Bibb County AlArchives News.....A Terrible Thrasher January 1, 1896
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Utica [NY] Daily Press January 1, 1896
An Escaped Convict in Alabama Kills One Man and Robs Seven

Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 31.-Bart Thrasher, the notorious Bibb county outlaw, who 
with six other convicts recently broke out of Pratt Mines penitentiary, turned 
up at Horse Creek last night with an unknown pal and had a night of robbing and 
murdering.

Ben Adair and a farmer named Jones while returning home, were held up by 
Thrasher and his pal, who wore masks and carried pistols. Jones threw up his 
hands when commanded to so so, but Adair resisted, when Thrasher shot him dead. 
The living and dead were robbed. An hour later the outlaws held up at Watchman 
Davis in Ivey Mines and secured his cash and watch. Later on they robbed two 
miners near Victor Mines and concluded by robbing two others at the Mayellen 
mines. The watchman saw Thrasher remove the mask from his face and recognized 
him. The people around Horse Creek are greatly excited over the night's events 
and a strong posse, heavily armed, are searching for the desperadoes, who are in 
hiding in the mountains.

Adair is the third man Thrasher has killed.

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