Shaking Paper: 1850 to 1879 murder leads

this is a draft post published as backup. these are all cases I am working on or need more info on. i'm also in the process of adding them to the timeline

1850 to 1879 murder leads
1880 to 1889 murder leads
1890 to 1899 murder leads
1900 to 1922 murder leads

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Langford, Davidson, 1840s

[] Excerpt from Column 5. The Pilot and Transcript, Baltimore, MD. July 17, 1840. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016475/1840-07-17/ed-1/seq-2/ top of 5th

[July 17, 1840] -

A FATAL AFFRAY. -- Colonel Langford, a prominent citizen of Mount Vernon, Rockcastle county, Ky., was killed a few days ago, by Mr. Davidson, of the same place. Davidson was immediately taken into custody to await his trial. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 1. Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA. June 24, 1842. Page 4. Newspapers.com.

[June 24, 1842] -

On the 14th ult., a man named Davidson is to be executed in Rockcastle county, Ky., for the murder of Mr. Langford; and on the day following George W. Bradshaw will be executed at Yazoo, Miss., for the murder of Mr. Larimer. []

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[] Excerpt from "Again at It." The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH. April 24, 1888. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[April 24, 1888] -

The first man ever hanged in this county was Jonathan Davidson who was hanged in 1852 [1842] for the murder of William Langford, a great-uncle of the boys who fired on Adams to-day. Their only uncle, Henry Langford, was killed in 1873 by William A. Owens. Owens was acquitted for the killing, but James Langford, father of these boys, was ever afterward trying to avenge his brother's death, and it is said waylaid and killed John Pekins near this place in 1874, thinking he was killing Owens. Langford left the State after Pe[r]kins was killed and was gone for more than a year, when he was arrested in Missouri and brought back for trial charged with Pe[r]kins' murder. He remained in Jail for a long time. His case was finally taken to Knox County on a change of venue for trial, where, in 1877, he was tried and acquitted. In the latter part of 1878 he was shot and killed by W. A. Owens, the man who had killed his brother. For this killing also Owens was tried and acquitted. []

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[] Excerpt from "Statistics of Rockcastle County." Mount Vernon Signal, Mt. Vernon, KY. April 24, 1913. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069561/1913-04-25/ed-1/seq-2/

[April 24, 1913] -

John A. Moore [Member of the Legislature from Rockcastle County in] 1834, the lawyer who prosecuted Johnathan Davidson, the first man legally executed in Rockcastle county on charge of the murder of Henry Langford whom be killed by stabbing to the heart on street, between what is now the business houses of J. Fish & Son and U. G. Baker, Main and Second streets, Mt. Vernon. J. L. Joplin, now of Harrodsburg was a witness in the case. The execution took place just West of town at a point about where the home of Emmett Sowder stands. In a speech made by the doomed man, just before the fatal hour, he uttered a curse against Moore and his family saying the prosecuter had hounded a justified man into the grave and stating further "You caused this killing by your dirty work before the murder and afterward prosecuting and persecuting me. You nor any of your family will ever be a success at anything. You have brought me to the gallows. You and yours shall suffer and before many years disappear from the face of the earth." It is said the prophesy was fulfilled. []

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(not sure if this is Ky or Tn) not on timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 2. Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY. March 30, 1853. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[March 30, 1853] -

SHOT. -- A man named Bailey Smotherman, living near the coal banks, on Cumberland river, in Pulaski county, Ky., was shot, about a week since, by a negro named Jim, who was arrested and placed in jail to await his trial. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 2. Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY. April 18, 1853. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[April 18, 1853] -

SUICIDE. -- A negro named Jim, who was recently convicted in the Pulaski, Tenn., Circuit Court of the murder of Bailey Smotherman, committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell in the jail at Knoxville, on Monday last. []

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6th of August, 1855. John Comely for the murder of Stephen Spratt. Garrard. added to timeline

See: Comely v. Commonwealth, Garrard, 1856

i think this was a capital punishment case

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May 1858? and 1860/1861? Lincoln. not on timeline (could not find any May 1858 articles)

[] Excerpt from Column 1. Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 24, 1896. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1896-01-24/ed-1/seq-1/

[January 24, 1896] -

A HANGING. -- At the dead of midnight in May, 1858, the citizens of Stanford were aroused from their slumber by the clatter of horses' feet and were soon made aware of the fact that a mob about 100 strong were approaching the jail for the purpose of wreaking vengeance on a prisoner who had murdered 6 or 8 men. The effected entrance, secured their man and taking him out the Hustonville pike, hung him to a tree by roadside on the top of Cemetery hill. A few years later a negro was legally hung near the bridge on the same pike, in the outskirts of our city, after first being baptized in the St. Asaph. This was 30-odd years ago, but not until

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1860. Boyle Co. not on timeline

[] "Boyle County Jail Unlocked and Two Prisoners Escaped." The Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY. May 29, 1860. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[May 29, 1860] -

BOYLE COUNTY JAIL UNLOCKED AND TWO PRISONERS ESCAPED. -- On Wednesday night the prison cells of the Boyle county jail were unlocked, and two of the four prisoners escaped. Thos. D. McGrath, who some months ago killed Benj. Proctor, and George Anderson, accused of horse stealing. There were two others confined, who say they did not know their cells were unlocked.

The jailor, Mr. Harness, was away from home, and the supposition is that a servant girl, who slept in the room with Mrs. Harness, had been bribed to steal the cell keys. On the morning after the prisoners had gotten out she ran away from home. -- [Frankfort Commonwealth. []

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1860. Pulaski. not on timeline.

June 24/61

Woodstock Pulaski Co Ky.

To his Excellency

Beriah Magoffin

Your petitioner would Respectfully state that In Oct. last before the poleice Judge of Somerset he was fined $18.00 and cost under the following circumstance to wit that one William Mounce (who is now in the state prison) he was and had become a terror to the County and threatened mine together with other mens lives and In the mean time Broke open Robed and after Put astore on fire and I together with others had been Endeaving to arrest him and finally after many days In which the whole County were more or less Engaged he was arrested by same men and carried to town on hearing of his arrest I Immediately went to assist in seeing he was safely guarded on comeing up Mounce and myself had some words not thinking or knowing but what the said Mounce was armed and knowing he had threatened my life, I drew a pistole and Said to him If he felt like carrying out his threat I was Ready for him on being spoken to by the Gentleman having the prisnor In charge and matters Explained I put up my weapon that I had carried for no other Reason but Self Defence the Marshal consiquently notified me to appear before the police but having to go with the prisnor to trial I made no defence and being quite a poor man and Rather a new beginner In the world I feel unable to pay the Same and ask your honer to Remit said fine

John A. Kindrick

P S my address is Woodstock Ky.

We the undersigned would Respectfully State that from what we know and what we have understood that the Statement Set forth by the forgoing petitioner is true and we would Respectfully State that we consider It wrong and quite hard that Mr Kindrick Should Even pay the [...] as the prisnor was an out law and become a terror to the whole community and would have been Linched had he been In many neighbourhoods we hope your honer will Remit Said fine as we consider It ^in^just for Mr. Kindrick to pay It and we dont think there is a man In this County would say he ought to

E. E. Barron

Wm Starns

Logan Owens

W. C. Swinney

David Lee

James Bernard

J. L. Dye

J C Patton

S. Thompson

R. G. Ferrell

Silas Price

Jonas, Sutton

Robert Todd

Henry Warren

Larken Hicks

F G Yancey

John H. Neely

C. Stegall

Wm Greer

R. H. Pierce

Robt. Clark

Harden Wilder

W B Kelly

William Hable

Richard Sowers

Daniel Lewis Sr

Thos L Gaynes

A. C. Surlin

G Q Reynolds

Jeferson Gerber

Armstrong Adams

A B Surber

W D Black

Thomas Z Moroon

County Attorney

T. M. Parchal

C. Greer

John Yancey

G.. Woods

B.. Lawson

James Wilder

Samuel Gipson

Robbert Sell

James Pence

George Coal

Harden Wilder Sr

James Lewis

David Burge

L S Gill

R. Staint

Henry Todd

Wm H Todd

Remitted

B. M

Somerset Po Ct

$18

Jno. A Kindrick

Remission Issd

July 18 1861

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Lincoln? Garrard? 1862? Grove Kennedy / Anderson Hurt. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "The Kennedys." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. December 29, 1877. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[December 29, 1877] -

In 1862, in a fight over a game of cards, Grove Kennedy shot and killed Anderson Hurt. []

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1862? Lincoln. added to timeline (check if Harris was part of Hall's Gap Battl.)

[] "Murder." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 26, 1872. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1872-04-26/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 26, 1872] -

Murder.

The grand jury of this county, at the present term of the Circuit Court, returned two indictments against one James Harris, for murder. It is charged that during the war, Harris, being one of the "Bridgewater gang," aided in killing two Confederate soldiers who had been parolled during Bragg's retreat from this State. []

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[] Excerpt from "Lincoln Circuit Court." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 25, 1872. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1872-10-25/ed-1/seq-3/

[October 25, 1872] -

The case of the Commonwealth vs. Jas. S. Harris, charged with murdering two Confederate soldiers, Doctors Bell and Ried [Reid], in 1862, was called on Wednesday afternoon, and after much delay a jury was empalmed [sic] on Thursday morning, composed of the following gentleman: B. T. Brown, T. B. Robinson, George Vaughn, W. A. Hayes, Samuel H. Helm, G. P. Ramsey, Liberty Green, R. S. Tucker, T. J. Robinson, R. C. Huston, G. W. Alford, and L. M. Powell. The entire day was consumed in examining the witnesses. The proof will be argued to-day. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local Brevities." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 14, 1873. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1873-02-14/ed-1/seq-3/

[February 14, 1873] -

At the October term of our Circuit Court, the jury in the case of the Commonwealth against James Harris, charged with the murder of Dr. Bell, in 1862, failed to make a verdict, and the defendant gave bail in the sum of $500. About two weeks ago he left this vicinity for parts unknown. []

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Fall 1862. Garrard? not on timeline

[] W. D. Carpenter to Thomas E. Bramlette, n.d., Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, BR42-101, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition: Early Access, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-3286, (accessed July 14, 2017).

(Document not dated.)

To his Exilency

Thomas E. Bramlette, Govenor of Kentucky

Sir

Your Petitioners who sign this Petition would Respectfully represent = That in the fall of 1862 while following up the retreating army of Braggs on their way out of this state, Col Wolford sent a sqad of men under command of Adjutant W. D. Carpenter of the First Ky Cav from Crab Orchard Ky across towards the Big hill road, to arrest deserters and stragglers from the Rebel Army, and did arrest a great many, and that Carpenter sent Sergeant J. W. Ross, down a road some half mile from where he was on duty, and while there a man by name of McClure a stranger to Ross came up dressed considerably like a rebel soldier, whom Ross ordered to surrender, when McCure drew a pistol and snapped at Ross, when Ross fired and killed him; he was afterward tried by Court Martial and acquitted said Ross was mustered out of the army last Spring and came home, took part in the election for the amendment candidate in Garrard County, which caused Rebel Citizens to indict him before the Grand jury for Murder. In order as we believe to incarcerate him in jail or cause him to leave the country and we Resptly petition your Exilency to pardon him. he was a faithful Soldier and is a good citizen.

Adjutant Carpenter will make oath to the above statements.

We are very Resptly

Your Obt Servts

W D Carpenter []

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[] Ben Slavin, Affidavit, 13 September 1865, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, BR15-362 to BR15-363, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition: Early Access, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-2421, (accessed July 14, 2017).

[September 13, 1865] -

At the August Term of the Garrard Circuit Court, the Grand Jury of Said County, Indicted James W Ross for the Murder of McClure with Malace aforethought. The Circumstances Connected with the affair So far as I Know them, are as follows,

In the fall of 1862, a few days after Braggs Army Pressed through our County on the retreat, Myself & Bro. John L. Slavin were Arrested by a ditachment of Col. Wolfords Redgment at my Fathers House, Some three Miles from our Homes — being Anxious to see our Fameles we ast. of Lt W D Carpenter the Commander of the squad. Permission to go by home, we also requested Ja W Ross to go with us (we feared being arrested by some other Soldiers& perhaps would. That might not treat us well we therefore wished to be in his Custody) He (Ross) agreed to go by permesson of Lt,, Carpenter, which was granted; on the way, I was detained by Dennis Ryon a few Moments, which gave them (Ross & my Brother) Some distance the start within about fifty yards of them (Brother & Ross)

I met McClure ^or a man I learned afterwards was McClure^. I at the Same time Saw that They (my Brother & Ross) had stopd & Ross tourned back, when I met Ross I ast him where he was a going. He answer: To See who that fellow was. That he beleived him to be a rebel Soldier & perhaps a spy and ast me if I new him I told him I did not, and told him to be careful, that he had a pistole & might shoot him

I did not notice them any moore (not expecting any violence) until I heard Ross hollow Halt, I tourned my head & saw McClure tourn to the left & a cross the road & Ross rode up to him. From their actions I Judged they had Some words, I was not near enoughf to hear what was Said by this time I had overtaken my Brother My attention was next attracted by the firing. at the 2nd fire McClure fell from his Horse. he then rose on his hand and fell over near the fence. Ross then got off of his Horse about the place where McClure fell & picked up something. that I Supposed was McClures pistole which I afterward understood to be so, he (Ross) then got on his Horse and rode back to his command. I believing the man was dead. and also that he at least might ^be^ the advance of a rebel squads. we did not go back to him but went on home, as we passed we told a neghbour. Mr F J Corne what had, occured.

They had picked up a number of rebel soldiers, & had them under guard before we Left them to go home

Ben F Slavin

Sworn to and subcred before me this by Benjamin Slavin this 13th day of September 1865

James H Henry J P G C

I concur with the Statement of B, F, Slavin. & also state that B F Slavin was not up with us when Ross [tourned] back to See McClure. & also state that we he beleived him. McC was a rebel & perhaps a spy & so stated. I was the witness and only one before the Grand Jury

Jno L Slavin

Sworn to & Subscribed before me by John L Slavin Sept 15th 1865.

James H Henry J P G C

Garrard Cir Ct
vs
Wm Ross
Pardoned 2nd Octr/65 []

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[] John W. Letcher et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 25 September 1865, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, BR15-364 to BR15-365, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-2422, (accessed February 13, 2019).

[September 25, 1865] -

His Excellency Thomas E. Bramlett. Gov of Ky.

Your petitioners citizens of Garrard co. would respectfully represent that at the last August term of the Garrard circuit Court The Grand Jury Among other rather remarkable things indicted Wm Ross for the murder of McClure. We are Satisfied that the facts of the Case are ~~about~~ Substantially as follows, on the retreat of Braggs Army from Ky in the fall of 1862, a Squad ^of Federal Soldiers^ was sent out from Crab Orchard, in the direction of the Big Hill to look after & pick up straggling rebels that were supposed to be in that part of the Country. Lieut W. D. Carpenter was in Command of said Squad in the upper portion of Garrard Co. but a few miles from where John Morgan was ~~Campt~~ Camped. The said Wm Ross was directed to take Charge of John L. Slavin & Ben F. Slavin who were prisoners & permit them to go by their houses — They met McCluer dressed some like a rebel Soldier. ~~Carpe~~ Ross went back towards him, halted him & Called on him to surrender, which he did not do but drew his pistol, shots were fired & Ross Killed him, no person was near but the slavins & they were some distance off — the parties believe that rebels were upon them & hastened to join the Command. McClure was a Stranger to Ross & the Slavins, the slavins were citizens of Garrard Co. & are men of good Character for veracity but have been rebel sympathisers — It turned out that McCluer was not a rebel Soldier, but was a citizen of Rockcastler Co. —

By Common Consent Ross was regarded as guilty of ~~any~~ no ~~thing~~ crime, whatever in the matter, but that he had acted in good faith in the discharge of ^at least^ a supposed duty & this opinion has been acquiessed in until these "Conservators of the ^Peace"^ & Vindicators of ~~the~~ Violated law," the grand Jury ^of Garrard Co.^ decided otherwise —

Ross was in the Federal service & was one of said squad he has served three years. was a good soldier & is a good citizen, Believing that Federal Soldiers ought not now to be harrassed by rebels, for acts done by Said Soldiers in the line of duty during the war. We ask your Excellency pardon said Ross.

Sept. 25. 1865 —

John W Letcher
H. S. Burnam
George Dunn
John Watson
G, P, Brown
John V, L, Brown
R. Hackley
S M Sackey
B. F. Pheriss
C C [Storm]
L R McMurtry
C. I. Spilman
William Sellers
S. C. Henderson
Davis Layton
A, J, Burnam
John Rowans Jailor
William Ray, M, D,
J. Q. A. Walker
Wm H, Kinnaird

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Laswell, Farwell,
Green, Aiken / Aikens

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Wayne County. 1861-1865? not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. December 1, 1871. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[December 1, 1871] -

MAN CONDEMNED TO BE HUNG IN WAYNE COUNTY. -- At the late term of the Wayne Circuit Court, in Monticello, William Ayres was tried on the charge of murdering during the war, one Morgan Daffren, and after a fair and impartial hearing, he was condemned to be hung on the second Saturday in February next. We are told that the condemned man during the whole trial manifested the most stolid indifference; and when the sentence of death was pronounced by Judge Fox, he only said in reply to the usual question -- "You may kill the body but you cannot kill the soul!" Ayres was defended by J. S. Van Winkle, of Danville, P. W. Hardin, of Harrodsburg, and Judge Sallee, of Monticello, and prosecuted by M. H. Owsley, Commonwealth's Attorney. Great interest was manifested in the trial. Jesse Bell is in jail at Monticello, charged with being a confederate of Ayres' in the murder. []

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[] Excerpt from "Kentucky News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 30, 1872. Page 2. LOC.

[August 30, 1872] -

The execution of Wm. Ayres, the accomplice of Bell in the murder of a Confederate soldier in Wayne county, is to take place at Monticello to-day. We were informed a few days ago that he had become a raving maniac. If this is true the execution will probably not take place. []

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likely non-fatal but I don't have an 1860s non-fatal list. Pulaski. not on timeline

[] John Osburn to Thomas E. Bramlette, n.d., Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, BR17-20 to BR17-21, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition: Early Access, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-2767, (accessed July 20, 2017).

[September? 1865] -

To his Excellency Gov Thos E Bramallte

Your Petitioner John Osburn States that the September Term 1865 of the Pulaski Circuit Court, a judgement was taken by Confession against him for the Sum of $25 for the offense of participating in an affray — He states that he was not guilty but that in the midst of the disturbance which occurred on the 1st day of the last July Term of sd court, there was so much confusion, that it was impossible to get a correct history of the affair — He was a Lt in the state Guard and was endeavoring to quiet the difficulty — but the excitement ran so high — and the evidence so conflicting, that Justice could not be done by a trial. For this reason he confessed a Judgement, trusting to executive clemency — Wherefore he prays that sd fine be remitted —

John Osburn —

The undersigned concur in the prayer of the Petition

W S Carpenter

W F Ascott

M, E, Ingram

Allen. J. Cox

John M. Fight

john [...]

S, F, Tomlinson

Calloway Ashley

J M Sandifer

J. S, Burk

R J Lester

J. E. Cosson

Jno M Hail

Wm Waddle

S M Hall

M G Richardson

W E Vaught

Josephus Meece

W. B. Moore

Wiley [...]

D. H. Denton

E D Perch

The undersigned was present at the affray alluded to by Petitioner. From what I saw I am satisfied that Lt Osburn was endeavoring to quiet the difficulty and took no part in untill he was fined on and wounded — I concur with the petitioners in their prayer for relief

Thos Z Morrow

Pulaski Cir Ct

Petition of Osburn John For remission of fine imposed at the Sept Term 1865 Pulaski Circuit Court

$25.

Remitted 11 Dec 1865

Remit

hand to Col T Z Morrow, Senate

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another for a 1860s non-fatal list. Pulaski. not on timeline.

[] W. D. Carpenter et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 13 September 1865, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, BR15-202, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition: Early Access, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-2315, (accessed July 20, 2017).

[September 13, 1865] -

Somerset Kentucky

September 13th 1865,

To his Exilency

Thomas E. Bramlette

Governor of Kentucky

The undersigned petitioners would Resplly represent that about two weeks since Solomon Turpen a returned Federal Soldier met in the road a returned Rebel as we have been informed with a rebel uniform Coat on and Mr Turpen believing it to be such, pulled it off of him and slapped him for which Turpen was tried before the County judge and fined $1700 and costs, we Resptly petition you to remit the fine of said $1700 now resting against Solomon Turpen.

Very Resptly

Your obt Servts

J M Sandifer P. J.

Thos Z Morrow County atty

W D Carpenter atty.

M. E. Ingram

E. F. Hays

H Dugan

Wiley Turpen

Pulaski County

Judge

Remit

Solomon Turpen

$17.

20 Sept/65

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1865? to 1867. multiple cases need to track down. not on timeline
this whole article is in the Bridgewater post.

[] Excerpt from "Kentucky Regulators." The Tri-Weekly Standard, Raleigh, NC. August 3, 1867. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042146/1867-08-03/ed-1/seq-2/

[August 3, 1867] -

Some of the most noticeable of their acts are the the following: Hanging of John Taylor until he was almost dead; hanging of William Taylor, his brother, until he was dead; attack on the negro population of Lebanon, gutting stores and shooting at terror-stricken and fleeting citizens; hanging of William Goode, Clem Crowds, and Tom Stevens; hanging, in a graveyard, of a negro named Al McRoberts; attempting to capture Edward Brown, the Regulators being driven off, one of their number killed and two wounded; the next night they burned Brown's house; in April last they hung Jerry Trowbridge, at Danville, and Alfred Jennings, in Washington County; Thomas Carrier was taken from the jail and hung in Danville, and an attempt made to hang Lewis Halligan, but he escaped. The same night the Regulators fired on a negro, but he got away, and then they took out Thomas Carrier, mentioned above, and hung him in sight of his agonized family. They next attempted to hang William Bennington, near Perryville, but he hid away. On May 7 they took Thomas Gabeheart from the jail at Campbellsville and hung him. On the 3rd of June they captured John Devine, who in attempting to escape, was shot in the back and then hung to a tree. Capt. William Shively, for speaking against the mob, was shot at, but escaped. The same mob drove from their homes Gen. Fry, Capt. Goodloe and Hon. John Harlin, and hung two negroes in Jessamine County. Attempts were made to seize Davis and White, citizens of Mercer County, and J. D. Hale was compelled to flee for his life. David Warren, a colored man, was killed, and Thomas Beggarly, John Crowdus, Rineheart (white,) and three negroes whipped. Mr. Goode and family, Henry Crowdus, William Wilson, Crosby Elliott, James Crowdus, J. J. Nash, Hutchison Speed, Riley Crowdus, Eddie Brown, Thomas Beggarly, George Elliott, and several other citizens whose names we do not know, have been driven from their homes. []

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E.D. Kennedy / Wyatt Walker. 1865? Garrard. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 28, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-02-28/ed-1/seq-3/

[February 28, 1879] -

UNFORTUNATE. -- Mr. E. B. Kennedy, who was indicted at the present term of the Garrard Circuit Court for killing a negro, will deliver himself to the authorities of that county to-day, and demand a speedy trial, and in the event a trial can not be had, will make application for bail. The unfortunate killing was done in 1865, and if it was murder Mr. Kennedy should have been made the penalty of the offense then; but there is considerable sympathy expressed for him now, as, for ten years, at least, he has forsaken the wayward tendency of his youth, married a most estimable lady, and become one of the most sober, industrious and worthy citizens of the Hustonville neighborhood. He has taken no part whatsoever in the rows of his relatives, but has been content to remain at home and attend strictly to his own business. We are by nature opposed to condoning of any crime, but it does seem that Mr. Kennedy's conduct since the regretted offense should weigh strongly in his favor. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 28, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-02-28/ed-1/seq-3/

[February 28, 1879] -

Among the large number of indictments found this Court is one against E. B. Kennedy, for killing a negro in 1865, and the old one against W. F. Kennedy for the murder of Frank Johnson in 1863, was taken from its long resting place in the Circuit Clerk's office and reinstated. []

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[] Excerpt from "Garrard County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 7, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-03-07/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 7, 1879] -

COURT ITEMS. -- On Saturday, the Grand Jury adjourned after finding more than eighty indictments. Among these was one against E. D. Kennedy, of Lincoln, for the killing of a colored man, named Wyatt Walker, thirteen years ago. Another against W. F. Kennedy, for killing Frank Johnson, sixteen years ago. The former was accompanied here by quite a retinue of gentlemen from Lincoln, who testified to his character as a peaceful and popular citizen ever since the fatal day when whisky branded him as a murderer. He was released in the sum of $7,000 to appear in April, by change of venue at the Lincoln Court. []

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[] Excerpt from "Circuit Court." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 2, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-05-02/ed-1/seq-3/

[May 2, 1879] -

Case of Thomas Cain for murder, and that of E. D. Kennedy, for same offense, were continued until the July Criminal Term. []

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[] Excerpt from "Petitions for Pardons." List of pardons granted by Governor Luke P. Blackburn, from September 3, 1879 to March 23, 1881. Kentucky Legislative Documents, Volumes 2 and 3. Pages 5 and 97. Googlebooks.

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[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 24, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-10-24/ed-1/seq-3/

[October 24, 1879] -

The trial of the case against E. B. Kennedy for murder, in which a change of venue had been gotten from Garrard county, commenced on Tuesday evening, when eight jurors were obtained out of the regular panel and from bystanders. Finding it a slow business the Court ordered the Sheriff to summon twenty men from the country and adjourned till the following morning, when the remaining four jurors were obtained. The testimony was, that in November 1866, when he was 18 years old, Mr. Kennedy was with a party in search of horse thieves. He was under the influence of liquor, and on meeting Wyatt Walker, a colored man, drew his pistol, and saying, "I'll get him," raised it to fire, when Walker replied, "Certainly Mars Eb, you ain't going to shoot me." Kennedy fired, however, missed and fired again, the ball entering the negro's back and produced a wound from which he died after lingering thirty days. It was also proved that Kennedy was put to bed shortly after committing the deed, where he slept off the effects of his drunkenness, and he was surprised next morning when told of his yesterday's work. Previous to the time of the shooting, Kennedy, who is a relative of the Garrard stock, had been a wild, reckless youth, fond of whisky and rows, but the realization of his terrible shot seemed to awaken him to a consideration of the life he was leading, and he began to thoroughly reform. Two or three years afterwards he was married to an estimable young lady, the daughter of Mr. Samuel Givens, of this county, and soon thereafter moved from Garrard to near Hustonville, where he has lived a sober, upright and honest, life as was proved by a score of the best men of his neighborhood in which he lives. Besides this evidence of good character and public esteem, the defense offered no testimony, and the whole examination lasted but two hours. Short speeches were made by Col. Hill and the Commonwealth's Attorney, and after an hour's retirement the jury reported that they were unable to agree and were discharged. They stood eight for two years in the Penitentiary, three for acquittal, and one that would have agreed to an acquittal verdict. Mr. Kennedy then gave bail in the sum of $6,000 and was released. It is understood that the Governor had signified his intention to pardon him in the event of a hung jury, and he will no doubt do so as once, as over 1,600 signed a petition to him praying for that end.

LATER. -- A telegram announces his pardon. []

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[] Excerpt from "Lenient Luke [Blackburn]." The Courier Journal, Stanford, KY. October 30, 1879. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[October 30, 1879] -

OCT. -- E. B. Kennedy, Garrard. While hunting horse thieves fifteen years ago got drunk and killed a negro. Since reformed, and has a family. Tried in Lincoln last week and jury hung. Long petition of citizens and officials. []

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1865? Lincoln County. added to timeline (checked newspapers.com)

[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 6, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-04-06/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 6, 1877] -

After Many Days. -- Twelve years ago Charles Yocum, then a citizen of this county, killed James Gibson, who lived near where the King's Mountain Tunnel now is. The deadly fray commenced in a trivial dispute, and ended as above narrated. Since that time, Yocum has been a fugitive, and after many hardships and vicissitudes, settled down near Carollton, in this State, married, and now with a wife and five children to share his sorrow and disgrace, he has at last come to judgment. Mr. E. B. Caldwell, who was Sheriff of this county at the time of the murder, learned a short time ago of the whereabouts of Yocum. He started at once for Carroll, and, and assisted by the Sheriff of that county, arrested Yocum, and brought him to jail here. We understand there was a reward offered of $300 for his arrest. []

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[] Excerpt from "Circuit Court Notes." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 4, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-05-04/ed-1/seq-3/

[May 4, 1877] -

Charles Yocum, white, on a trial for murder committed 12 years ago, was given 5 years. []

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1865. Pulaski County. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "From Marion County." The Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY. September 26, 1867. Page 4. Newspapers.com.

[September 26, 1867] -

THE ANTI-REGULATORS

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The leader of this party is James Wilson... He belonged to the State Guard in 1865--killed a man in Pulaski County in that year... []

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1866. Boyle. McAndrews / Halligan. not on timeline.

[] Excerpt from "Letter from Danville, KY." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. May 4, 1866. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[May 4, 1866] -

THE LATE AFFRAY IN DANVILLE.

Contrary to general belief, the late shooting affray in Danville resulted in the next thing to an acquittal. The case was submitted to the court without argument, and his Honor in summing up the testimony remarked, "that the evidence on the part of the Commonwealth, excepting two expressions used by McAndrews, the deceased, went strongly to establish and act of murder in the first degree, but the evidence on the part of the defense admitted of some extenuation, and he would accordingly hold the accused to bail in the sum of $2,000 to appear for trial at the next August term of the Boyle Circuit Court," whereupon the prisoner's counsel went his bail, and he was released from custody. After the deed was committed, Halligan was heard to remark as he passed up the main throughfare: "I have killed him." When asked, "who?" he replied: "I don't know. He said he was a Morgan man and indorsed John Morgan, and that was more than I could stand." Yet the dying testimony of McAndrews was to the effect that he did not know the reason for the attack. Thus has closed another of those bloody encounters which sent another human being, however desperate his career might have been, into the presence of his Maker, wholly unprepared, and permitted the perpetrator to roam at will, exonerated by his friends from the least particle of blame. []

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1866. Lincoln. not on timeline.

[] Excerpt from Column 3. The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. July 3, 1866. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[July 3, 1866] -

TRAGEDY AT CRAB ORCHARD. -- We learn that, on yesterday morning, a man was killed, his father badly cut, and his brother severely wounded, by a fourth party, at Crab Orchard Springs. The names of the parties and the origin of the difficulty we did not definitely learn. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 3. The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. July 4, 1866. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[July 4, 1866] -

THE CRAB ORCHARD TRAGEDY. -- In regard to the killing business at Crab Orchard, mentioned by us briefly yesterday, we learn that the difficulty originated in an old family grudge. Several members of one family met one of the opposing party, and began a difficulty. The single party shot two of his opponents, a father and son -- the latter fatally -- and with a heavy knife seriously wounded a brother of the deceased man. While we have seen a half dozen men from Crab Orchard, not one could give us the names of the parties. []

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1866. Lincoln. Hark Campbell / Lee Huffman. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. November 26, 1866. Page 4. Newspapers.com.

[November 26, 1866] -

THE SHOOTING AT CRAB ORCHARD. -- Mention has been made of the killing of a man at Crab Orchard. It appears that he was a feeble-minded old man, named Hark Campbell, and had bee skylarking with some boys and had jokingly threatened one of them with a pistol. One of the boys got a pistol from another room and presented it int he face of Campbell and fired. The ball passed into the unfortunate man's brain. He remained insensible for an hour and then expired. The boy's name is Lee Huffman, and he is about ten years old. []

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1866. Pulaski. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "From Pulaski County." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. September 27, 1866. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[September 27, 1866] -

The Circuit Court opens here on Monday and we have several important criminal cases, including a few for murder on the docket. I will keep you daily advised of the proceedings as they are developed. []

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no body found? 1866? Lincoln. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 15, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-08-15/ed-1/seq-3/

[August 15, 1879] -

BELL ACQUITTED. -- About 13 years ago, a negro boy was missing from Hustonville, in this [Lincoln] county, whose name was Tom Carpenter. Last week Mr. Walker Bell was arrested and tried before an examining Court here, charged with the murder of the negro. After an investigation, the two Magistrates, Carson and Portman, said that the Commonwealth had failed to prove that Mr. Bell was the one who committed the murder, and they at once set him at liberty. []

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1866.

(The defendant may have been hanged or lynched so I list this here, but I highly doubt the crime he was accused of actually happened. Former slaveholders, especially those with a position of power in society, used accusations like this to destroy individuals demanding fair wages and/or working conditions. The alarmist rhetoric of the second article shows how this worked as a call to violence against freedmen in general )

not on timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. August 17, 1866. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[August 17, 1866] -

Near Mt. Vernon, Kentucky, some time last week, the wife of the Judge of the Rockcastle Circuit Court, sent a negro boy, fifteen or sixteen years old, into the spring house for some person, and her little daughter, four or five years of age, accompanied him. They were absent so long that they were sent after, when the negro was caught in the act of ravishing her. The negro has been arrested. It was with much difficulty that the people were kept from taking the law into their own hands. []

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[] "Brutal Outrage." The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH. August 23, 1866. Page 4. Newspapers.com.

[August 23, 1866] -

(From the Louisville Courier.)

Brutal Outrage by a Negro in Rockcastle County -- He Attempts to Ravish a Little Girl.

Another of those terrible outrages, so common all over the country, was attempted on a little daughter of Hon. Granville Pearl, near Mount Vernon, in Rockcastle County, Ky., the other evening about dark. The child is only four or five years of age.

The facts, as we gather them, are substantially as follows:

The negro is about grown, living in the kind and humane family of Mr. P., who is Judge of the Twelfth Judicial District.

He induced the child to go to the cave spring with him to hold a candle while he got some water. The child went, and there the inhuman and devilish creature attempted to carry out his hellish designs. The cries of the child attracted the mother, and on going to her relief she found what had been done. We omit the sickening details.

The negro fled, but was hunted down and captured, and is, we learn, now on trial for her life -- the Rockcastle Court being in session. We shall furnish your readers the result of the investigation.

It was with much difficulty that the populace could be restrained from hanging him to a limb without judge or jury. Much excitement prevailed in town as our informant left.

What can be done to put a final stop to such enormous brutalities? Is there a father or brother, or mother or sister, or any decent person in all the land, whose blood does not run cold at the bare recital of the deed?

Whose child is entirely safe from the black infamy and treachery of these devillish brutes, newly awakened to a sense of freedom and personal security guaranteed by "Freedmen's Bureau" and "Civil Rights" bills? The death penalty is too mild for them -- their misery too soon over. A slow torture of untold agency should be meted out to every perpetrator of such a damning crime, be he black or white! I am no advocate of mob law -- but the "law's delays" would be too slow for me, were such an outrage perpetrated on a child of mine.

MENTOR.

Stanford, Ky., August 18, 1866. []

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1866. Pulaski. added to timeline

[] “Shooting Affray at Somerset, Ky.” Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY. October 5, 1866. Page 1. Genealogybank.com.

[October 5, 1866] -

SHOOTING AFFRAY AT SOMERSET, KY. -- We learned of a shooting affray at Somerset last Tuesday, the particulars of which we were unable to obtain. A difficulty occurred between two men named Reed and Howell, in which the latter was shot in the head and mortally wounded by the former. Reed escaped, but was closely pursued by the officers at last accounts. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. October 5, 1866. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[October 5, 1866] -

FATAL AFFRAY AT SOMERSET, KY. -- Our correspondent at Somerset, Ky., informs us of a fatal shooting affair that occurred on Tuesday. He says: "Two young men, named Reed and Howell, got into a quarrel about some trifling matter. Pistols were resorted to, and the difficulty settled by the killing of Howell. At the present writing Howell is not dead, but cannot live but a few hours, as he is shot through the head. Officers are in pursuit of Reed, who immediately fled on the commission of the deed. Several shots were exchanged, two of which took effect, one passing through Howell's hand. I [have?] not learned that Reed was hit." []

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1866. Pulaski. added to timeline

[] "Row in Somerset." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. November 22, 1866. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[November 22, 1866] -

ROW IN SOMERSET.

A Drunken Revel--Killing of a Self-constituted Officer.

[Special Correspondence of the Louisville Journal.]

SOMERSET, KY., Nov. 19.

On Thursday night, at Flat Lick, in this county, a party of disreputable men were assembled at a disreputable house for purposes of debauch. During the night a negro entered the house and made a formal arrest of one of the inmates, by presenting a pistol and in due military form commanding him to surrender, charging the prisoner with having stolen a watch, the property of the ebon officer. The purpose and object of this functionary are not fully known, as they are not disclosed during his brief stay on earth. He, however, held his prisoner in terrorem, till, getting sleepy, he laid down on a bed, pistol in hand, and fell asleep. The prisoner, availing himself of the opportunity, effected his escape. After securing a pistol he returned and found his late captor still slumbering at his post. He thereupon aroused him to a sufficient degree of consciousness to tell him that he was prepared to meet his adversary, and then fired his pistol's contents through the heart of the negro, precipitating him into that interminable sleep that knows no waking. Sic transit gloria mundi. []

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1866. Pulaski. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Notes of Current Events." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 10, 1882. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1882-01-10/ed-1/seq-2/

[January 10, 1882] -

The officers of Somerset have received a telegram from I. A. Powell, Sheriff of Elk county, Kansas, notifying them of the arrest of Jim Loge Lair, who is charged with the murder of Wils Alcorn, in Pulaski county, in 1866. []

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[] Excerpt from "Pulaski County." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 13, 1882. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1882-01-13/ed-1/seq-3/

[January 13, 1882] -

James S. Lair, charged with the murder of Alcorn, in 1865, was brought back, to-day in charge of the Sheriff of Elk county, Kansas. Four others, charged with complicity in the crime, were tried and acquitted about the time of the murder. Lair was captured, but broke away from his guards and was not heard of until a few days since. []

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[] Excerpt from "Notes of Current Events." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 14, 1882. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1882-02-14/ed-1/seq-2/

[February 14, 1882] -

A dispatch from Somerset says that the pardon of Jim Loge Lair was found in the clerk's office Friday, and the man was released from jail. He wept like a child when the pardon was shown him in prison. The pardon was dated January 22, 1867, and signed by Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor, and John S. VanWinkle, Secretary of State. Lair is the man who was charged with the killing of Wils. Alcorn in 1866, and was arrested in Kansas about a month ago and brought to that place. []

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1860s? not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Circuit Court." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 3, 1878. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1878-05-03/ed-1/seq-3/

[May 3, 1878] -

Doc Nelson, negro, who was arrested on a charge of killing a Federal soldier a number of years ago, was released yesterday, the Grand Jury failing to discover sufficient evidence to find an indictment against him. []

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not on timeline. Rockcastle. 1868.

[] "From Mount Vernon." The Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY. August 19, 1868. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[August 19, 1868] -

Austin Stanton, a laborer on the railroad, was found dead yesterday morning (Sunday), in McCan's out, in this place. An inquest was held, and the jury concluded that he had been killed by some unknown person. He had evidently been robbed; he was known to have had some money. When found his pockets were turned inside out -- a memorandum book and other papers scattered near where he lay. []

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this looks like it might be Marion County instead of Boyle. 1869. not on timeline

[] "The Gallows Tree." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. August 10, 1869. Page 4. Newspapers.com.

[August 10, 1869] -

THE GALLOWS-TREE.

Lynching of a Three-thousand-acre Farmer near Lebanon.

A private letter received in this city yesterday states that on last Friday night a party of fifteen men, masked and mounted, went to the houses of James Crowders, fourteen miles beyond Lebanon, on the Lebanon and Danville pike, and taking him out a short distance from the house, hanged him to the limb of a tree. The lynchers quieted his wife by holding a loaded revolver to her head.

It is said that Crowders was a very kind old gentlemen, and much esteemed, but there were reports that he was concerned in some large swindles. He was sixty-five years of age. He owned some three thousand acres of land near Lebanon, and before the war owned a large number of negroes.

Within a month, it is said, three men have been taken out and hung by the party that lynched Crowders. []

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[] "The Regulators." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. August 29, 1869. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[August 29, 1869] -

THE REGULATORS.

Marion County and its Troubles -- The Call for Militia -- A Batch of Indictments -- Clear Statement of the Situation.

(Correspondence of the Courier-Journal.)

ELIZABETHTOWN, KY., August 28, 1869.

Seeing a good many strictures upon the sending of the militia out to Marion, some condemning the movement, others treating it lightly or ridiculing it. I have determined to give you a few facts connected with the matter, that you may use as you see fit.

There exists in a district of Marion, cornering upon Boyle and Washington, a complete reign of terror, a band of twenty men perhaps, going about sometimes in a body, sometimes individually, plundering and killing in a manner that often seems to be dictated by a mere idle desire to shed blood or frighten. The good citizens, fearing the anger of these men, seem to content themselves with the idea that they will be unmolested so long as they do nothing to incur their resentment. With this idea added to their fear of the band, they have refused to give information to the authorities, and most of them fly from the approach of an officer with a summons before the grand jury as the criminals themselves. Such being the case, the Judge and Commonwealth's Attorney, with the best citizens of Lebanon, asked the Governor to send at once 100 men from some other portion of the State. Accordingly, the troops were called upon at Louisville. They responded with most commendable alacrity, and in a few hours were on their way thither. The Judge directed them to be placed in this infected district. They were camped in the midst of it, near the house of Crowdus, who was hung a few weeks ago. The people were assured that the troops were sent there to protect them against these outrages; that they would stay as long as they might be necessary for that purpose; that they could do nothing unless the people recovered from their fright and came and gave information all to who these parties were, that they might be indicted and arrested. By degrees they began to pluck up courage, and, relying upon the promise of protection, they have begun to go forward and testify. Six indictments were brought day before yesterday, and it is thought eight or ten will be brought in today. As soon as the writs shall be issued these troops, mounted, will be sent in pursuit of the parties, and will either arrest them or run them entirely out of the country. These men are not regulators, but outlawed desperadoes, whose murders are committed from malice.

It is said that a great expense is being incurred, when the duty might have been performed without expense by the Federal troops stationed at Lebanon. There are two answers to that: First, Kentucky is able to take care of her affairs. We have had quite enough of Federal soldiers without placing ourselves in their power by invoking their aid. Second, the troops now at Lebanon were sent there nearly eighteen months ago to arrest Northcraft for killing a negro. They have not accomplished it, although Northcraft is to be seen at every public gathering in the county heavily armed and defying the Federal troops. When the State troops remain there for months without accomplishing anything, then it will be time to claim for the Federal troops superior effeciency.

A little over 150 men were taken out, but, finding such a number unnecessary any longer, after it was shown that a considerable force could be promptly sent there whenever wanted, a little more than half of them were ordered back. There are now forty-five men there. The movement has had a very wholesome effect, and I doubt not the final results will be in every way satisfactory. CIPHER. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 2. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. March 16, 1877. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[March 16, 1877] -

Judge Owsley will go to Lebanon, next Monday, to sit as a special Judge in the trial of the Northcraft murder case. []

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two cases. one 1864/1865? Rockcastle Co, Baird / Adkins -- the other 1876? whitley? added to timeline 1865 Atkins/Baird only

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[] Excerpt from "State News." The Ohio County News, Hartford, KY. June 21, 1876. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[June 21, 1876] -

Frankfort Yeoman: -- The Mountain Echo records the brutal murder of the widow Faulkner, who resided near Boston, Whitley county, Ky., on the night of June 2, her person being mutilated and her throat cut from ear to ear. Mrs. Faulkner was part owner of the ferry across the clear fork of the Cumberland river, and was known to carry $200 in a belt around her person. This money was missing when her body was found; and her partner in the ferry, David Atkins, has been arrested and lodged in jail at Williamsburg, on suspicion of having committed the horrid deed. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 2, 1877. Page 3. LOC.

[March 2, 1877] -

The Sheriff of Knox county passed up this week, having in charge David Atkins, of Whitley, who it is alleged killed a lady named Fortner, who kept a rival ferry on the Cumberland River. He has been confined in the Jefferson jail since the murder, as fears were entertained for his life in the county that the deed was committed. By a change of venue, the case will be tried at Barbourville before the Knox Circuit Court. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 3. The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 18, 1877. Page 2. LOC.

[May 18, 1877] -

The man, David Adkins, who was to have suffered the penalty of death at Barbourville, last Friday, for the murder of his sister-in-law, did not swing, as an appeal was taken in his case. []

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[] "Barbourville." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. June 13, 1877. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[June 13, 1877] -

BARBOURVILLE.

A Shooting Affray in Which J. Berry is Killed by Fox Bryant.

(Correspondence of the Courier Journal.)

BARBOURVILLE, KY., June 9, 1877. -- About 2 o'clock P.M. to-day our public square was the scene of a difficulty which resulted in the killing of Jay Berry by Fox Bryant, both citizens of this county. The facts of the case seem to be as follows. A misunderstanding his recently existed between Speed Bryant, a brother of Fox, and deputy sheriff of the county, and Jay Berry and his brother Jack. A few days since the Berry brothers met Speed Bryant, and having a decided physical advantage, fired[?] towards him some very insulting and abusive language. Bryant is a man of undoubted courage, but prudence told him to postpone the settlement of the difficulty to a time when the parties should be more evenly matched. Today he met Jay Berry in town, and, after a few preliminary remarks, proceeded to give him a severe whipping, using no weapons save his fists. He had knocked him down two or three times, Berry staggering around and trying to avoid the blows, when Fox Bryant rushed up from a neighboring saloon with a revolver and shot Berry in his side, the wound proving fatal in a few minutes. Bryant walked off, made his escape and is still at large.

None of the parties were intoxicated, neither does any one believe that there was collusion of action between the Bryant brothers, Speed being as much surprised at the hooting as any one else. The killing is regarded as wholly unnecessary, and unprovoked. All the parties are men of fair character, ordinarily quiet and peaceable, and Fox Bryant more than usually undisposed to difficulties of this character. For three months past he has been acting as guard at the jail over David Adkins, sentenced to be hanged for the murder of his sister-in-law. In this scrape the sentiment of the community seems wholly against him. The verdict of the Coroner's jury was in accordance with the above facts. KNOX. []

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[] Excerpt from "Rockcastle County News -- Mt. Vernon." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 22, 1878. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1878-03-22/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 22, 1878] -

PENITENTIARY FOR LIFE.

The celebrated case of the Commonwealth vs. David Adkins for murder, was tried for the third time in the Knox Circuit Court last week. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty and fixed the punishment at confinement in the Penitentiary for life. In each of the two former trials a like verdict had been returned, except that hanging was the penalty prescribed. Both judgments were reversed by the Court of Appeals. We are not advised as to whether an appeal will be taken from the present judgment. Adkins is charged with the murder of a woman, and the evidence is altogether circumstantial, though it points positively to his guilt. He was ably prosecuted and defended, a number of lawyers being engaged on either side. The case has excited much interest throughout the mountains. []

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[] Excerpt from "Two Kentucky Pardons." Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Cincinnati, OH. November 27, 1883. Page 3. Genealogybank.com.

[November 27, 1883] -

FRANKFORT, KY., November 26 -- Governor Knott to-day granted a pardon to David Adkins, of Whitley County, sentenced to the Penitentiary seven years ago for life, for the murder of a woman said to be his wife. The prisoner is dying of consumption, and it is doubtful whether he will reach his home alive. He denies murdering the woman, and says he was amazed one morning to awaken and discover her lying dead at his side, but Sheriff Parton, of Bell County, who was in the city to-day, says not only was Adkins charged with the murder of the woman, but he was also charged with having murdered Thos. Baird, in 1864 or 1865, in Rockcastle County.

The Sheriff says the people of the eastern part of the State are incensed against Adkins for his many outrages, that unless he dies before he gets home, he believes a committee will wait upon him to speed him on his journey. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Frankfort Roundabout, Frankfort, KY. December 1, 1883. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[December 1, 1883] -

On Monday the Governor pardoned David Adkins, sent to the Penitentiary for life from Knox county for murder. He is sixty years of age and nearly dead with consumption. He was so weak that he had to be taken to the depot on a litter and then carried in the arms of four men into the car. []

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Douglas, Douglass / Coffey / Casey county. 1869. not on timeline

[] "The 'Regulators' Kill a Young Man and his Sister." The Hickman Courier, Hickman, KY. August 14, 1869. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[August 14, 1869] -

The 'Regulators' Kill a Young Man and his Sister.

From the Danville (Ky.) Gazette.

A gentleman who resides in the immediate vicinity has given us the particulars of a terrible affair that occurred in Casey County on Tuesday of last week, about seven miles from Middleburg, near Mount Olive Meeting House, on the Somerset road. It appears that the barn of William Elliot had been burned, and the sons of William Douglas were suspected. A writ had been issued against two of them, and had been issued by a constable and a posse of three men. They were guarding the prisoners at the house of William Douglass on the night mentioned above, when a party of regulators, supposed to number thirty or forty men, well-armed, made their appearance, and after ordering the peace officers away made an attack upon the house. In the melee one of the sons of William Douglass was shot through the heart and instantly killed, and Miss Douglass -- a daughter -- was also shot while standing in the doorway with a number of balls, and died the next morning. It is not positively known that she was killed by the regulators, one report stating that she was accidently shot by her brother before he was killed. One of the regulators named Wm. Coffey was severely wounded by one of the Douglass family, and borne off by his companions. After Miss Douglass was shot the regulators left. These are the facts as related to us by a responsible gentleman, and we have no reason to doubt their accuracy. []

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1869? Pulaski. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 4. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. November 17, 1871. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[November 17, 1871] -

About two years ago, a young man named Comstock, died mysteriously in Pulaski county, in this State. Recently, it has come to the knowledge of his mother, who resides in Louisville, that there is a very great probability that he died by the hands of violence. The attempt will be made to bring the guilty parties to trial. []

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[?][?] Kills Virginious Davis. Pulaski County. April 1870. 1 source.
18 year-old white male student with Homicide (Gun Shot Wound crossed out) listed as cause of death on the 1870 Pulaski Mortality Schedule. See: No. 9 on 1870 Pulaski Co. Mortality Schedule, Pg 4

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same case?

[] Excerpt from "From Pulaski County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 4, 1872. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1872-10-04/ed-1/seq-3/

[October 4, 1872] -

The trial of W. P. Owens for the killing of young Davis some three years ago resulted in his acquittal. He was ably defended by Messrs. Morrow, Moore, Hays, Van Winkle and Fox. On this occasion the effort of Wm. McKee Fox was an able and masterly one. He understood his case, and left not a stone unturned. He has but few equals as an effective speaker before a jury. Your correspondent was often reminded during his speech, while soaring aloft grand and eloquent, of the great orator, S. S. Prentice, in some of his greatest efforts to save an unfortunate prisoner at the bar. []

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1871. Lincoln. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 2. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. February 24, 1871. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[February 24, 1871] -

A NEGRO KILLED AT HUSTONVILLE. -- Last Sunday night Tom Dinwiddle shot Perry Anderson, (both colored) through the heart and killed him instantly, in Hustonville. We understand Perry was looking for Tom to kill him, but the latter was too quick for him. An old grudge existed between them. []

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1871. Wayne. not on timeline. ruled not a murder

[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. December 15, 1871. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[December 15, 1871] -

MURDER IN WAYNE COUNTY. -- On Thursday night of last week, Al. Jones, Jr., who lives with his uncle Al. Jones, Sr., a few miles from Monticello, in Wayne county, was supposed to have been foully murdered when on his way home. Two or three o'clock in the morning shots were heard about 1 1/2 or 2 miles from town, and the next day his horse was found, but up to Saturday no traces of his body could be seen. Suspicion rested on one Frank Boston, and he had been arrested and placed in jail. The affair, up to last accounts, was involved in great mystery. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. December 22, 1871. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[December 22, 1871] -

We gave in our last issue a brief statement of the fact that young Al. Jones, of Wayne county, had mysteriously disappeared, and it was supposed he had been murdered. Subsequently he was found in a strip of woods, near his uncle's residence, two hundred yards from the road, lying dead, with a large hole in his forehead and a Derringer pistol lying under him. A half-pint bottle, half filled with brandy, and a two ounce vial, not quite half full of laudanum were found upon his person. An inquest was held, and the verdict of the jury was that he came to his death by his own hand. There is no known reason why he should have committed suicide, and if he did so it was an exceedingly cool and unaccountable affair. The deceased was a highly respected young man, and his death has produced a profound sensation in the community. []

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1871? Lincoln. added to timeline

[] "Arrested." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 10, 1872. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1872-05-10/ed-1/seq-3/

[May 10, 1872] -

Arrested.

John Camden, formerly a citizen of Waynesburg, in this [Lincoln] county, and who shot and killed a young man named Tuttle, some year or two since, at that place, was arrested in some of the Western States, a few days ago, and brought here and lodged in jail.

The Governor of Kentucky had offered a reward of $300 for his arrest and delivery to the jailor of this county, and we presume the vigilant party who arrested him will receive his well-earned reward. Camden had been indicted by our Grand Jury some time ago, and will probably have his trial at our coming October term. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local Breveties." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 23, 1872. Page 3. LOC.

[August 23, 1872] -

On next Monday Judge Fox will begin his special called term of the Lincoln Circuit Court. Come to town, all of you. A great many folks will be present to hear the trials of Camden, Harris, Carr, etc. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 30, 1872. Page 3. LOC.

[August 30, 1872] -

Trial of Camden.

The court room has been densely crowded during the entire week, peopel coming for miles to see and hear. Camden waived an arraignment, and was put on trial, M. H. Owsley, Commonwealth's Attorney, T. W. Varnon and H. T. Harris, Esq'rs, appeared for the prosecution, and Col. T. P. Hill, J. W. Alcorn, M. C. Saufley, and R. Blain, Esq'rs., for the defense. The trial occupied two days. All the attorneys made arguments in the case, and on Wednesday morning the jury brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree. An appeal will be taken, we learn. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. September 6, 1872. Page 3. LOC.

[September 6, 1872] -

Camden, Carpenter and Embry.

On Tuesday morning last these three men were taken to Frankfort to the penitentiary, there to pay the penalty of outraged law and order. It is a heavy debt to pay. The gloomy cell at night, the close and unwholesome air of the prison by day; their constant associates being felons of all grades and degrees of crime. Shut out from the blue sky, the balmy winds, the music of singing birds and babbling brooks, the punishment is, indeed, a terrible one. Seven long years of deprivation of social intercourse -- deprived, too, of the liberty of seeing a wife and baby boy who live "far out upon the prairie." Seven long years confinement at hard labor, in a felon's cell. This is the penalty Camden is to pay. Should it not be a fearful warning to evil-doers? Should his case not teach us all to abstain from every appearance of evil? The lesson thus taught him, is one he can never forget. He is still a young man, and will be at the end of his confinement. We trust he will come out of it, purified as by fire, and that he will yet become a good, law-abiding, peaceable citizen. Understand, you who would violate the law, that it must and will be vindicated and upheld at all hazards. []

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1871. Lincoln county. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Crab Orchard." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. August 20, 1871. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[August 20, 1871] -

To-day Bess and a man named George Perkins, concerned in the shooting affray last night, were arrested and had an examining trial. The Commonwealth not being ready, they were held in bonds of $600 each to appear next Saturday. S. []

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[] Excerpt from "Crab Orchard." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. August 23, 1871. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[August 23, 1871] -

The man George Dollins, one of the wounded in the recent affray, died to-night. Bess and Perkins will have their examining trial next Saturday, but it is hard to say with what result. Public feeling runs rather high, but is pretty equally divided between the two factions. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 3. Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. August 25, 1871. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[August 25, 1871] -

THE BLOODY ROW AT CRAB ORCHARD. -- A fight occurred at Crab Orchard, on Wednesday afternoon, of last week, between Geo. Dollings and Grove Kennedy, in which one shot was fired, but the parties were separated without serious injury. On Thursday night two friends of Kennedy, one named Geo. Best, met Dollings at the Hardin house, Crab Orchard, and a fight ensued, revolvers being used freely. Dollings was mortally wounded and has since died. Frank Smith, who was only a spectator of the affray, recieved two shots and was instantly killed, and Best was severely wounded. The fight was the result of an old feud. Dollings was a watchman at Crab Orchard, and generally respected. Best and a man named Geo. Perkins were arrested, but the Commonwealth not being ready for the examination the trial was deferred until tomorrow (Saturday,) and they gave bonds of $600 each for their appearance. []

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1870. Boyle. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. September 16, 1870. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[September 16, 1870] -

FATAL AFFRAY AT SHELBY CITY. -- Last Tuesday evening Frank Schoaffen was shot by E. R. Price, at Shelby City, and died on Wednesday night. Some months ago they had a difficulty and exchanged several shots without effect, and were put under bond to keep the peace. How the difficulty was renewed that resulted in the death of Shoaffen we are not advised. The trial was to have taken place on yesterday afternoon. Both of the parties to the unfortunate difficulty are residents of Shelby City and both of them have families. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. October 7, 1870. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[October 7, 1870] -

ACQUITTED. -- E. R. Price who shot and killed Frank Schoaffen in Shelby City on the 13th ult. was tried before Esquires Rodes and Russel in this place, on Wednesday last. A large number of witnesses were examinined on both sides and after an able and exhaustive argument of the counsel, the case was submitted and Mr. Price was acquitted. []

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1870. Boyle. Mayho / Cowan. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. August 5, 1870. Page 5. Newspapers.com.

[August 5, 1870] -

HOMICIDE. -- A difficulty sprang up last Monday night between Lee Mayho and Ed Cowan, both colored, at a dance-house, in the southern part of the town. How the trouble originated we do not know. The result was Cowan was shot and died from the effects of the wound on Tuesday evening, and Mayho made his escape. Up to yesterday noon he was still at large. []

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1870? Boyle. John Frost / Richard Crum. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. September 9, 1870. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[September 9, 1870] -

Up to Wednesday evening no Commonwealth's cases of any importance had been tried -- the most important, -- that of John Frost for the murder of Richard Crum -- having been continued until the February term. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 2. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. March 10, 1871. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[March 10, 1871] -

The case of the Commonwealth vs. John Frost for manslaughter, was continued. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. September 11, 1874. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[September 11, 1874] -

The following criminal cases, being indictments for murder, were called and continued until the next term of the Court: Commonwealth vs. Chas. Jones; vs. Jno. Frost; vs. C. C. Gillispie. The case of M. Rowsey, was layed over until the 8th day of the term. []

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1870? Lincoln. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 2. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. September 30, 1870. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[September 30, 1870] -

By order of Judge Saufley, of the Lincoln County Court, John Warren, who killed Chappell and was recently arrested and confined in the Stanford jail, was sent last week to the jail in this place [Danville] for safe keeping. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. October 28, 1870. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[October 28, 1870] -

The trial of John Warren for the killing of John Chappell, in Lincoln county, a short time since, came up in the Circuit Court at Stanford last week. The jury returned a verdict of man-slaughter, fixing Warren's punishment at five years in the penitentiary. []

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1870. Lincoln. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 2. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. October 7, 1870. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[October 7, 1870] -

MAN KILLED AT STANFORD. -- A frightful tragedy occurred at Stanford, last Monday. The following particulars are given. David Martin and Fount Gill, cousins, were engaged in a game of cards at a house in the town, and both had been drinking freely. Gill, it seems, won a small amount of money from Martin, among which was a silver dollar which Martin valued as a keepsake. After the game was closed, Martin went to Gill and proposed to redeem the silver dollar with a greenback. Gill refused to exchange it, and high words followed, when Martin seized Gill and a scuffle ensued. They were parted by friends, but in a short time met again, and the quarrel was renewed. Another scuffle took place, when Martin drew a bowie knife and cut Gill in the bowels, breast and back in a horrible manner, causing death in a short time. Martin was immediately arrested and lodged in jail to await an examination. []

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1870. Rockcastle. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 3. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. October 14, 1870. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[October 14, 1870] -

The Lexington Gazette, of Wednesday, has this item: "On last Sunday as they were proceeding to dig the grave, in the Mount Vernon burying ground to inter the remains of young Chaney, who was killed a day or two before they came upon the body of a young man by the name of Templeton, with his brains scattered around and the instrument of death at his side. We have heard of no cause assigned for this rash act." []

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1870? Boyle. Jones / Pittman. not on timeline

[] "The Danville Tragedy." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. June 11, 1870. Page 4. Newspapers.com.

[June 11, 1870] -

The Danville Tragedy.

Charles Jones, who shot and killed Joe Pittman at Danville, Ky., on Monday night last, has so far eluded the authorities. The murdered man, we are informed, was pulling cherries from a tree on the place and near the house of Jones when the fatal shot was fired. It seems there had been a feud existing for some little time between the parties. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 2. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. March 10, 1871. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[March 10, 1871] -

The case of the Commonwealth vs. Jones for killing J. W. Pittman has occupied the attention of the Court for two days. The case was submitted to the jury on yesterday, but they failed to agree. Will probably report a verdict to-day. []

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1871? King / Wilds. Garrard. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Garrard County News." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. April 14, 1871. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[April 14, 1871] -

The case of the Commonwealth vs. Robt. King for killing Wilds, consumed two days of the Circuit Court, last week. The jury failed to agree -- four being for conviction for manslaughter and eight for acquittal. The case was ably argued by the counsel on both sides. []

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[] Excerpt from "Garrard County News." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. April 21, 1871. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[April 21, 1871] -

In our statement of the case of the Commonwealth vs. King for killing Wilds, in the last Advocate, there was an error in King's name. It should have been S. D. instead of Robt. as printed. There were no witnesses introduced on the part of the defence in this case. []

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1871? Nave / Evans. Garrard. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Garrard County News." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. April 14, 1871. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[April 14, 1871] -

The case of Jas. P. Nave for killing Dr. Evans, came up last Tuesday, but up to the time this was written the case had not been decided. []

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1871? Yates / Reid. Garrard. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Garrard County News." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. July 28, 1871. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[July 28, 1871] -

The trial of Henry Yates for killing Bob Reid, which was to take place here on Tuesday, has been postponed, and will be tried on next Thursday. []

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1871? Martin / Kennedy. Garrard. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Garrard County News." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. August 11, 1871. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[August 11, 1871] -

A man by the name of Martin was shot, near Paint Lick, on last Monday, by Grove Kennedy. He is reported to have been mortally wounded. We have not heard the cause or particulars of the affair. []

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1871. Boyle. Micajah Roswey / George Phillips. added to timeline

NEED TO CHECK FOR APPEAL

[] Excerpt from "Shelby City." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. August 11, 1871. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[August 11, 1871] -

The election at this point passed of quietly until 3 p.m., when one Cage Rowsey and Abe Phillips, having not the fear of the law before their eyes, were spiritually inspired with pugilistic proclivities. They [?] aside their weapons at "fit it out." Rowsey being vigorous and healthy with a morbid sort of appetite, appeased the same with a "piece rare" of Abe's proboscis and is sick to-day.

A SAD AND FATAL AFFRAY

occurred about sundown between Cage Rowsey on one side and Abe Phillips, George Phillips and James Phillips on the other, in which pistols and knives were used, resulting in the death of Geo. Phillips by a bowie knife wound received from the hands of Micaigah Rowsey, and a pistol shot wound through the arm of Abe Phillips by Arch Rowsey.

George Phillips was known as an inoffensive, peaceable man, and at the time of receiving the wound was very much intoxicated. In fact, the whole party had imbibed freely; hence the difficulty. Phillips leaves a wife and several children in indigent circumstances, but with unsullied characters. No arrests have yet been made; hence we deem it inadvisable to give particulars. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. August 25, 1871. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[August 25, 1871] -

McCager [Micajah?] and Arch Rowsey, charged with killing George Phillips, had an examining trial before Judge Goodloe, last Tuesday. The case was submitted without argument after the examination of the witnesses on both sides, and resulted in the discharge of Arch and holding Cage for further trial at the Circuit Court. He gave bail in the sum of $700 for his appearance. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. September 11, 1874. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[September 11, 1874] -

The following criminal cases, being indictments for murder, were called and continued until the next term of the Court: Commonwealth vs. Chas. Jones; vs. Jno. Frost; vs. C. C. Gillispie. The case of M. Rowsey, was layed over until the 8th day of the term. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. March 10, 1876. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[March 10, 1876] -

The following Commonwealth cases had been reached and disposed of up to Thursday at 12 o'clock: Commonwealth vs. C. C. Gillispie, manslaughter, continued. Same vs. M. Rowsey, murder, continued. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. September 8, 1876. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[September 8, 1876] -

The cases of Commonwealth vs. C. C. Gillispie, Micajah Rowsey, and Tucker Edwards, for murder, were continued. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 2. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. March 16, 1877. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[March 16, 1877] -

The cases of the Commonwealth against C. C. Gillispie and Micajah Rowsey, for manslaughter, were continued. []

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[] Excerpt from "Boyle County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 28, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-02-28/ed-1/seq-2/

[February 28, 1879] -

CIRCUIT COURT. -- Will be convened on next Monday, 3rd proximo. There are eighty-two indictments on the docket, including the old well-known cases of Micajah Rowsey and C. C. Gillispie for murder and manslaughter, set for the second day of the term; the case of John Taylor charged with the murder of Mrs. Polly Bottom, for the third day; case of Freeman Farris, by change of venue from Garrard, for seventh day; McAfee et al vs. J. W. Finnell, from Mercer (Ku-klux case,) for fifth day. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 14, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-03-14/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 14, 1879] -

Macajah Rowsey, charged with the murder of George Phillips, nine years ago, was acquitted. This was Rowsey's second trial, the first having occurred eighteen months ago, when he was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at two years in the Penitentiary. He obtained a new trial, with the above result. []

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1871. C. C. Gillispie / James Terhune. Boyle. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. December 8, 1871. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[December 8, 1871] -

THE SHOOTING OF JAS. TERHUNE. -- On Thursday night of last week, between 9 and 10 o'clock, a difficulty occurred between Jas. Terhune, a young man of this city [Danville], and C. C. Gillispie, a barkeeper for F. L. Shipman, and late of Pulaski county. Terhune was shot, the ball passing through the upper part of the left leg, but could not be traced any further. After he was shot he reeled[?] to the edge of the pavement, (the shooting occurred in front of the bar-room,) and then ran up the street a short distance and sat down in a doorway. Up to yesterday he was doing well, and the probability is that he may recover. In about an hour after the shooting Gillispie voluntarily surrendered himself to Judge Goodloe and was placed under guard, but on Saturday evening Terhune having become so much better, the guard was discharged. Previous to the examining trial it may be improper for us to give any of the several statements we have heard with regard to the trouble. Gillispie is now in Pulaski county, but will probably be ready for trial when the result of Terhune's wound is made known. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. September 11, 1874. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[September 11, 1874] -

The following criminal cases, being indictments for murder, were called and continued until the next term of the Court: Commonwealth vs. Chas. Jones; vs. Jno. Frost; vs. C. C. Gillispie. The case of M. Rowsey, was layed over until the 8th day of the term. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. March 10, 1876. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[March 10, 1876] -

The following Commonwealth cases had been reached and disposed of up to Thursday at 12 o'clock: Commonwealth vs. C. C. Gillispie, manslaughter, continued. Same vs. M. Rowsey, murder, continued. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. September 8, 1876. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[September 8, 1876] -

The cases of Commonwealth vs. C. C. Gillispie, Micajah Rowsey, and Tucker Edwards, for murder, were continued. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 2. The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. March 16, 1877. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[March 16, 1877] -

The cases of the Commonwealth against C. C. Gillispie and Micajah Rowsey, for manslaughter, were continued. []

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[] Excerpt from "Boyle County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 28, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-02-28/ed-1/seq-2/

[February 28, 1879] -

CIRCUIT COURT. -- Will be convened on next Monday, 3rd proximo. There are eighty-two indictments on the docket, including the old well-known cases of Micajah Rowsey and C. C. Gillispie for murder and manslaughter, set for the second day of the term; the case of John Taylor charged with the murder of Mrs. Polly Bottom, for the third day; case of Freeman Farris, by change of venue from Garrard, for seventh day; McAfee et al vs. J. W. Finnell, from Mercer (Ku-klux case,) for fifth day. []

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[] Excerpt from "Boyle County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 21, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-03-21/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 21, 1879] -

The third trial of G. C. Gillispie for the killing of James Terhune, resulted in an acquittal. []

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1871. Cullins / Collins. Lincoln county. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Lincoln County News." Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. September 15, 1871. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[September 15, 1871] -

On Saturday evening last John Moore, of Liberty, accompanied by two Irishmen, Mike Collins and Mat Cullens, were in our town [Stanford] sipping "benzine" rather freely for Good Templars. They left about dark, and after getting three miles from town on the Liberty pike the two Irishmen got into a fight, which resulted in the death of Cullens by receiving a stab at the hands of Collins. The murderer was apprehended, brought to town and guarded till Tuesday, when he had a hearing before his honor, Judge L[?]. After a tedious, unsatisfactory trial in which the Commonwealth was represented by R. C. Warren and the defence by Hill & Alcorn, the prisoner was admitted to bail in the sum of $100 and discharged. []

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1873? added both to timeline
[?] Bodkins kills [?][?]
Hannah Sampson kills [step-son]

[] Excerpt from "From Laurel County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 25, 1873. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1873-04-25/ed-1/seq-1/

[April 25, 1873] -

Court being opened and the jury empanneled, they proceeded to business, trying several Commonwealth cases and fining several parties for misdemeanor, and convicting one man by the name of Bodkins of manslaughter sentencing him to the State prison for two years. After this they went into trial of the case which created so much excitement some time back in this county, of Commonwealth against Hannah Sampson for the murder of her step-son, who was found not guilty of the charge by the jury after two days consideration of the facts and arguments. I think she ought to be under many obligations for the manner in which she was defended by counsel G. Pearl, Hon. R. Boyd and C. B. Farris, attorneys.

The argument was opened by C. B. Farris, who made a very able defence, followed by Mr. Pearl who made an able and impressive defence, one hard to get over by the counsel on the part of the prosecution. Mr. Pearl is not surpassed by any man in Kentucky as an attorney at law. The argument was closed on part of the defence by Hon. Robert Boyd, who presented the evidence and facts in a very able way. []

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1872. Miller / McKee. Wayne. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "From Wayne County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. November 15, 1872. Page 3. LOC.

[November 15, 1872] -

HOMICIDE.

A serious shooting affray occurred here on Monday last between our townsman Pearson Miller and Lindsey W. McKee, of Anderson county, resulting in the immediate death of McKee and the serious wounding of Miller. We learn that the difficulty originated in a business transaction between the parties. McKee was connected with a lightning rod company and had traded a note upon a party in this vicinity to Miller for some cheap watches but failed to deliver the note at the time the trade was made. He subsequently became dissatisfied and returned the watches to Miller and demanded a recision of the contract. Miller refused to take them back, remarking that he was not int he habit of making children's bargains. A few more words passed between them when McKee drew a small Smith & Wesson pistol and commenced shooting and fired three or four shots at Miller before he could get his pistol, one taking effect in his (Miller's) forehead. Miller then fired, the ball taking effect in McKee's right shoulder. The second shot entered the left temple and ranged downward toward the base of the skull. McKee was immediately removed to Dr. Castello's office where his wounds were carefully examined by Drs. Frisbie and Castello, but before the examination was completed he expired. He asked to be raised up -- was the only time he spoke after the second shot was received. []

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1874. Rockcastle. Reams / James Harper, election day. added to timeline

[] "Election Shootings in Rockcastle." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. August 10, 1874. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[August 10, 1874] -

Election Shootings in Rockcastle.

(Correspondence of the Courier Journal.)

A man by the name of James Harper, living at Pine Hill, and working in the coal mines of R. Harris & Co., was killed night before last by Officer Reams, James Mobley and Doc. Callaway, while attempting to arrest him. Harper was said to have been a desperate man. He has served one term in the penitentiary, having been sent from Pulaski county for stealing some $2,000 in money from William Woodcock, of Somerset. R. McFerrin was also shot through the arm on election day by Champ Mullins, who had been summoned by the sheriff to help arrest him. UNO. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 14, 1874. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1874-08-14/ed-1/seq-2/

[August 14, 1874] -

Some outlaws undertook to bully the Sheriff of Rockcastle in his attempt to arrest them on election day, and two of them were shot and slightly wounded. A desperate character named Harper was shot and killed at Pine Hill by an officer for resisting his attempt to arrest him. []

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Frank Green kills [?] Kelly, Pulaski, 1875. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Pulaski County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 19, 1875. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-03-19/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 19, 1875] -

Yesterday an inquest was held over the remains of a man named Kelly, by Coroner Lester. Verdict, death by violent hands. It appears that he had been missing about nine days. His body was found near the North end of the river tunnel--and had been thrown over Pitman creek bluff. Supposed to have been killed by another Railroad hand who left the country about the time of the murder. The two had a difficulty some time since. []

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[] Excerpt from "Pulaski County News -- Point Isabel." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 26, 1875. Page 3. LOC.

[March 26, 1875] -

A few days ago, a man named Eugene Kelly, was found dead, near the bottom of one of the high cliffs near here [Pt. Isabel / Burnside]. He was last seen about 11 o'clock at night, and is supposed to have accidentally fallen over, and was not discovered for twelve days after he was missed. He was a railroader, and had been in the employ of C. C. Barker & Co. []

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[] Excerpt from "Home Jottings." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 9, 1875. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-04-09/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 9, 1875] -

PICK POCKET AND PROBABLE MURDERER. -- On Monday last Frank Green, alias Frank Endwright, was arrested at King's Mountain Tunnel charged with picking the pocket of Thomas Lynch, one of the foreman at the tunnel, of $254. He was searched and $39.90 was found in the lining of his pants, which was identified by Mr. Lynch as his money. In his trial before Justices Gooch and Padgett he admitted the theft but refused to tell what he had done with the balance of the money. He was brought to town and lodged in jail on Tuesday by Deputy Constable John C. Pryde and Thos. McFarland. From these gentlemen we learn that it is supposed that a great many of the robberies that have been committed on the line of the R. R. were made by him. He admitted to the officers that he shoved the man Kelley off the cliff at Point Isabel, an account of which our correspondent at that place gave sometime since. A letter with no name signed, in the handwriting of a woman, and dated at Point Isabel was found on his person. This letter advises him to leave the country as, steps were being taken to arrest him for the murder. Rewards for his arrest are said to be out at Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, Cincinnati. Constable Pryde has in his possession a five shooter of the Smith & Wesson patent, taken from Green at the time of the arrest. It has the initial -- To W. P. O., From M. O. P. engraved on it. This is supposed to be stolen, and Mr. Pryde requests us to say it can be obtained on proof of ownership. []

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June 1875. lunsford/langford, goff/gaff. added to timeline

checked 6/25/1875, 7/2/1875

[] Excerpt from "Rockcastle County News -- Pine Hill." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. June 18, 1875. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-06-18/ed-1/seq-2/

[June 18, 1875] -

The quietude of Middle Fork, diverging from Pine Hill, was rudely broken last Wednesday by one Peet Gauf shooting David Lunts--the shot taking effect in the left shoulder from which he expired Thursday night. His remains were taken to Broadhead [Brodhead] for interment. Gauf has surrendered himself to Justice McNab. []

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[] Excerpt from "A State of War." Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Cincinnati, OH. April 28, 1879. Page 5. Genealogybank.com.

[April 28, 1879] -

List of killed beginning with 1875, with names of the parties charged with the crimes: Wm. Lunsford, killed by Peter Goff and A. J. Goff. []

PARDON No. 52.

MT. VERNON, KY., October 4th, 1879.

GOV. L. P. BLACKBURN:

SIR: I am here holding my court in this county, and at the request of Mr. and Mrs. Goff, I write you in behalf of their son, Peter Goff, who was convicted of manslaughter in this county about four years ago, and sentenced to five years' confinement in the Penitentiary. There were strong palliating circumstances attending his offense, and if his conduct has been such as to not be in the way of his release, I earnestly recommend his pardon, he having served four fifths of his time. I hope you will find it not inconsistent with your views of public duty to turn him out. This will be delivered you by Peter's father and mother.

Respectfully, &c.,
W. H. RANDALL.

October 8, 1879. Peter Goff. 15. Rockcastle. Manslaughter. []

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[] "Two Out of Three." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. March 7, 1883. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[March 7, 1883] -

TWO OUT OF THREE.

A FIGHT OVER A WOMAN, AND BUT ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS LEFT TO TELL THE TALE.

(Somerset Special to Cincinnati News, 5th.)

A pistol shooting affray occurred at the Barren Fork coal mines, near Flat Rock, on the line of the Cincinnati Southern railroad, last night at about 10 o'clock, in which two men were almost instantly killed.

Peter Goff was the husband of a woman who is alleged to have made his life miserable by her many liaisons. Not long since, Mrs. Goff left her husband. Last night Goff took with him a neighbor named Henry Thompson, and started in search of her. They proceeded to the house of James Spiney, but failed to find the woman, whom they supposed to be there. A discussion concerning her arose among the three men. During its progress, Thompson made a remark which greatly incensed Goff, who drew a revolver and shot Thompson dead. Goff then turned upon Spiney, who to save his life, was compelled to shoot Goff. The latter was a dangerous man, who had always relied upon his revolver to carry him through any difficulty. He had once served a term in the penitentiary for killing a man. It is understood that Spiney will surrender to the authorities. []

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1872. Garrard. John Henderson Kennedy / Arthur Woods. added timeline

[] Excerpt from "Lancaster Topics." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. November 29, 1872. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1872-11-29/ed-1/seq-3/

[November 29, 1872] -

From a gentleman who was in Lancaster last Monday, we learn that a very small crowd attended County court there on that day. Business seemed to be very dull, and but little stock on sale. The horse disease, no doubt, had much to do with the slim attendance.

He said Mr. John H. Kennedy shot and killed a son of Mr. Rice Woods. We did not learn the provoking cause of the unfortunate and fatal difficulty. []

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[] "Retribution." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 20, 1872. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1872-12-20/ed-1/seq-3/

[December 20, 1872] -

Retribution.

"Ah me! what troubles do environ
The man that meddles with cold iron;
What plaguey mischiefs and mishaps,
Do dog him still with after-claps;
For though dame Fortune seems to smile,
And leer upon him for a while;
She'll after show him, in the nick
Of all his glories, a dog trick."

These lines are just as applicable now with respect to your shooters and cutters and killers as when Buttler wrote them to touch off his doughty Hudibras. And, doubtless, Kennedy, who killed Woods a few days ago in our neighboring county of Garrard, appreciates the sentiment, now that he has made an exile from home and friends. So fare, and so should fare, those who take the life of their fellows. []

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[] Excerpt from "The Kennedys." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. December 29, 1877. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[December 29, 1877] -

John Henderson Kennedy, the oldest son of Peter Kennedy, and brother of William and Grove Kennedy, took his first degree as a murderer in 1873. In that year he and Arthur Woods, a young man of a good family -- in fact, a step-brother of the present Commonwealth's Attorney for this district, George Denny, Jr. -- met at a country store in this [Garrard] county. They got to matching nickels, and Woods won all of Kennedy's waistcoat-pocket wealth. Somewhat irritated at his luck, Kennedy demanded that Woods, who had the money, should "set up the drinks." This Woods refused to do, in compliance with a command and the two parted not the best of friends. Some days after this occurrence Woods and another young man were riding along the public highway, when Kennedy, from the roadside, called on Woods to halt. He stopped, and Kennedy asked why he was going to pass him and not speak. A pleasant answer was returned, but Kennedy, who was drinking, said, "We had as well settle this matter here, as we are both prepared," and drew and fired. Woods returned the fire with a small pistol, and was attempting to draw a more effective weapon from under his overcoat, when Kennedy ran up, and placing his pistol against Woods, shot him dead from his horse. Kennedy continued by the body of the victim, drinking himself, and forcing every passer by to drink with him until he got very drunk. He was arrested, let out on bail and fled the country. He went to Illinois, where he is said to have cut some one in a fight, and thence went to Texas. He had once been a tax collector in this county and was under the necessity of redeeming a considerable number of counterfeit notes and coins that he had circulated. []

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1874. Casey. Fair / Napier. not on timeline.

[] Excerpt from "Casey County News." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. January 30, 1874. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[January 30, 1874] -

HOMICIDE. -- A difficulty occurred here Monday evening between Charles Fair and Leroy Napier, which resulted in Fair killing Napier, by a pistol shot which took effect in the breast. Two other Napiers, Jas and Joe, cousins of Leroy, were engaged in the trouble, which grew out of an old family feud. As we learn from an eye witness, the difficulty first commenced in the bar-room of the Coffey House, in which Fair was thrown to the floor, and a pistol snapped at him three times by one of the Napiers. The party were then separated, but in about an hour got together the second time, and the fighting begun in the bar-room and was continued out on the square. Fair fired six shots, one of his balls striking and killing Leroy Napier as above stated. The Napiers fired eighteen shots at Fair, but he was not struck. A looker-on named Brown was shot in the knee and Jas. Napier was grazed by a ball. The wonder is that more persons were not shot, as there was a large crowd gathered at the time. The excitement was very great. The examining trial was set for Thursday, 29th inst., and Col. Breckinridge, Col. Adams, and Mr. Hays were retained for Fair, Col. Woolford, J. B. Stone and perhaps others for the Napiers. []

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Todd / Riddle, Pulaski, 1875. added to timeline

http://www.routonandriddle.org/getperson.php?personID=I25489&tree=routonandriddle

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[] Excerpt from "Pulaski County News -- Cato." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. July 2, 1875. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-07-02/ed-1/seq-3/

[July 2, 1875] -

MAN KILLED. -- Two men, Anderson Todd, and Aquilla Riddle, living on Buck Creek, about four miles from here, had a difficulty on the 25th, in regard to some chickens that Riddle had engaged around the neighborhood, and which Todd had subsequently bought. The affair did not come to anything serious at the time, but the next day Todd had occasion to go to his fathers for a hammer, and passing by the house of Riddle, he stopped to talk the matter over with him and make friends, as they were brothers-in-law. Riddle was asleep at the time, and Todd waited at the fence till Riddle's wife informed him that he was wanted. He came out and some angry words followed, when Riddle drew his pistol, shooting him in the side, the ball entering about the third rib, lodging near the back bone, from which he died about 10 o'clock, on Monday last. They were both members of the Christian Church, at Stilesville, Riddle has fled, but a reward will be offered for his capture. Justice will, sooner or later, overtake us all. []

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[] Rewards Paid During Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1876. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky. Page 77. Googlebooks.

[1876] -

Ashley Owens, for the capture and delivery of Acquilla Riddle to the jailer of Pulaski county, under proclamation of the Governor. $200.00. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 13, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-04-13/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 13, 1877] -

The entire term of three weeks has been consumed on Commonwealth cases, and the following important ones have been disposed of: Aquilla Riddle for killing Todd, 6 years in the Penitentiary, []

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[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. June 29, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-06-29/ed-1/seq-3/

[June 29, 1877] -

AFFIRMED. -- The man Riddle, who was sentenced at the last term of the Pulaski Circuit Court to six years in the Penitentiary for murder, and who had his case taken to the Court of Appeals, will have to serve out his term, as that Court has affirmed the decision of the lower Court. []

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[] Excerpt from "Petitions for Pardons." Kentucky Legislative Documents, Volumes 2 and 3. Page 349-351. Googlebooks.

[1877] -

Pardon No. 275.

Hon. Luke P. Blackburn, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: The undersigned, citizens of Pulaski county, Kentucky, would respectfully pray your Excellency to extend Executive clemency to Aquilla Riddle, now confined in the State Penitentiary on the charge of manslaughter, having been confined in the Pulaski Circuit Court at the July term, 1877, for the period of six years. We are satisfied that his pardon would give general satisfaction to the community. []

(followed by long list of names of people that signed pardon, see link in citation)

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September 1874. Lincoln County. railroad related crime? added to timeline

[] "Dastardly Murder near Stanford." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. September 18, 1874. Page 3. LOC.

[September 18, 1874] -

Dastardly Murder near Stanford.

Last night (Thursday) a little before 8 o'clock, two men went to the house of Robert World, a respectable negro, living about one mile East of Stanford, called him out, and enquired if certain cyprians lived there; the negro answered in the negative, and the party left the house. In a few minutes they returned and again called World out and insisted that the women must be in his house. He asked, "who the h--l are you, anyhow," when one of the men drew a pistol and shot him, killing him instantly. About an hour after the deed was committed, two young men, J. G. Tuttle and Jack Wolfe, the former from Waynesburg, the latter, a son of one of the contractors on the C. S. R. R., were arrested upon suspicion, and subsequently, Tuttle made oath that Joe Hughes, of this vicinity, confessed to him that he killed the negro, and that Jas. Bibb, son of another R. R. contractor, was his accomplice. Hughes and Bibb were also arrested, and the four detained for trial to-day. The circumstantial evidence against one of the young men is strong and the guilty will certainly suffer. []

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[] Excerpt from "Court Items." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. November 6, 1874. Page 2. LOC.

[November 6, 1874] -

The case of the commonwealth vs. Joseph Hughes, charged with the murder of Robert World, col'd, near Stanford, September 17th, went to trial Saturday morning last. The jury went to their rooms with instructions at 20 minutes to 12 o'clock, p.m. and made a verdict of manslaughter, fixing his punishment at four years in the Penitentiary, within less than 15 minutes after retireing. Sentence was immediately passed upon him, and the town clock struck twelve while the Judge was signing the records of the days proceedings, and before the last stroke of the clock the final adjournment of the court was announced. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 31, 1876. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-03-31/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 31, 1876] -

Gov. McCreary has pardoned Joseph Hughes, who was sent to the Penitentiary from this [Lincoln] county, for four years, on a charge of killing a negro man near Stanford, in 1874. Mr. Hughes has been in prison 17 months. He arrived at home last Friday, and those who have seen him say he looks as well as he ever did. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 26, 1879. Page 7. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-12-26/ed-1/seq-7/

[December 26, 1879] -

ANOTHER SAMPLE PARDON. -- Joseph Hughes, of this [Lincoln] county, seems to be an especial pet of that egotistical embecile who, by the grace of a silly people, is now Governor. He has pardoned him twice since his accession to power. Once for a fine for assault and the other day for carrying concealed weapons. Before and since he was let off with a light punishment of four years in the penitentiary for killing a negro, Hughes has been a troublesome character, to whom a pardon simply means a license to go and do the same thing or a worse one, as soon as he is liberated. If all of Blackburn's pardon's are as senseless and as uncalled for as those that have come under our knowledge, the Legislature could do no better than to make his impeachment the first order of business. Compel him to step down and out. []

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1874? Casey? or Lincoln? added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Casey County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 3, 1875. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-12-03/ed-1/seq-3/

[December 3, 1875] -

John Saunders, charged with killing his father, who has been running at large for several years, was arrested in Green county, and lodged in Liberty jail last Sunday evening. His trial has not come up yet. []

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[] Excerpt from "State News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 12, 1876. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-05-12/ed-1/seq-3/

[May 12, 1876] -

We learn that John Saunders, who is charged with killing his father, Robert Saunders, in Lincoln county, about two years ago, and who broke jail about four months ago, at Liberty, has been seen in that county, and pursued by the officers of the law, but up to this time has not been recaptured. Rumor says that the County Judge, Sheriff and the minor officers, are on the hunt for him, and that their intention is to arrest Bill Wilson also. --[Times & Kentuckian. []

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[] Excerpt from "The Trial of Sam Williams and other Casey Court Items." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 5, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-12-05/ed-1/seq-3/

[December 5, 1879] -

... and the indictment against John Saunders for killing his own father, was filed away, the deed having been committed five or six years ago, and Saunders having fled the country. []

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Harriet Clark / George Warren & ??. 1873. Lincoln County. added to timeline

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[] "From the East End." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 14, 1873. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1873-03-14/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 14, 1873] -

FROM THE EAST END.

Brutal Murder -- Sudden Death -- Admonition to Rumsellers.

Correspondence Interior Journal:

CRAB ORCHARD, KY., March 11, 1873.

It becomes our duty to give you the facts in regard to one of the most atrocious and fiendish murders ever committed in this vicinity. On Friday night last, about nine o'clock, four men rode up to the door of a cabin about two miles and a half south of Crab Orchard, occupied by a poor and inoffensive negro woman named Harriet Clark, and seven children, the youngest not ten months old. Calling the unsuspected woman to the door, they immediately fired upon her, one ball taking effect in her left breast, coming out near the spine. Twelve shots were fired at the door and window, but fortunately none of the children in the house were hurt. The woman died on Saturday, about 12 o'clock. Three young men, John Watts, Ben Wiatt, and George Patton, were arrested, tried, and acquitted. During the trial a dying statement of the woman was read to the court, in which she stated she recognized only one of the party, George Warren, who is now a fugitive, though hotly pursued by the officers who arrested the other parties. To-day, on a second warrant of arrest, John Watts, Ben Wiatt, and M. Stamper were brought before Judge Saufley, at Crab Orchard, when Watts was admitted to bail in the sum of $1,000, and the others were discharged. No reason can be assigned for the atrocious deed, except that the murderers were full of whisky, the progenitor of nine-tenths of all the crimes committed in the country. Oh, ye rumsellers, could you see and realize that countless thousands of widows and orphans will stand up against you in the great day of reckoning, you would abandon a traffic that is a curse to the community and damnation to your souls. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local Matters! A Resume of Lincoln County News for 1873." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 2, 1874. Pages 1 & 4. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1874-01-02/ed-1/seq-4/

[January 2, 1874] -

Ben. Wyatt, John Watts, M. Stamper, charged with murdering Harriet Clark, March 8th. []

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[ibid]

[January 2, 1874] -

The most dastardly and brutal murder committed in the county during the year was that of shooting in cold blood an unoffending negro woman, Harriet Clark, near Crab Orchard, last March, by a party of drunken young men. Several parties were suspected, tried and acquitted of the crime. []

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1873? Garrard. Church / Lair. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Garrard County News - Lancaster." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 6, 1878. Page 2. LOC.

[December 6, 1878] -

A MURDERER RETURNED. -- Jas. Church, who killed Jessie Lair five years ago, and absconded, returned to his native heath recently, and was thereupon committed to jail under indictment for murder in the Garrard Circuit Court. He sued out a writ of habeas corpus and demanded bail, which upon a hearing in the County Court was granted in the sum of $1,000. This he has not yet presented. []

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1873. Garrard. added to timeline

non-fatal?
have info on at least two other murders by Andy Conn

[] Excerpt from "From Garrard County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 28, 1873. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1873-02-28/ed-1/seq-3/

[February 28, 1873] -

A BLOODY FIGHT

In the streets of Lancaster, to-day, and that again our usually quiet and peaceful town has witnessed one of those disgraceful and bloody encounters that should be felt as a stigma even by the savage Indian or pagan African. The facts, as near as we can gather them, are these: A Mr. Andy Conn and Jno. Broadus, from the East end of the county, having become surcharged with rot-gut, bust-head, rifle whisky, determined, as we may suppose, to show their contempt for all law and the loathsome depravity of their nature, drew their pistols and commenced shooting at each other on the street. At the first fire an innocent by-stander was shot below the knee-joint, and the bone was badly fractured. Mr. Broadus was shot twice in the body, and it is supposed fatally. Mr. Conn, who sheltered himself behind a post, escaped unhurt. Our good citizens of Lancaster sincerely deplore the recurrence of such scenes. Our town has been remarkably orderly for two years past, and it is hoped that these scenes of ignorance and barbarism had gone to recur no more. It is well on occasions like this for every good citizen to enquire why it is that these things occur so frequently and become such a fearful curse to society. We know that there are very many communities and towns in our lands where such lawless scenes are unknown; but we know too that in those places is moral courage to enforce rigidly the law, and that the red-handed murderer is hailed by no respectable person as a champion; and the rumseller, tipler, and sot, find no place in decent society; and the man who attempts to carry his concealed weapon, is not only severely punished by law, but is at once marked as a cowardly bully and ruffian. And especially, Mr. Editor, is it the duty of our public journals to take a high moral stand in these things, and aid to elevate the general moral tone of society, that we may be rid of these curses. []

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1874? Lincoln. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Lincoln County News." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. May 1, 1874. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[May 1, 1874] -

Green Adams (col'd) accused of the murder of Isaac Cook, (col'd) was acquitted. []

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1874? Boyle? not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Home Jottings." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 19, 1875. Page 3. LOC.

[March 19, 1875] -

Jno. B. Doherty was sentenced in Danville on the 17th, to one year confinement in the Penitentiary for the murder of his father about a year ago. []

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December 1874. Lincoln. added to timeline.

[] Excerpt from "Home Jottings." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 22, 1875. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-01-22/ed-1/seq-3/

[January 22, 1875] -

Scott Graves, a railroad man from Virginia, was, a few days ago, tried before an examining Court for the murder of one Gwinn, a fellow laborer upon the King's Mountain Tunnel work, about the 23d of December last, and was sent on to further trial without bail. Graves now alleges that one Bishop, who has fled the country, did the killing, and has applied to the County Judge to have the body of Gwinn disinterred for post mortem examination, and professes to be able to show his innocence of the crime alleged against him. He was to have been tried under a writ of habeas corpus yesterday. []

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[] Excerpts from "Court Items." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 29, 1875. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-10-29/ed-1/seq-3/

[October 29, 1875] -

Scott Graves, a young man, a native of West Virginia, charged with killing Buford Gwinn, at the Tunnel, in December last, has been confined in jail here since the fatal occurrence, on a charge of murder. The case is a most unhappy and unfortunate one. They were both under twenty-four years of age, and had been close friends for years; the young man Graves having lived for several months in the family of the father of Gwinn, and they attended school together for the time. It may be remembered by many of our readers that during the month of December last, Graves, Gwinn, Bishop, and perhaps another man, got into a friendly scuffle at King's Mountain Tunnel, and, being "hot-blooded" the "triffling scuffle" ended in anger, with the death of Gwinn and the wounding of Graves. The latter was immediately arrested and had an examining trial, which resulted in his being sent on to the April Circuit Court to answer an indictment for murder, and bail fixed, at said term, in the sum of $2,000--in default of which he was remanded to jail. His trial began on Tuesday last, before the following jurymen: Frank Owsley, G. N. Bradley, John White, R. Cobb, J. S. Owsley, T. D. Hill, J. H. Hocker, S. W. DeBord, Jas. Dudderar, L. M. M. Powell, J. H. Rout, J. T. Hackley. It took but a short time to find a jury, as so few persons had heard of the killing. The father and several friends of young Gwinn were present, not as prosecutors or persecutors, we learn, but to see that justice was done. After a full investigation of the facts, the jury, having retired to their room to deliberate upon the case, returned a verdict of not guilty, which gave almost universal satisfaction to those who heard the case and knew the facts.

Scott Graves, charged with murder, was allowed to go before the grand jury, last Tuesday, and he preferred such charges that one Bishop was indicted for shooting him, Graves. Bishop has fled the country, we learn. []

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Boyle. 1874? Charles Jones. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. September 11, 1874. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[September 11, 1874] -

The following criminal cases, being indictments for murder, were called and continued until the next term of the Court: Commonwealth vs. Chas. Jones; vs. Jno. Frost; vs. C. C. Gillispie. The case of M. Rowsey, was layed over until the 8th day of the term. []

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Jan 1875. Garrard. not on timeline

[] "Bloody Lancaster." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 29, 1875. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-01-29/ed-1/seq-3/

[January 29, 1875] -

BLOODY LANCASTER.

William I. Rochester, shot and Killed by Samuel Miller.

2 column article.

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[] Excerpt from "." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 20, 1875. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-08-20/ed-1/seq-3/

[August 20, 1875] -

W. S. Miller kills W. I. Rochester. also see Pg 2

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1875. Garrard. Mary Pointer / Liz Scarborough. added to timeline (could not find addl)

[] "Shelby City." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. August 26, 1875. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[August 26, 1875] -

SHELBY CITY.

A Girl Sixteen Years Old Arrested for Murder.

(Special Dispatch to the Courier Journal.)

SHELBY CITY, KY., Aug. 25. -- Mary Poynter was arrested here to-day for murder at Paint Lick yesterday. She is only sixteen years old. Her mother and a loose woman named Scarboro lived together. Mrs. Scarboro abused Mary by beating and otherwise maltreating her. Mary escaped, but came back prepared to resist. The gun was discharged when she was not ready, but she says that she intended to shoot her on provocation. She does not deny the deed. She had a ticket for Louisville. She is good looking, and seems to feel no remorse whatever. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 27, 1875. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-08-27/ed-1/seq-2/

[August 27, 1875] -

MURDER. -- ONE WOMAN SHOOTS ANOTHER. -- On Monday last, two women of questionable virtue became engaged in a broil at Paint Lick, in Garrard county, when one of them, Mary Pointer, seized a shot gun and pointing it at another named Liz. Scarborough, fired, killing her instantly. Pointer took the first train, expecting that she could escape in this land of telegraphs, but was arrested at Shelby City, and taken back for trial. She claims that though it was her intention at sometime, to take the life of her victim, that the shot was purely accidental. Of course, that question will be decided at the examining trial today, but from what we can hear of the case, the belicose Mary stands but a poor chance to prove her innocence. []

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[] Excerpt from "Kentucky News." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. August 28, 1875. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[August 28, 1875] -

Richmond Register: Last Tuesday, about one mile beyond Berea, one Mag Pointer shot and killed Liz Scarbrough. From what we learn, Mag owed Liz $2.50 which she refused to pay, whereupon the latter took some of the clothes of the former for the debt, and as she was leaving the house was met by the other with a double-barrel shot-gun, who fired a load of fifteen buckshot into the left breast of her creditor, inflicting a ghastly wound which proved fatal in four hours. Mag made her way to the railroad and took the down train, but a dispatch was sent ahead and her arrest effected. Mr. P. Smith, sheriff, went down yesterday morning after her, but up to the time of going to press had not returned. []

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[] Excerpt from "News in Brief -- Criminal Record." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. September 3, 1875. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-09-03/ed-1/seq-1/

[September 3, 1875] -

A Shelby City (Ky.) special to the Courier-Journal says that Mary Pointer was arrested there for murder at Paint Lick. Her mother, and a loose woman named Scarboro, lived together. Mrs. Scarboro abused Mary by beating and otherwise maltreating her. Mary escaped but came back armed. Her gun was discharged before she was ready, but she says she intended to kill Mrs. Scarboro in provocation, and does not deny the deed. She had a ticket for Louisville, is good looking, and shows no remorse. []

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this is Mercer not Boyle. 1875? not on timeline

[] "Danville." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. September 16, 1875. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[September 16, 1875] -

DANVILLE.

A Jury Obtained in the Case of B. H. Nichols, Accused of Killing Wm. Perch.

(Special Dispatch to the Courier Journal.)

DANVILLE, Sept. 15. -- The jury in the case of Commonwealth vs. B. H. Nichols, charged with killing Wm. Perch, of Mercer county has at last been obtained, and the taking of testimony commenced. This crime is alleged to have been committed in Mercer county, and is here for trial by change of venue. []

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[] Excerpt from "." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 1, 1875. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-10-01/ed-1/seq-3/

[October 1, 1875] -

Nichols, who was tried at the late term of the Boyle Circuit Court for the murder of a man named Peach, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at death by hanging. We learn that a motion was made by his counsel for a new trial, which was not granted, and he has taken an appeal to the Court of Appeals. This will defer the execution of the death penalty for nearly, or quite, a year. []

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[] Excerpt from "Home Jottings." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 8, 1875. Page 3. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-10-08/ed-1/seq-3/

[October 8, 1875] -

The sentence of death which was pronounced upon Nichols at Danville last week by Judge Owsley, was one of the most touching and pathetic we ever heard from the lips of any Judge whom such a sad duty devolved. []

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1875. Lincoln County. added to timeline (could not find addl)

[] Excerpt from "Home Jottings." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. June 25, 1875. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-06-25/ed-1/seq-3/

[June 25, 1875] -

KILLING AND WOUNDING. -- A considerable amount of crime and misdemeanors has occurred at and around King's Mountain Tunnel since the road began. Last week a man named Payne, a watch and jewelry mender, got into a difficulty with some negroes there which resulted in Payne's killing one of the men and slightly wounding another in the arm. Payne was also severely wounded in the shoulder. He fled for safety to this place. The ball is still in his shoulder. We have since learned that some 8 or 10 negroes attacked Payne, and that he shot entirely in self-defense. The case was dismissed by the Commonwealth Attorney at the preliminary trial, on grounds of justifiable homicide. Payne should in future keep out of bad company. []

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same case?

[] Excerpt from "Court Items." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 29, 1875. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-10-29/ed-1/seq-3/

[October 29, 1875] -

Commonwealth against David Payne, for carrying concealed a deadly weapon, the jury found him guilty and fixed his fine at $50, and his punishment at 15 days in the county jail. []

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1875? Pulaski. added to timeline (could not find addl)

[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 14, 1876. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-04-14/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 14, 1876] -

Jim Gillispie who killed O'Brien, a year or more since, got eight years, []

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[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 21, 1876. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-04-21/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 21, 1876] -

The Sheriff of Pulaski, with the following batch of recruits for the Penitentiary, took the train here for Frankfort one day this week: Jas. Gillispie, sentenced for 7 years for manslaughter; Mose Barnett, for hog stealing, 2 years, and Dan Kyle, manslaughter, 16 years. []

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1875. Pulaski. not on timeline. also listed in non-fatal

[] Excerpt from "Pulaski County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 7, 1875. Page 2. LOC. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-05-07/ed-1/seq-2/

[May 7, 1875] -

In a negro difficulty a few miles North of this place [Somerset), on the Railroad, Dabney Jones, (col.) was wounded by a pistol shot through the lungs, and a severe cut from a razor across the loins. It appears that Jones had a difficulty with two other negroes, and while retreating through the door, he was fired upon by one of them, and the other gave him the razor cut. It is said there is no chance for recovery. If the officers of the law do not take matters into their hands, we might as well give up the ship. All this crime can be stopped by a strict, rigid enforcement of the law. []

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1876? Tucker Edwards. Lincoln. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. September 8, 1876. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[September 8, 1876] -

The cases of Commonwealth vs. C. C. Gillispie, Micajah Rowsey, and Tucker Edwards, for murder, were continued. []

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Garrard County. December 1875. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "State News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 7, 1876. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-01-07/ed-1/seq-1/

[January 7, 1876] -

About two weeks since, Mr. Jake Davis, an old bachelor residing at the mouth of Paint Lick, was taken out of his house and hung by a band of five ruffians until life was nearly extinct when he was cut down and made to tell where he kept his money. Having got possession of his money, which is variously estimated from five hundred dollars to a thousand, the robbers and would-be murderers hung him up again and left him hanging. A negro who lived with Mr. Davis, ran to a neighbor's house and told what was going on, when the neighbor hastened to the scene of attempted murder in time to save the life of the victim. Two of the robbers, Bud May and James Polk Butner, have been arrested, tried and held over in the sum of $1,000 each, for their appearance at the Circuit Court in Garrard county at its next term. Brak Walker and John Murphy, his brother-in-law, both of Madison county, the other parties who participated in this atrocious crime, are still at large, though a reward of $400 has been offered for their arrest. -- Jessamine Journal. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 31, 1876. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-03-31/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 31, 1876] -

It is stated that the gun used with such fatal effect in the late shooting affray at Paint Lick, had contained then exploded, during six years. This is a canard--nobody will believe that a gun ever remained undischarged for six years in Garrard. []

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Pulaski? 1875? not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. November 26, 1875. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-11-26/ed-1/seq-3/

[November 26, 1875] -

BURGLARS SHOT. -- Four negro men had made a plot to burglarize several stores in Danville, the other night. One of them gave information to the proprietors of the intended raid, and the stores were watched. During the night four of them attempted to enter a store when they were fired upon by the guard and two of them were thought to have been mortally wounded. It is a little singular that the negro informant would go with the others and risk being shot himself. He was captured, however, and is now in jail. The other negroes assert that he planned the burglary himself, but this seems strange in the light of the facts of the case. []

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[] Excerpt from "Home Jottings." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 3, 1875. Page 4. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1875-12-03/ed-1/seq-4/

[December 3, 1875] -

One of the negro burglars who was shot in Danville last week, died last Wednesday, and the other will recover. The negro Robertson, the informant, was taken to Somerset, on a charge of murder and burglary. He seems to be a bad scamp. []

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Boyle County. 1876. not on timeline. would need to write an intro for this before posting... skepticism needed before taking at face value since common tactic used by 'respected' (connected) families to discredit black men, often over employment/wage/economic disagreements

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[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. April 14, 1876. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[April 14, 1876] -

AN OUTRAGE. -- Great excitement exists in the West End of the county, caused by the attempted nameless outrage of a little seven year old daughter of Lee Irvine, last Friday, by a brutal young negro man, named Jim Turpin. As far as we can gather the facts, the family, (who reside in Perryville) had gone from home, and during their absence the negro decoyed the little girl into the basement of the house and attempted his hellish design. When Mr. Irvine returned the little one told her father that the negro had abused her, but did not indicate that he had attempted the nameless crime. Mr. Irvine gave him a whipping and drove him from his place. On Sunday the little daughter complained, and a physician was sent for, when the facts in the case were brought to light for the first time. The negro was immediately arrested and placed under guard. He waived an examination and was brought to Danville last Monday and committed to jail. We learn he is a negro of bad character and brutal passions. There is no crime in all the dark catalogue that arouses such indignation as the one here recorded. It fairly makes the blood boil in the veins of every father and brother, and it is indeed wonderful that the brute was permitted to leave the scene of his attempted outrage without summary punishment at the end of a halter. Mr. Irvine's family is one of the most respected in our county, and there is deep sympathy for them in our entire community. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 14, 1876. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-04-14/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 14, 1876] -

A negro named Turpin, has been lodged in Jail at Danville, in default of $2,500 bail, accused of attempting rape on the person of a little girl seven years old, the daughter of Lee Irvine, of Perryville. []

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[] "Danville." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. April 17, 1876. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[April 17, 1876] -

DANVILLE.

A Mulatto Boy Sixteen Years Old Taken From Jail by Masked Men and Killed.

[Special Dispatch to the Courier-Journal.]

DANVILLE, April 15. -- The COURIER-JOURNAL of last Saturday contained a telegram stating that Jim Turpin, a mulatto boy about sixteen years old, was brought here and placed in jail for attempting a nameless outrage on the person of a little seven-year-old daughter of Mr. Lee Irvine, of Perryville. It has since become known that the child was more injured than was at first suspected, and public indignation in regard to the crime has very naturally increased.

This morning about one o'clock the jailer was awakened by loud knocking at his front door, and on inquiring the cause was told that it was a policeman with a prisoner. As soon as the door was opened he was confronted by four masked men with drawn revolvers, two of whom seized him, while the other two, taking his key from him, proceeded to the cell where the boy was confined and took him out, and in company with their comrades, who remained outside, proceeded in the direction of Perryville. This morning he was found cold and dead, hanging to a tree about a mile and a half from town. The whole affair was managed quietly, the mob having taken the precaution to capture Officer Simpson, the night policeman, and put him under guard. A coroner's jury has been investigating the case all the morning, but up to this time nothing has been developed that would lead to the identification of the parties engaged in the hanging. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 21, 1876. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-04-21/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 21, 1876] -

The negro, Jim Turpin, who committed an outrage on a little daughter of Mr. James Irvine, aged eight years, at Perryville, last week, was taken to Danville, and placed in jail. A party of masked men took him out last Friday night and quietly hung him to a limb near town, where he was found dead the next morning. []

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[] "Judge Lynch's Court." Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. April 21, 1876. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[April 21, 1876] -

JUDGE LYNCH'S COURT.

Hanging of Jim Turpin, the Negro Ravisher.

The Testimony, and Verdict of the Coroner's Jury.

On Saturday morning, at 1 1/2 o'clock, the young negro man, Jim Turpin, confined in our jail, on the charge of attempting to commit a nameless crime on a little seven year old white girl (an account of which was given in the Advocate of the 14th,) was taken out by a body of about twenty-five masked and mountain men, and hung on a walnut tree in Mrs. C. O. Moore's avenue, on Perryville pike, 1 1/2 miles from town. -- The Jailer was surprised and captured and the keys taken from him, and the whole affair conducted so quietly, that the town people knew nothing of it until it was all over. A coroner's jury was impaneled, and the following is the testimony elicited, together with the verdict:

J. L. MINOR -- I am Jailer of Boyle county. Turpin was taken from the jail about 1 o'clock A.M. I heard a noise at the door, and asked who was there, and some one replied, "Simpson with a prisoner!" I went down stairs with the lamp and jail keys in my hand, opened the door, and was seized by four masked men armed with pistols. The jail keys were taken from me and the prisoner taken from his cell. Nothing was said, only one man that I was looking at was told to "stand back." Only four came in; others of the party were out in the street. Don't know how many were in the party. One man that I noticed had very red hair. All of them seemed to be men, --none of them boys. I have no suspicions as to who any of them were. One of the men who came into the jail was six feet high, rather slender, with red hair and a light overcoat. One had on a dark overcoat. I don't remember as to the other, --only that he was well dressed and had dark hair. They made me show them the cell where Turpin was confined. One of them whispered to the boy, who got up and went with them. The boy asked for his shoes, and was told "there was no time for shoes." Turpin was in a cell alone, and the men seemed to know him.

JOHN SIMPSON -- I am a Night Policeman. Saw but two of the mob. They came to where I was on the bench on the East side of Collins' Hotel, presented pistols, and said I was "their prisoner." The gas was lit. The men were on horseback. I told them that "I was running this town." They said they "reckoned they would run it for an hour or two.--come with us," and then took me in a Northerly direction; took me on Pine street, between where Mr. Holmes and Mr. Allen lives.

Had been there about ten minutes, when the men near the jail gave a "whoop" and the men guarding me told me to "go in an opposite direction" and left me. I went toward Col. Rodes', the[n] toward the jail. They had white handkerchiefs over their faces, and never got off their horses. Can't tell their size. One had on a dark overcoat, the other a brown Chinchilla. They were both 25 years old and upward, I judge, and rode bay horses. By the sound I judged there were 25 men in the party. I didn't know any of them. Mr. Wm. T. Holmes and I started out the Perryville pike, about daylight, and went on until we found the body hanging, and soon went back to town. Made no examination of the ground near where we found the body.

W. T. HOLMES -- I know nothing of the hanging. I came out with Mr. Simpson and found body of the deceased hanging to the tree, and then went back to town.

JNO. SIMPSON, re-called -- After I was liberated I went back on Main street and rung the Court House bell. This was almost half-past one o'clock.

GEO. TAYLOR, Prisoner at the jail -- I was awake when the mob came into the jail. I didn't know any of them. I just caught a glimpse of them. Two came in I heard them first at the front door. Minor asked "who was there," and a voice replied, "Simpson with a prisoner."

JOHN ALEXANDER, Prisoner -- I was awake when the mob came. Did not know any of them. Only saw one. He was a medium sized man, and wore a dark coat.

ARCH ROWSEY, Prisoner -- Was awake when Turpin was taken out of the jail. I saw two of the men. One was a large and the other a small man. Cannot describe either of them further.

B. H. NICHOLS, Prisoner -- Was awake when the boy was taken out, and saw two or three men. Heard the boy say, "wait until I get my shoes," but did not hear the reply.

J. B. WELCH. -- Was on my way home from a party about half-past twelve. We were halted near Brewer's stable, on Fourth street. We were not detained over two minutes. The man made us turn back and go home by Walnut street. Abe Caldwell and Fletcher Combs were with me. The man had no mask. Don't think he had any beard. I did not know him.

ABE CALDWELL -- (Statement the same as Welsh's.)

E. B. CHEATHAM -- Saw two men ride through Main street. They were well dressed and mounted. I could not say they were masked. This was about 12 o'clock -- before the gas was out. They stopped in the street, near the Catholic Church, a moment, then turned and rode up Main street. I heard them until they had about reached the First Presbyterian Church.

Adjourned until 8 o'clock, Tuesday morning, April 18th, 1876. []

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1876. not on timeline.

[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. July 21, 1876. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-07-21/ed-1/seq-3/

[July 21, 1876] -

Deputy Sheriff J. J. Tate, of Casey county, with a posse, started in pursuit of a gang of horse thieves in that county, the other day, and when they got in range of the gang, were fired upon. Whereupon officer Tate and his party returned the fire and killed a man named Murrel, supposed to be the leader of the thieves, and also wounded another. We presume the Radical papers everywhere will call this another "rebel outrage, and lawlessness in Kentucky." []

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[] Excerpt from "Lincoln County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. July 21, 1876. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-07-21/ed-1/seq-3/

[July 21, 1876] -

Liberty has had a sensation during the last few days. Rumors about the matter are conflicting, but the main facts elicited are about these: It seems there has been a lively business done in that region lately in the way of horse stealing. On last Saturday night John J. Tate, who is canvassing the county as candidate for Sheriff, stopped for the night somewhere about what is called Tennessee Ridge. Before morning he ascertained that his horse was missing. Hastily rallying a posse armed with shot guns, he started in pursuit. Before day they rode up on a party of six men halted in the road. The first intimidation they had of the presence of this party was the explosion of a percussion cap. Tate immediately discharged a load of buckshot in the direction of the faint light emitted by the cap, and killed one of the thieves. A brisk firing by both parties ensued, and continued until all the weapons of the pursuers were discharged. They then fell back to a house in order to re-load, and wait for more light. As soon as they could see they renewed the pursuit, and when they came near the scene of their conflict they discovered a man on horseback talking to another lying in the road. His reply to the summons to surrender was a shot promptly delivered. The whole party fired on him, but he made good his escape, although vigorously pursued for a considerable distance. The fallen man died soon after the pursuers came up. He had refused to give any reliable information. Tate recovered his horse. The marauders were followed into Taylor County, and lost somewhere near Campbellsville. In order to ward off suspicion they seem to have resorted to the ruse of tying one of their number with a rope and pretending they had arrested, and were taking him to jail. This enabled them to pass on without hindrance. The name of the man who was killed is said to be Murrell. []

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Pulaski. 1876. not on timeline not a murder

[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 26, 1876. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-05-26/ed-1/seq-3/

[May 26, 1876] -

We learn that a man named Pollard, was arrested at Crab Orchard, the other day, on the charge of killing his wife. The accused is said to hail from Pulaski county. We have not heard the particulars of the arrest. []

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[] Excerpt from "State News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. June 2, 1876. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-06-02/ed-1/seq-2/

[June 2, 1876] -

Samuel Pollard, who formerly lived in Lincoln county, was put in jail in this place last Tuesday, charged with attempting to kill his wife on Monday morning. Mrs. Pollard is a daughter of Berry Ware, of this [Pulaski] county, and has been in very feeble health for some months past, confined to her bed. She says that about daylight Monday morning her husband tried to smother her to death by putting a pillow over her face and holding it until he thought she was suffocated. He then held her nose with one hand and covered her mouth with the other until she was nearly dead. Her little daughter ran over to her to her grandfather's, a short distance off, and told her grandmother to come to Mrs. Pollard, and Pollard left for Crab Orchard, upon being accused of the crime. Josiah Bishop and Marion Ware (a brother-in-law and brother of Mrs. Pollard) went and brought him back. Mrs. Pollard is in a very critical condition. --[Somerset Reporter. []

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[] Excerpt from "State News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. June 9, 1876. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-06-09/ed-1/seq-2/

[June 9, 1876] -

ACQUITTED. -- Sam'l Pollard, charged with attempting to smother his wife to death, had his examining trial last Saturday, and was acquitted, it appearing evident that the wife had a night-mare. --[Somerset Reporter. []

(???? how was she in a 'critical condition' if it was only a nightmare? What did the daughter say to the grandfather? Why did he run from the scene? is this some crazy defense of the husband's that the court somehow believed?)

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Pulaski, 1876. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 31, 1876. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-03-31/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 31, 1876] -

MURDER. -- Last Satur[d]ay night, John Murray, an old man, was murdered on Mr. Flannery's work, on the C. S. R. R. It appears that he had come down on the work to collect a bill from a notorious and disreputable woman, named Cook. A difficulty arose about it, and the woman had Murray arrested. There being no officer near, the Magistrate who issued the warrant, gave Murray over into the keeping of James Hughes, and Simeon Davis, who remained with their prisoner, at Mrs. Cook's. About midnight, as we learn, this Mrs. Cook, determining to make a clean sweep, both of her debt and the old man, leveled a pistol at him, and fired, the ball taking effect. In the scuffle, the woman received a cut across the hand from a large knife held by Murray. Hughes then rushed on Murray, and with a hammer, literally beat his brains out. The murderers then fled, but on Monday, Jailer Shepperd, of Somerset, came across Hughes at Waynesburg, and took him under arrest. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 14, 1876. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1876-04-14/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 14, 1876] -

The cases of Strunk and Hughes, accused of being accomplices in the murder of Murray, were continued, the parties giving bail at $1,000 each. Strunk was the Constable who had Murray in charge, and it is said, that, for a consideration of $50, he turned him over to the woman Cook, and Hughes, who murdered him. I[f] this can be proven, Mr. Strunk is likely to have a lively time of it. Court will probably not adjourn till this evening. []

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July 1876. Lincoln County. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 2, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-03-02/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 2, 1877] -

Tom Higgins, col'd, who killed another colored man last July, at Mr. Wm. Ball's in this county, has surrendered himself to the custody of the Court, and wishes the charge against him investigated. The last Grand Jurry failed to indict him, for some reasons, coupled with the fact that he had fled the country. His trial is fixed for today. []

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need to check for article about Drye's release. He was sentenced to 4 years in 1874.

1877. Lincoln/Casey. not on timeline.

[] Excerpt from "Lincoln County - Hustonville." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 14, 1877. Page 3. LOC.

[December 14, 1877] -

A collision occurred on Sunday night, in the edge of Casey county, between Tom Moore and George Ellis, which resulted in the death of both parties. A feud had existed between the two men for some time, originating, it is understood, in a very zealous disposition on the part of Ellis to prosecution Moore for violation of the license laws; and rendered more bitter by the course of the former when acting as Deputy Marshal in hunting down and taking to Louisville, offenders and witnesses under the Internal Revenue enactments. The account we have received is, that, on the night stated, Ellis, in company with Clay Drye, was riding across the county toward Liberty. They noticed a horse at the side of the road but saw no rider. Drye, who was in advance was accosted with the inquiry if that was he, and immediately two shots, almost simultaneous were heard. Ellis fell from his horse on the spot. It is reported that groans were heard from the brushwood near the road. On Thursday morning a search resulted in the discovery of the dead body of Moore. Ellis lingered until Monday evening, when he also died. Both, I believe, leave families. []

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1876/1877? Pulaski County. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Kentucky News." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. March 20, 1877. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[March 20, 1877] -

Wm. Parsons, of Somerset, has been admitted to bail in the sum of $500 to answer a charge of murder. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 13, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-04-13/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 13, 1877] -

Parsons was tried on a charge of manslaughter and acquitted. []

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?????. Lincoln. 1876? not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Our Neighbors." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. February 2, 1877. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[February 2, 1877] -

Two negroes, from Crab Orchard, who were sent to jail charged with murder, were recently brought before His Honor, Judge Lytle, of the County Court, on a writ of habeas corpus. They had been refused bail by the Examining Court, and the Judge was of opinion that, under the 426 Section of the new Criminal Code, he had no authority to sit in the case; but as the proceedings had been commenced before him prior to the 1st of January, (the time at which the new codes went into effect,) he thought he could legally proceed with the trial, which he did. After hearing the evidence the prisoners were remanded to the custody of the jailor, without bail, as before. []

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Madison 1877. four people killed in shootout. Christopher Ballard any relation to Tuck Ballard? not on timeline

[] "Richmond." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. September 21, 1877. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[September 21, 1877] -

RICHMOND.

Four Men Killed Yesterday Evening -- John Burnam, Jasper Maupin, and Two Others Who it is Said Were Not Concerned in the Difficulty.

(Special Dispatch to the Courier-Journal.)

RICHMOND, Sept. 20. -- John Burnam and Jasper Maupin, parties before the Circuit Court, now in session, for malicious shooting, met at six P.M. A difficulty ensued, resulting in the death of both Maupin and Burnam. Wm. Cornelison and Christopher Ballard, said not to be concerned in the difficulty, were also killed. Excitement is great in Richmond. Particulars can not be given. County Judge W. C. Miller, and all the other officers, promptly appeared and quelled as fast as possible any further difficulty. Much credit is due the County Judge and Sheriff. All is quiet. The parties are under arrest and in charge of the Sheriff. The Burnams and Maupins are of high respectability, and live near Kingston, in this county.

Another Report.

(Special Dispatch to the Courier-Journal.)

RICHMOND, Sept. 20. -- A year since Jasper Maupin shot John Burnam at Kingston, in this county, severely wounding him. The parties live eight and ten miles from Richmond. Maupin was indicted. His trial in the Circuit Court was set for to-day, but the case was not reached. This evening the parties met in the street in Richmond, each accompanied by friends, when firing began. Jasper Maupin, John Burnam, Chris Ballard and William A. Cornelison were killed. All the survivors engaged, so far as known, six in number, were promptly arrested, and are now in jail. None of the parties live in Richmond. []

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Lincoln Co. Griffin. 1877. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Lincoln County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 23, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-03-23/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 23, 1877] -

MORE MURDER IN THE EAST END. -- Quite a serious and fatal difficulty occurred on Tuesday night, at the house of Flora Patton, a woman of no high repute, living about six or seven miles from this place, on the Chappel's Gap and Waynesburg road. It seems that a short time ago, one Wm. Delaney received a note from some unknown parties threatening him with personal violence, for having contracted more than an ordinary fondness for a Mrs. Turner who lived within a hundred yards of Mrs. P. On Tuesday, a couple of young men named Griffin, brought to our Depot, a load of staves, and on their return purchased some of the overjoyful, and having imbibed pretty freely on their way, became slightly, if not wholly how-come-you-so. Reaching Mrs. P.'s about dark, they concluded to stop and have some fun; went in, played the fiddle a while, and at an unexpected moment, heard quite a noise at the door of Mrs. Turner. The young Griffins stepped to the door, and by some, it is said they hallowed, while others say they shot at the supposed KuKlux, at any rate, disturbers of Mrs. Turner. The riotous parties for a short time withdrew, but soon returned to investigate the conduct of the young men in question, and without a moments warning, opened fire--several shots were said to have been fired--when the attacking parties withdrew a second time, leaving one of the young Griffin's wounded in the arm, the other, with a messenger of death lodged in the brain; the ball having entered in, or near the temple. A physician was sent for, who, on the morning following, visited young Griffin, finding it impossible to do any thing for the latter. he told him he was near his grave, and at about 8 o'clock, he died. The former is not seriously hurt, and will soon recover. It is impossible for us to gather the minute details of the horrible affair. But 'tis enough to know that one more man has, from the use of whisky, and base associations, been ushered to an untimely grave. []

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Lincoln County. 12 April 1877. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Stanford." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. April 13, 1877. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[April 13, 1877] -

STANFORD.

STANFORD, April 12. -- ... [did not transcribe] ...

FATAL SHOOTING AFFAIR.

E. H. Dawson today shot and killed Samuel Nelson, who was under the influence of liquor and was pursuing him to force the payment of a blacksmith's bill, which Dawson disputed. Dawson delivered himself up this evening and will have his examining trial to-morrow. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 13, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-04-13/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 13, 1877] -

MAN KILLED. -- E. H. Dawson shot and killed Samuel Nelson, yesterday, and immediately after the deed, came to town and delivered himself up to the authorities. It seems that Nelson, who was drinking, was very abusive to Dawson about an account and followed him to his home threatening to whip him. Dawson alleges that he kept out of his way as best he could, but was finally caught by Nelson who struck him with great force with an iron bar. It was at this juncture that he shot him, the ball entering the bridge of his nose and producing death in a few moments. The preliminary trial is set for to-day at 10 o'clock. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 20, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-04-20/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 20, 1877] -

ACQUITTED. -- At the preliminary trial of E. H. Dawson, for the killing of Samuel Nelson, a clear case of justifiable homicide was proved and Mr. Dawson was discharged from custody. []

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Mary Kinkead/Kincaid/Kinkaid/Kincade. Pulaski. 1877. not on timeline. (infantcide, probably will not post.)

[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. May 4, 1877. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[May 4, 1877] -

Mary Kinkead, a colored woman, was arrested in Danville, last Saturday, on a bench warrant issued from Pulaski, charging her with the murder of her child, last Fall. She is now in jail here. []

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[] Excerpt from "Kentucky News." The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY. July 10, 1877. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[July 10, 1877] -

SOMERSET Reporter: The called term of the Pulaski Circuit Court for the trial of equity and criminal cases convenes on the 9th inst. There are four murder cases to be disposed of, the defendants being Wesley McPherrin, Sarah Surber, Mary Kinkead, and Davis alias Red Helton, and a case for bigamy against David Rollins. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local and Personal." Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. July 13, 1877. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[July 13, 1877] -

Judge Minor took the negro woman, Mary Kincaid, to Pulaski, the early part of the week, who has been confined in our [Danville] jail on a charge of infantcide committed in that county. []

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Lincoln County. 1877. added to timeline

[] Excerpts from "Local News" and "Lincoln County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-10-12/ed-1/seq-3/

[October 12, 1877] -

ANOTHER KILLING. -- Most of our local readers are apprised of the fact of the killing of Mr. Camillus Montgomery, by his brother-in-law Mr. Samuel Owens, on Friday last at McKinney's Station. Immediately after the unfortunate affair Mr. Owens went to Hustonville and delivered himself to the authorities who placed him under guard to await his examining trial on Tuesday last. The facts developed then show that Mr. Owens was entirely justifiable, that Montgomery had previously threatened his life and that on the day of the killing he had drawn his pistol and attempted to shoot Owens. The pistol was taken from him by bystanders but Montgomery renewed the attack with a knife, when Owens drew his pistol and shot him dead. The trouble originated over a debt that Montgomery claimed that Owens owed him and which the latter avowed had been paid. The case was tried before 'Squires Brown and Compton, who, after the hearing of the testimony and the argument of counsel, acquitted the prisoner.

Hustonville.

October 8, 1877.

You have of course had a full account of the unfortunate collision of last Friday at McKinney's Station between Sam. Owens and his brother-in-law, Camillus Montgomery, in which the latter was shot and instantly killed. Owens had an examining trial here to-day, before Esquire Brown. Messrs. Hill, Saufley and Welch, were present on behalf of the defense. A verdict of "justifiable homicide" was rendered. The affair is peculiarly afflictive in consequence of the relations of the parties, and the large number and high respectability of the persons connected with them. []

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same Sam Williams that killed Thomas Burns?

[] Excerpt from "Liberty." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 28, 1880. Page 2. LOC.

[May 28, 1880] -

The Casey Circuit Court convenes on the 7th of June. The equity and ordinary dockets are both well filled. The two criminal cases, Commonwealth vs. S. M. Williams and the Commonwealth vs. G. T. Helm, are both set for the first day of the Court. []

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1875-1876? Lincoln. not on timeline.

[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 6, 1880. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1880-02-06/ed-1/seq-3/

[February 6, 1880] -

A MURDERER LOOSE. -- Jim Fuel, who five or six years ago killed a man named Braxdale, near Milledgeville, and fled the country, was seen near the region of his old haunts a few days ago. Papers have been put in the hands of the officers, but they have not succeeded in arresting him yet. []

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Rockcastle. 1876? not on timeline

[] Excerpt "Rockcastle County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 22, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-08-22/ed-1/seq-2/

[August 22, 1879] -

The man, Capps, who was reported knocked in the head by Wm. Gentry, last week, is doing well, and will recover. Gentry will have his trial this week. Capps, a few years ago, killed a man by knocking him in the head with a rock, under about the same circumstances that he received this blow from Gentry. Had he died, it would have strikingly fulfilled the old adage: "Those who live by the sword, shall perish, &c."

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October 1876? might belong in non-fatal? Lincoln county. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Circuit Court." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 19, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-10-19/ed-1/seq-3/

[October 19, 1877] -

The trial of Ira Logan for the shooting of Clay Powell in Hustonville, in October 1876, was in progress at the adjournment of the Court last evening. []

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[] Excerpt from "Circuit Court Notes." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 26, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-10-26/ed-1/seq-3/

[October 26, 1877] -

The case of Ira Logan was on trial then and resulted in a verdict of acquittal. []

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Wayne. ? / Bailey. 1878. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Violent Deaths in Kentucky." Louisville Commercial, Louisville, KY. December 31, 1878. Reprinted by Kentucky Explorer magazine.

[December 31, 1878] -

Sept 1878

7th - A Negro killed John Bailey at Monticello in a quarrel over wages. []

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July 1878. Garrard. Walter Kavanaugh / [?] Reid. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. June 20, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-06-20/ed-1/seq-3/

[June 20, 1879] -

A SPECIAL TERM -- Of the Garrard Circuit to try Bob James for stealing, and Walter Kavanaugh (colored,) for murder, was held at Lancaster, Tuesday. James, who, it is reported, has left the country for his country's good, did not appear, but no forfeiture was taken on his bail bond, as it was discovered that, by mistake, it ha been taken to the regular term in August. The trial of Kavanaugh for killing another negro named Reid, last July, resulted in a verdict of manslaughter, the punishment being fixed at 21 years in the Penitentiary, which is the full extent of the law. John M. Higginbotham, the fearless Sheriff, took him to Frankfort, yesterday, without a guard. Some Sheriff's would have had at least three. []

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1878. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 11, 1878. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1878-01-11/ed-1/seq-3/

[January 11, 1878] -

Wm. Owsley, a 13 year old boy was shot and killed by Tom Burdett, another colored boy last week. At the examining trial Burdett was sent on, and not being able to give the $500 bail is now in jail. []

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Slaven / ?. Garrard. 1877? not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Garrard County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 24, 1877. Page 3. LOC.

[August 24, 1877] -

In our last we stated that the Court had appointed Mr. L. D. Lusk to prosecute George Slaven in a suit for alleged murder, which resulted in acquittal. The Commonwealth's Attorney, being a kinsman, was employed by the prisoner before his election to his present office. Mr. Lusk applied for compensation for his pro tem services, and the sum was variously estimated at from one hundred to two hundred and fifty dollars. The Court was of opinion that there is no warrant for such appropriation, but allowed the gentleman to plead his services, attaching their assumed value, and to prepare his case for decision by a higher Court. A case of some magnitude is now pending, in which Gen. Richard Gano stands in danger of having to redeem a ten-thousand dollar mortgage, given to him by Mr. Higgins, of Paris, on behalf of B. M. Jones, of this county. We will give particulars in our next, and shape the matter more intelligibly than this brief notice will allow. []

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Casey? Clay Drye is mentioned. Ellis. 1877. not on timeline

Excerpt from "West End of Lincoln." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. December 14, 1877. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[December 14, 1877] -

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William McCoy / Soard. Garrard. 1877. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Garrard County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 16, 1877. Page 2. LOC.

[February 16, 1877] -

It is currently reported in town that a shooting affray occurred on Monday night on the borders of Garrard and Madison which resulted in the death of Sam'l Sword and the dangerous wounding of one McCoy. []

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[] Excerpt from "Garrard County." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. February 16, 1877. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[February 16, 1877] -

TROUBLE IN MADISON. -- Wm. McCoy and Jas. Swoard became involved in a difficulty yesterday afternoon, near the scene of the late Farris and Harris tragedy, between the head-waters of Paint Lick and Silver Creek, which resulted in the shooting and immediate death of Swoard, and the fatal wounding of McCoy.

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[] Excerpt from "Madison County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 23, 1877. Page 3. LOC.

[February 23, 1877] -

Two fatal affrays have occurred in this county since my last--one in the vicinity of Berea, in which a man by the name of Harris was killed, and a brother and Geo. Farris wounded. Another on White Lick, resulting in the death of a man named Sword, and the dangerous wounding of McCoy. As neither of the cases have been investigated, judicially, I can not give the particulars, there being, as usual, conflicting statements made by the friends of the parties. []

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[] Excerpt from "Rockcastle County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 9, 1877. Page 2. LOC.

[March 9, 1877] -

Bruce Wilmot, a constable of this [Rockcastle] county, and a posse of three men, passed through town [Mt. Vernon] last night, having in charge Wm. McCoy, the young fellow who killed James Sword, at White Lick, in Garrard county, on the 12th of last month. An account of the killing was published in this paper. Wilmot had been searching for McCoy for some time, and finally overhauled him in Campbell county, Tennessee. He was in a farm house, eating his diner, and did not know of the presence of his pursuers till their pistols were presented at his head and their voices demanding his surrender. Consequently, he made no resistance. Wilmot will deliver him to the Jailer at Lancaster, to-day. []

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[] Excerpt from "Garrard County." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. March 9, 1877. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[March 9, 1877] -

The two McCoy boys who recently killed Swoard, in the upper end of this [Garrard] county, were caught in Tennessee, and have been returned to this place and lodged in jail. []

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[] Excerpt from "Garrard County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 24, 1877. Page 3. LOC.

[August 24, 1877] -

The case of the Commonwealth vs William McCoy, for the killing of Soard, is now in progress. []

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[] Excerpt from "Garrard County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 1, 1878. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1878-03-01/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 1, 1878] -

Wm. McCoy, charged with murder, had a change of venue to Lincoln. Sam’l Bird, prosecuted for murder, received an honorable acquittal from our peace-loving jury. []

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[] Excerpt from "Garrard County News - Lancaster." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 30, 1878. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1878-08-30/ed-1/seq-3/

[August 30, 1878] -

The case of McCoy, for the killing of Soard, was continued till February, the present term not being considered exactly wholesome for man-slayers. [Freeman Farris was sentenced to death at the same term.] []

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[] Excerpt from "Garrard County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 4, 1878. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1878-10-04/ed-1/seq-2/

[October 4, 1878] -

One, the white man McCoy, who killed Soard, has been shut in [jail] from the sunlight till his complexion is thoroughly bleached. []

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[] Excerpt from "Garrard County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 14, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-02-14/ed-1/seq-2/

[Febuary 14, 1879] -

CIRCUIT COURT. -- The February term of Circuit Court began here on Monday. Without much delay a suitable jury was impannelled. Thus far nothing has appeared on the docket except the case of McCoy, who was arraigned some fifteen months ago for killing one Soard. The case has several times heretofore been under consideration, and was once removed to Lincoln county. Not being reached during that session of the court, it was returned to Garrard. Meanwhile, the prisoner has lingered in confinement till his face is as white as if the sun had never shone upon it. He is impatient at last to know his fate, and hails the hour that shall proclaim it. Wm. H. Miller, of Stanford, and George Denny, Jr., are the prosecuting counsel. Messrs. Walton, Kauffman and Bradley, Sr., and Jr., are on the defense. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 1. The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 14, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-02-14/ed-1/seq-3/

[February 14, 1879] -

LANCASTER. -- A gentleman who returned from Lancaster last evening tells us that McCoy, for the murder of Soard, got ten years in the Penitentiary... []

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[] Excerpts from "List of Pardons." List of pardons granted by Governor Luke P. Blackburn, from September 3, 1879 to March 23, 1881. Kentucky Legislative Documents, Volumes 2 and 3. Pages 4 through 26. Googlebooks.

Date Pardoned / Name / County / Offense

Oct. 3, 1879. / William McCoy / Garrard / Murder

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Whitley County. 1878? not on timeline.

[] Excerpt from Column 2. The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 28, 1880. Page 2. LOC.

[May 28, 1880] -

Two years or more ago the Rogers and the Crywoods, of Tennessee, by falsely representing that they were the proper officers, took a negro named Jackson from the jail at Lebanon, pretendedly to carry him for trial to their State. They alleged that Jackson had had criminal connection with one of their wives, though no rape was charged, the wife, who is no doubt a bad woman, saying that she had yielded to his solicitations after he had dosed her with "love powders." They took the negro as far as Whitley County, and there, after shooting him nearly to death, roasted him over a slow fire. For this cowardly and fiendish deeds they were arrested, and after several continuances were brought to trial at Williamsburg last week. Judge Pearl, a whisky-killer, was elected to try the case, when such a farce as was never known in a civilized country was enacted. Men were taken on the jury drunk, bribes were offered and no doubt accepted, and the result, as might have been expected, was an acquittal. The whole proceeding was a blot upon the Judicial record of the State, and the parties who connived at it should receive the censure of all law-loving men. []

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1878. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Garrard County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 1, 1878. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1878-03-01/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 1, 1878] -

Wm. McCoy, charged with murder, had a change of venue to Lincoln. Sam’l Bird, prosecuted for murder, received an honorable acquittal from our peace-loving jury. []

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Rockcastle. 1877. not on timeline because of possible confusion with next case

[] Excerpt from "Rockcastle County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 30, 1877. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-03-30/ed-1/seq-2/

[March 30, 1877] -

A report comes to us of a shocking murder which was committed last Sunday, in Pulaski county, about ten miles from this place. According to the best accounts which have been given to us of the affair,

the following are the particulars: On the day mentioned, John Renfro went to the house of one Carlton, and after some conversation with him, asked him a question in reference to a tan-bark transaction between the parties. Carlton replied to the question, when Renfro seized a rock which was lying on the mantel-piece, and struck Carlton with it in the temple, breaking his skull and killing him instantly. We understand that Renfro has left the country, no attempt having been made to arrest him. []

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[] Excerpt from "Rockcastle County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. September 20, 1878. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1878-09-20/ed-1/seq-2/

[September 20, 1878] -

same vs. John Renfro for killing Wm. Carleton. (Renfro is still a fugitive from justice;) []

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[] Excerpt from "A State of War." Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Cincinnati, OH. April 28, 1879. Page 5. Genealogybank.com.

[April 28, 1879] -

Ira Carleton, killed by Jno. Renfrue. []

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who killed who? Renfro killed Henson? (assuming it's the same Renfro evading arrest for supposed Carleton murder? Or is this the same case?) 1878? not on timeline

except I did add an evermont renfroe killed may 26, 1878 on the timeline, from the death records

[] Excerpt from "." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. July 26, 1878. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1878-07-26/ed-1/seq-2/

[July 26, 1878] -

The Reporter says that Renfro, who killed Ike Henson and escaped, has been captured, and returned to the jailer at Somerset. There was a reward of $300 for him. []

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[] Excerpt from "Pulaski News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 2, 1878. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1878-08-02/ed-1/seq-3/

[August 2, 1878] -

ACQUITTED.

Ike Henson, who, some time since, killed Renfro, and evaded arrest, was captured last week and brought here for trial, which resulted in acquittal. []

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McAtee / McAfee / Mactee. Lincoln? 1877? not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Stanford." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. January 5, 1878. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[January 5, 1878] -

STANFORD.

Deputy Sheriff Little Badly Beaten in Attempting to Arrest McAtee, Who is Accused of Murder ...

(Special Dispatch to the Courier-Journal.)

STANFORD, Jan. 4. -- Deputy Sheriff Wood Little arrived here this morning from Bell county, whether he had gone about ten days ago to apprehend one McAtee, who is accused of murder and is a fugitive. McAtee escaped from the Lexington jail some time since, and there is a reward of $500 for his arrest. Little made a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to capture him, and was badly beaten over the head and shoulders, and inflicted a severe gunshot wound upon one of his antagonists, who, notwithstanding, escaped. Little is a resolute man, and has been made Deputy Sheriff during the late unpleasantness in Lincoln. []

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false report. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Lincoln County News -- Crab Orchard." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 4, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-05-04/ed-1/seq-3/

[May 4, 1877] -

We are told that an answer to the local in the Courier-Journal announcing the murder of Mr. Schultz, in the vicinity of this place [Crab Orchard], had been sent and never appeared. We think any correction in regard to the crime, connected with this place, should be noticed by the Courier-Journal, as every thing degrading that is committed in Central and Eastern Kentucky, is invariably credited to Crab Orchard. But we suppose the Courier-Journal is somewhat angry at us from the fact, it could not make a lottery of her Crab Orchard salts, and swindle the world as it did the Kentucky Library.

Mr. Schultz, the man who the Courier-Journal had [claimed was] murdered in this vicinity, was found about one mile below the ford in Buck Creek, Monday morning, at 9 o'clock. []

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Wayne County. 1877? not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 18, 1877. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1877-05-18/ed-1/seq-3/

[May 18, 1877] -

WAYNE CIRCUIT COURT. -- We learn from Judge M. C. Saufley, who returned from Monticello this week, that the Circuit Court adjourned on Wednesday. There were no very important cases on the docet, most of them being for minor offenses and amounts. Two representatives were sent to the Penitentiary, to-wit: Wm. Wright, for killing ----- Davis, 2 years, and John Hancock, 4 years for arson. Judge Owsley holds his next Court in Russell. []

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Wayne. 1877? not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Wayne County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. November 15, 1878. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1878-11-15/ed-1/seq-2/

[November 15, 1878] -

The man, Allen, charged with complicity in the murder of young Coffey, and who had been in jail over twelve months, was allowed, and gave bail in the sum of $200. []

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Luke O'Gara / Farris? Paint Lick. 1878. not on timeline.

[] Excerpts from "Garrard County News." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. September 6, 1878. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1878-09-06/ed-1/seq-3/

[September 6, 1878] -

TO BE HUNG OCTOBER 31ST.

Freeman Farris, the condemned criminal, (whose sentence as delivered by Judge Owsley is appended) is greatly exercised because the authorities forbid his marriage to the dusky object of his dark affections. Says he cannot die happy without this panacea of "two souls with but a single thought." His execution is fixed for the 31st day of October. His manner has continued defiant and ironical. It is said that this negro boasts of having killed a number of men, and he is strongly suspected of having murdered Luke O'Gara, the Irishman whose remains were found in a ditch near Paint Lick some months ago. []

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Christmas eve 1878. and April/May 1880. Wayne. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Wayne County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 3, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-01-03/ed-1/seq-2/

[January 3, 1879] -

ANOTHER FATAL AFFRAY. -- Occurred on Christmas Eve, at the house of Stephen Lovall, near the Pulaski county line, in which James Hutchison, Jr., was instantly killed by a blow from an axe, in the hands of James B. Phillips, son of Daniel Phillips, of this [Wayne] county. Young Phillips has been arrested, and was to have had an examining trial before Esquire East, on yesterday. We are not advised as to the nature of the case as developed on the trial, and rumors relative to the particulars are so conflicting that we forbear to give an opinion. []

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[] Excerpt from "Wayne County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 10, 1879. Page 2. LOC.

[January 10, 1879] -

ON BAIL. -- The case of James B. Philips, of which we made mention last week, was tried before Esquires East and Bates, early in the week. The affair proved to be an ugly one for Phillips, one of the Magistrates holding that the crime was homicide. The other one took a more favorable view of it, the result was a compromise, and fixing bail at $500. This sum was given and Phillips set at liberty until the May Term of our Circuit Court. []

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[] Excerpt from "Notes of Current Events." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 7, 1880. Page 2. LOC.

[May 7, 1880] -

Last fall a man named Phillips killed on Hutchison in the presence of Mr. Powell. The case was a very aggravated one of murder, and Phillips offered Powell a large sum to leave the country. He refused to do so, and it is said that Phillips threatened to kill him if he did not. The trial of Phillips was to have been called last Monday, and on the Thursday night previous a body of masked men, one of whom Mrs. Powell recognized as Phillips, went to Powell's house to lynch him, but he fought them manfully, knocking down three of them with axe and getting hold of a pistol, shot and killed one of them who proved to be John Will Smith, of Pulaski. Three of the men have been identified and are now in jail in Wayne county, the locality of the deed. []

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1879? Laurel County. not on timeline.

[] Excerpt from "Laurel County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 21, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-03-21/ed-1/seq-2/

[March 21, 1879] -

There is only one murder case on the [Laurel County] docket, and that has been continued. []

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[] Excerpt from "Garrard County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 22, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-08-22/ed-1/seq-2/

[August 22, 1879] -

McCoy, on trial for the alleged murder of ---- Lair, was acquitted. []

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Madison. August 1879. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 29, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-08-29/ed-1/seq-3/

[August 29, 1879] -

TWO AT A SHOT. -- Another murder reddens Madison County's bloody record. This time, at Richmond, George Mitchell, a former resident of Stanford, fires a needle-gun at Wm. Pratt, a carpenter, sending a ball whizzing through his shoulder and into the left eye of Pat Sweeny, an inoffensive spectator, killing him instantly. The quarrel between Mitchell and Pratt grew out of a bet that they made during the recent Fair, in which Pratt called Mitchell a liar. Pratt's wound is a serious one and may result fatally. Mitchell gave himself up after his terrible shot and is now in jail. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 12, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-12-12/ed-1/seq-3/

[December 12, 1879] -

FOR LIFE. -- The Court of Appeals has affirmed the decision of the Madison Circuit Court in the case of George Mitchell, who was sent up for life for killing Patrick Sweeney, several months ago. []

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Joe Johnson / James Sneed. Pulaski. 1879. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Pulaski County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 28, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-03-28/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 28, 1879] -

MURDER. -- In a drunken quarrel at Point Isabel, to-day, a negro named Joe Johnson, shot and killed James Sneed, a white man. They quarreled over a raft of logs on the Cumberland River. The negro escaped. []

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1879? not on timeline

[] Excerpt from Column 2. The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 7, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-02-07/ed-1/seq-2/

[February 7, 1879] -

The Mountain Echo learns from a letter received from Williamsburg, Whitley county, that Rogers and Kaywood, the fiends who tortured the negro, Ed. Jackson, to death; have been released on $5,000 bail, each. If all the circumstances connected with their cruel murder are as reported, they should hardly have been allowed a trial, much less bail. But such is the way of Kentucky courts -- a murderer is given far more rights than any other class of criminals. []

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Rockcastle. 1879. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Rockcastle County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 2, 1879. Page 2. LOC.

[May 2, 1879] -

FOUND DEAD. -- We learn that a negro man was found dead in the woods near the sinks of Round Stone, last Tuesday. We have been unable, however, to learn who he was, or any particulars as to the cause of his death. []

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Wayne. 1879. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "State News." The South Kentuckian, Hopkinsville, KY. November 11, 1879. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[November 11, 1879] -

In Wayne county, last Wednesday week, a man named Smith was killed over a dispute concerning a dog, by a man named Slavey, his brother-in-law. []

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W. B. Lair / John Romine. Wayne. 1879? not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Wayne County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. February 7, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-02-07/ed-1/seq-2/

[February 7, 1879] -

JAIL DELIVERY. -- Two prisoners, W. B. Lair, confined for the murder of John Romine, and Logan Sallee, of color, for malicious stabbing, made their escape from our county jail on the night 28th ult., by prizing the doors open with some planks taken from the floor of the cell. Wm. wright, the jailer, has offered a reward for their capture, but no effort has been made in that direction as yet. []

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George Gooch, Walls, Henry Falkenbury. 1879. Lincoln. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. July 18, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-07-18/ed-1/seq-3/

[July 18, 1879] -

THE POISONING CASE. -- The body of George Gooch, who is supposed to have been poisoned by his wife, was exhumed on Saturday last and the stomach taken out and sent to a Louisville chemist for analysis. The Doctors who took it out say that the indications of poison were very evident. Mrs. Gooch and her paramour, Falkenbury, are still under arrest, and it is said that Robt. Walls and wife, parents of the miserable woman, have also been put under guard as accomplices in the murder, and the developments grow worse and worse. The examining trial has been set for to-morrow. []

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[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. July 25, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-07-25/ed-1/seq-3/

[July 25, 1879] -

POSTPONED AGAIN. -- The examining trial of Mrs. Gooch, Mrs. Walls and Henry Falkenbury, for the poisoning of George Gooch, has been again postponed, and a post mortem examination of the body, and a thorough analysis of the viscera ordered. Dr. McClure was directed to take it to Louisville and superintend the work. Falkenbury having attempted to make his escape, has been placed in jail, while two men keep unceasing guard over the women. The next attempt at a trial will be on the 6th of August. []

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Pulaski. July 1879. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Pulaski County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. July 25, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-07-25/ed-1/seq-2/

[July 25, 1879] -

MURDERER CAUGHT. -- A negro was murdered near Tatesville last Saturday, and the murderer, another negro, it was thought, had made good his escape, but he was captured last Tuesday, near the trestle West of town, and is now safely lodged in jail. []

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Macklin or McLain / Floyd. Pulaski. 1879. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "News Notes." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. September 12, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-09-12/ed-1/seq-2/

[September 12, 1879] -

James McLain, a sixteen-year-old boy, shot and killed his brother-in-law, Wm. Floyd, in Pulaski, a few days ago. Floyd had separated from his wife and McLain took up for his sister in the trouble, hence the tragedy. []

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Excerpt from "Notes of Current Events." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. November 14, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-11-14/ed-1/seq-2/

[November 14, 1879] -

Jim Macklin, who killed Floyd, in Pulaski, some time since, was captured in Indiana last week by Jailer W. S. Shepperd, and brought to the jail in that county. The Governor had offered a reward of $200 for him. []

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1879. Garrard. Andy Owsley

[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. September 26, 1879. Page 3. LOC.

A BAD NEGRO. -- The negro, Andy Owsley, who was shot and mortally wounded near Lancaster a few days ago, a report of which will be found in the letter from that place, is the same individual who flattened out a bullet on Strother Myers' skull several years ago, where it still remains as a reminder of him. Mr. Myers was Town Marshal at the time, and was attempting to quell a negro row, when he caught the ball on the fly, which was, however, not intended for him. []

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1879. Casey? or Lincoln? not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "The Trial of Sam Williams and other Casey Court Items." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 5, 1879. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-12-05/ed-1/seq-3/

[December 5, 1879] -

The case of G. Helm, of Lincoln, for killing a negro man, was continued by the prosecution...[]

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[] Excerpt from "Liberty." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 28, 1880. Page 2. LOC.

[May 28, 1880] -

The Casey Circuit Court convenes on the 7th of June. The equity and ordinary dockets are both well filled. The two criminal cases, Commonwealth vs. S. M. Williams and the Commonwealth vs. G. T. Helm, are both set for the first day of the Court. []

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Madison. 1879. Arnold / Little. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Local Matters." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 26, 1879. Page 7. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-12-26/ed-1/seq-7/

[December 26, 1879] -

DEPLORABLE MURDER. -- Last Friday morning a fearful tragedy was enacted in Richmond. J. H. Arnold, the large dry goods merchant, went to the office of Hon. Robt. E. Little and fired four shots into his body, one after he had fallen from his office into the street. There were no eye witnesses to the beginning of the shooting, but Mr. Little, who lived but three minutes afterwards, made a dying declaration in these words: "I know that I am dying and I make this statement. He killed me for nothing," adding in answer to a question, if he did anything to cause it: "I said nothing and did nothing," and then the brave, noble spirit of Robt. Little winged its flight, while his inhuman slayer walked off grinning and chatting, apparently proud of his devillish work. Little and Arnold were brothers-in-law, having married the daughters of Mrs. Mary L. Hood, a wealthy widow of Madison county, who died recently leaving her valuable estate to those daughters. Several months after her death Arnold presented to Little an order on him, the body written in his (A's) hand and the signature in Mrs. Hood's for $9,000, as the note said, to equalize the two daughters, Little and his wife having boarded with her for a year or two after their marriage. Little pronounced the note a forgery, and Arnold brought suit against him. In the meantime Little employed himself in obtaining evidence to show that Arnold was a forger, and it is thought that the certainty of his success and the consequent downfall of Arnold worked to such an extent on his mind that he had either to put Little out of the way or suffer the consequences of Little's searching investigations. He preferred the former and sought him at his office with the assumed reason to consult him on the renting of a farm they jointly owned in Clark county. In this interview, according to Arnold, Little denounced him as a thief, and as he says, he had to kill him in self-defence, but what excuse did he have for alarm, when his enemy was but a mere boy in size, weighing 110 pounds and unarmed, as was afterwards shown, and he a huge 200-pounder? Viewed in all its aspects the murder is a most deplorable one, for it takes from life a man, who as a lawyer and politician, was rapidly rising to distinction, and shuts up in jail a man whose business transactions were making him a useful one in the community. It is said that Arnold barely escaped the fury of a mob, and the fact that he waived an examining trial shows that he prefers to stay in jail, at least for the present, in preference to attempting to establish his innocence and consequent release. The wives of both men have been prostrated since the deed, and it is thought that they will not survive the shock. []

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[] Excerpt from "Garrard County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 26, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-12-26/ed-1/seq-2/

[December 26, 1879] -

Messrs. Bradley and Dunlap, Sr., of this place [Lancaster] have been employed at Richmond in in the case of the Commonwealth vs. James H. Arnold for the killing of Robert E. Little of Friday last. In addition to the following learned counsel have been employed, viz: Messrs. P. B. Thompson, Sr., Jno. B. Houston, W. C. P. Breckinridge, C. and A. R. Burnam and Gov. McCreary. After consultation at Richmond on Tuesday it was decided to defer the preliminary trial till time might sooth the popular mind into a more unbiased state of feeling. Bail being certainly unattainable Arnold was committed to a cell, and his wife who has been constantly present was separated from him. He has an elegant dry goods house in Richmond, his seven clerks finding it difficult to serve the continual rush of customers. In one brief moment he has imperiled all that is dear, and must, through many weary days, await the consequences. []

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Garrard. 1879. Aldridge / Lusk. not on timeline

[] Excerpt from "Garrard County." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 26, 1879. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-12-26/ed-1/seq-2/

[December 26, 1879] -

Garrard, unwilling that Madison should get so far ahead in bloody deeds, has another murder to report. On Thursday afternoon Mr. Joshua Aldridge shot and killed Edmund Lusk, an aged colored man on the public highway in front of Mr. A's house, about one mile and a half from town on the new Danville turnpike. The circumstances of the case as established by the only witness at hand are about as follows: A theft having been committed on Aldridge's place he (A) accused Lusk of being the guilty party. On the afternoon o[f] the killing as Aldridge was driving his wagon home Lusk came up with him carrying an ax, and demanded that the charge of thieving be withdrawn. Aldridge refused to retract. Lusk insisted. In a few moments they were ne[a]r Aldridge's house. The latter jumped down, ran in, procured his shot-gun and came out towards the old man, who was turning into the opposite pasture to take a near path homeward. Aldridge called to him to stop -- that he had called him a liar and must take it back. The negro disclaimed the charge -- said that he had been misunderstood. Aldridge pushed him with the gun, Lusk drew back raising his ax, and was instantly shot to death. The most important witness has mysterious disappeared -- hence the failure on two different occasions to hold the examining trial. At this writing Aldridge is at large. The testimony as above stated is as yet ex-officio. Mr. Aldridge has had a crippled arm since last Spring. []

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Gilliland / Sykes. Pulaski. 1877. added to timeline. could not find any other articles.

[] Excerpt from "Our Neighbors." Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. August 24, 1877. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[August 24, 1877] -

Pulaski county has recently been the scene of two brutal murders. As we learn from the Reporter, of last week, the first occurred near Salem Church, in the eastern part of the county, on the night of the 9th inst. The victim was a half witted, harmless man named Stykes, who was killed by Wesley Gilliland, from an ambush, when the former was going from church to his home with his wife and children. Sykes had a previous difficulty with Gilliland, growing out of an alleged intimacy of the latter with the wife of the former. Gilliland had not been arrested at last accounts. []

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1877. Pulaski. Catron / Nunnelly. not on timeline. could not find any addl, not convinced this is a murder

[] Excerpt from "Kentucky News." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. July 10, 1877. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[July 10, 1877] -

Ad. Catron, who had the shooting affair with John Nunnelly, Jr., a few days ago at Somerset, can't be such a savage fellow after all, as he eloped the next day after his fight with the daughter of the high sheriff. []

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[] Excerpt from "Here and There." The Milan Exchange, Milan, TN. August 9, 1877. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[August 9, 1877] -

A murderer escaped from the jail at Somerset, Ky., by eloping with the Sheriff's daughter. []

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Pulaski. Jefferson Dunham/Denham / Fountain Goggins. 1877. added to timeline

[] Excerpt from "Our Neighbors." Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. August 24, 1877. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[August 24, 1877] -

The second murder occurred last Friday at Elliott's coal mines, near Somerset. Fountain Goggins, while under the influence of liquor, attacked Jefferson Denham. Denham, in self-defense, drew a large pocket-knife and cut Goggins twice, the first time across the face and the second time across the throat, severing the jugular vein. Goggins bled to death in less than fifteen minutes. Denham gave himself up to the proper authorities, and an examining trial was set for last Monday, the result of which we have not heard. []

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same case?

[] "A Moral Coward." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 26, 1879. Page 6. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038328/1879-12-26/ed-1/seq-6/

[December 26, 1879] -

A Moral Coward.

That man is a moral coward who will allow his sympathy to sign his name to a petition for the pardon of a known murderer, cut-throat or robber. A petition for the pardon of Francis Denham, a well-known murderer and scoundrel, has been going the rounds here [Somerset] the past four days for our citizens to sign. We may admit his sister who goes around with the petition and pleads for signatures, is calculated to arouse the sympathy of man. We do not blame her. But why should any rational, honest man lend his influence to infest our county with such a man as Francis Denham? If a check is not made in this petition business, courts might as well cease to be. Fellow-citizens, consider well the man before you sign his petition. --[Somerset Reporter. []

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[] "A State of War." Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL. May 7, 1879. Page 11. Newspapers.com.

[May 7, 1879] -

A STATE OF WAR.

Rockcastle County, Ky., Practically in That Condition -- Nineteen Homicides and Forty-Six Malicious Woundings in Four Years -- One Man Hung, but He Was a Negro.

Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette.

MT. VERNON, KY., April 24. -- From Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Ky., your correspondent sends greeting. Should this letter not be followed by another within a reasonable time, the public will understand that I was last heard from at this point. I have suddenly popped into the very midst of a people afflicted with the killing mania in its most virulent form. An outbreak is patiently awaited, if not eagerly expected at the present moment; and, as the killing when inaugurated is often somewhat promiscuous, of course it is impossible to predict with certainty that your correspondent will accomplish a safe exit from the locality. You will understand that my worthy host, a most excellent man, has kinsfolk. It may be counted against him as a misfortune, but it is not his fault, -- how could he help having kinsfolk? He himself has never had any unpleasant relations with the members of the faction who were last observed about a mile and a half from town drawn up in battle array and contemplating a night attack upon the town. A year or so ago he contemplated blowing out the brains of some of their fathers or sons, and was earnestly solicited by an eager crowd to take the lead and oversee the hanging of divers of them, that it might be accomplished decently and effectively, but he refrained, and somebody else performed the office. I mention this to show that mine host is not personally involved. But his kinsfolk have done some effective shooting in self-defense latterly, and they live inconveniently near. Last night on going to bed I noticed that he carefully closed all the blinds, and asked his son if the double-barreled was properly loaded and capped, preparations that gave me assurance of passing a comfortable night. Everybody about me is secretly armed and ready to shoot. Soft should be my pillow thus guarded. The history of the present unpleasantness is as follows: Some six years ago one Owens killed Henry Langford. Henry's brother James conceived it to be his duty to kill Owens. It was the misfortune of one Rickens to be dressed like Owens. Both were in town on the same day, and it was his further misfortune to ride out of town after daylight upon the road on which Owens lived. He was found dead near Owens' house. Not long since Liberty Langford, James' son, was not permitted to return a pair of boots after wearing them, that he had purchased at Jack Adams' store. A question involving Langford's honor was raised, and he tried to get a bullet into little Jack, but the finish deposit of lead was made into his own brain. Then James Betterman, his friend, was killed by Snodgrass, and sundry acquaintances, Cummins, Smith, Gibbs, and King, were a short time since taken out of the jail and becomingly hung. The remaining relatives of the Langfords, Bethreums, etc., have made a hotchpotch of their grievances, and with their numerous friends have assumed a warlike and aggressive attitude, with headquarters in the county, while the party of Adams, Snodgrass, Brinkley, etc., are under arms in town. The last passage d'arms was on last Saturday night. A posse, on information that the opposite party were in force about a mile and a half from town, went out on horseback. They were about fifty in number, and among the other good citizens joining in the expedition, rumor places the celebrated Grove Kennedy, and one of the scarcely less notorious Sanders family, -- a name that appears in the Lincoln County record.

List of killed beginning with 1875, with names of the parties charged with the crimes:

William Lunsford, killed by Peter Goff and A. J. Goff. (in leads)
J. A. Pickens, killed by James Langford. (post)
Jerry Wells, colored, killed by William Cundiff. (post)
Ira Carleton, killed by John Renfrue. (in leads)
George England, killed by Hiram Hiatt. (in drafts)
Andrew Birch, colored, killed by Lewis Raines, colored. (post)
Dan Design, colored, killed by Joe Taylor, colored, for which he was hung. (post)
Silas Isaac, killed by Elisha Sloan. (in leads)
O. J. Shrewsbury, killed by John C. Mize. (post)
X. McElvoy, killed by William Pendleton; Penitentiary five years. (post)
David Camden, killed by William Cundiff. (post)
J. K. Bethurum, killed by Emmet Snodgrass and J. J. Thompson. (post)
Tom Lewis, killed by William Ketron. (post)
L. Langford, killed by John Adams. (post)
Charley Burton, killed by Jim Bethurum. (post)
Andy Cummins, Jim Smith, Oscar Gibbs, and --- King, hung on the same night by a mob. (post)

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[] Excerpt from "Lenient Luke [Blackburn]." The Courier Journal, Stanford, KY. October 30, 1879. Page 1. Newspapers.com.

[October 30, 1879] -

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1850 to 1879 murder leads

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