Grand Forks Daily Herald
15 November 1910
Desperado is Riddled by Bullets.
"Bad Jake" Noble Killed
When He Resisted Sheriff's Posse in Knott Count,
Kentucky
Lexington, Ky., Nov 14, "Bad Jake" Noble, who shot
and killed Jailer Wesley Turner, of Breathitt County in
Jackson, last Thursday was himself shot to death by a
sheriff's posse in Knott County late today. News tot
that effect was received here tonight. Only meager
details have been received, but it is stated that when
the posse led by the sheriff of Knott County called upon
Noble to surrender, he made a demonstration to resist
and was promptly riddled with shots by member of the
posse. Rewards aggregating $700 had been offered by the
authorities of Breathitt County for the capture of Noble
dead or alive, Noble who was but twenty one years old
had previously killed three people
Transcribed by G. Marcum
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