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In the course of five years, several South adherents, who had crossed

Hollman's path, became victims of the laurel ambuscade The theory of

coincidence was strained Slowly, the ruh nofathered it, that before each

of these executions star-chamber conferences had been held in the rooms

above Micah Hollman's "Mammoth Department Store" It was said that

these exclusive sessions were attended by Judge Hollentlemen selected by reason of their marksmanship

When one of these victims fell, John South had just returned fro and thinking

"fotched-on" thoughts He had aht to assist in probing and prosecuting the affair He had then

shocked the co the Grand

Jury to indict not alone the alleged assassin, but also his ee Hollman and Sheriff Purvy Then, he, too, fell

under a bolt froainst the bland capitalist, and

it carried its own proh

Sheriff and chief ally retired frouard Jesse Purvy had built his store at a cross roads twenty-five

miles from the railroad Like Hollman, he had won a reputation for open

-handed charity, and was liked--and hated His friends were legion His

enemies were so numerous that he apprehended violence not only froes in no way related to

the line of feud cleavage The Hollh of its old power to escape the law's retribution and to hold its

dictatorship, but the efforts of John South had not been altogether