Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1892 — BALD KNOBBERS IN OFFICE. [ARTICLE]

BALD KNOBBERS IN OFFICE.

Taney County, Missouri, In Control of ti e Gang that Stands for Murder and Outrages. - * At tho rccont election in Taney county. Mo., tho Bald Knobbcrs, who havo Leu i keeping knlet since five of their ringleaders were,hanged tliroe' years ago. carried that county and are again In control of affairs. They are already becoming arrogant and have served notice on several officers, who helped to prosecute them, that they must ieave tho country. The -lawlessness, which for a time was not Ao prevalent, has broke out again. Recently the only church In thd ebunty was turno i and tho neighboring cohni'es have been suffering from depredations by horse .thieves, Taney--eouaky- is-probabl-y the only organized county In the United State? whero the olemont recognize! as lawbreakers constitute a political power.