in teh ruins of a cabin owned by Will Mathis, twelve miles from Oxford, Miss. Their skulls had been crushed in, and the house apparently fired to hide the evidence of the crime. Will Mathis, who is now being pursued by a posse of citizens, was wanted by the federal authorities ov the charge of counterfeiting-