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Wheeling Sunday Register
23 Dec. 1888
KENTUCKY VENDETTA

MURDER OF THE LAST WITNESSES
AGAINST THE FRENCH ASSASSINS IN PERRY COUNTY

Louisville, Ky., December 22.,-Reports have just reached here of the murder of John and Andrew Sloan, who were run down and killed in sight of the courtroom in Hindman, Knott County on December 10th.

The affray is the outcome of the celebrated French feud in Perry County, which has lasted since 1876, and in which thirteen men have been murdered. The Sloans were the last surviving witnesses against the Frenches and it is doubtful if they can now be convicted.

Transcribed by G. Marcum
19 Aug. 2008