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MURDER AND ARSON IN MUHLENBERG COUNTY Henry Allen Hanged to a Tree Near His Home – Was Under Indictment “Possum Hunters” Outrages Meet With No Hindrance REWARD OFFERED FOR MEN WHO TOOK PART IN HANGING Hillside, Ky., Nov. 14. – Finding of the body…

POSSUM HUNTERS TO BE TRIED Muhlenberg Circuit Court Is In Session At Greenville. Greenville, Ky., Jan. 11. – The regular January term of the Muhlenberg Circuit Court convened here to-dau with Judge John S. Rhea on the bench. The criminal docket…

KILLED BY NIGHTRIDERS Nightriders Wednesday night destroyed Pedro Mohundro, a farmer from his home near Lovelaceville, and shot him to death. Mohundro’s death is the second recently charged to nightriders in Western Kentucky. Previously Henry Allen…

GRAND JURY GETS AFTER THE “POSSUM HUNTERS” In Muhlenberg County and Eleven Alleged Offenders Are Indicted. Greenville, Ky., May 14. - The Muhlenberg Circuit Court adjourned after having been in session three weeks and two days. A number of civil…

Governor Willing To Act. Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 16. - A reward of $200 was offered by Governor James B. McCreary for the apprehension and conviction of “possum hunters” who have been terrorizing four western Kentucky counties during the past few…