Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1898 — KILLED IN A FEUD. [ARTICLE]
KILLED IN A FEUD.
Ten Men Meet Death in a Kentucky Family Quarrel—Three Wounded. Louisville, Ky., April 18.—A report cornea from Clay county by way oi Pineville that the Howard-Baker feud has broken out again, and ten men were on Saturday killed and three injured. This feud is only ten days old. Howard and Baker were partners in a logging enterprise. They quarreled and fought. Relatives and friends joined in, and a week ago three of them were killed. Friday morning Alice and Al Baker, who had been arrested and kept tinder guard, broke away and hid in the woods, declaring they would exterminate their enemies. The report of the killing is regarded as Indicating that they are keeping their word. 1 here is no communication with Pineville at this hour.
