Bibb County AlArchives News.....Thrasher Kills His Fifth Man August 14, 1896
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Utica [NY] Daily Press August 14, 1896
Murder the Pastime of an Outlaw in Alabama

Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 14.-Bart Thrasher, the notorious Bibb county outlaw, who 
escaped from Pratt Mines Penitentiary several months ago, killed his fifth man 
to-day.

Four months ago while a Sheriff and a posse were searching for the outlaw in the 
mountains of Bibb county, they came upon his brother, Elisha Thrasher, who was 
aiding Bart to elude arrest, and attempted arrest, Elisha resisted and tried to 
shoot, when the officers killed him.

Bart swore that he would avenge his brother's death by killing every member of 
the posse of ten men that slew his brother. He began the execution of that 
threat to-day. Boldly entering the town of Blocton, in company with his unknown 
pal, he met Chief Deputy Sheriff Griffin, Bass? and shot him dead. Thrasher and 
his pal were armed with Winchester rifles. They defied arrest and escaped, the 
citizens fearing to molest them.

The Sheriff and a posse with bloodhounds are in pursuit, and if the outlaws be 
overtaken a battle is expected. Thrasher is the worst criminal in Alabama, 
having slain three men since his escape from prison.

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