BACKWOODS DESPERADOES
ATTACK A COURTHOUSE. KILL THREE OFFICIALS. Bj OaWe—Press Association—Copyrigkt. New York, March 14. At Roanoke, Virginia, a mob of mountain outlaws assassinated Judge Massie, Sheriff Webb, and Attorney Foster. An outlaw was being triod for some offence; and his companions descended on the courthouse. The fixed battle which ensued resulted in the death of the court officials. The outlaws' loss is unknown. They escaped to the mountains. CONVICTS DYNAMITE GAOL. MURDER THE WARDERS AND ESCAPE. Received 15, 9.55 p.m. New York, March 15. t Three convicts—Morley, Taylor and Dowd—undergoing sentences for bank robbery and murder in Lincoln, Nebraska, blew up the doors of the gaol with dynamite. They then engaged in a revolver duel with the warders, killed two warders and one usher, wounded another, and escaped,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 221, 16 March 1912, Page 5
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129BACKWOODS DESPERADOES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 221, 16 March 1912, Page 5
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