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
17 August 2008