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ASSASSINATION OF COFFEY. Brave Officer Shot Down From Ambush Near the Empire Mine.WAS FOLLOWING UNION OUTLAWS WHEN KILLED.Party of Unionists Had Fired on Guard Preceding Miners Going Peaceably to WorKFIVE UNION MEN ARE UNDER ARRESTIndignation…

MINE GUARD Killed from Ambush at Empire Mines in Christian County. Detective Murdered as He Search [sic] for Hidden Marauders.Three Men are Under Arrest Charged With Having Fired the Fatal Shot.FIRST BLOOD THAT HAS BEEN SHED Hopkinsville, Ky., Oct.…

SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Union Strikers Under Arrest Suspected of Crime. (By Associated Press.) HOPKINSVILLE, KY., Oct. 26.—Special Officer Robert Coffey, chief of the guards at the Empire Mines, was killed to-day from ambush. He had been leading a…

BLOODSHED AT LAST. Officer Bob Coffey Assassinated at Empire Saturday.Slain While Searching the Woods for a Party of Strikers who Fired on Guards. The reign of lawlessness at Empire on Saturday culminated in the slaughter of Robt. H. Coffey, of…

GUARD KILLED Robert Coffee Assassinated Near Empire Mines. STRIKERS FIRED ON MINERS Coffey Started in Pursuit and Was Shot From Ambus. SEVEN MEN UNDER ARREST Five of Them Are Union Miners and Striker — Excitement Over the Affair. Special…