, 1874-07-29
q NEW PHASE OF THE TERRELL MURDER
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4 NEW PHASE OF THE TERRELL MURDER
CASE.
Some SIX months ago, as our fcadera will ro-
membcr, Mrs. Terrcll. wife of = Kontuoky jour-
naltst Col.'W. G. Terrell, Instituted an action
Of fd5yorcs againss hcr husband. Ono Of hor
counsel VAS Mr. Harry Myers, OF Covington. Ky.
Ono morning, aftor having takon certain dopoaf-
tlons In Tho caso, hIr. hyors, counsel for Mrs.
TorreN. returned to hts ofl1co to review 1t.
Some Of tho quotations. put by Myers to Torrol1
on.his examination were not At al to the liking
of tho latter. Ho repaired to biyors' Of
ilcc after bis examination, and, 1t ia
said. with viow OF provoking a
quarrel, ordered the lawyer, in bullying man.
ner, not to ask him any such questions In ftl-
ture ss he had put to him in that mornings OK
animation. With this command A1r. Myers
High words onsued. Myora ordered Terrell out
: Of his Office. Terrell rofused. Myers arose Us
If intending to pnt him out Torrclt thoroupon
pulled ous pistol, flrod At, and killed. kfyora.
Terrell was arrostod and lodged In jail. His
friends wero very anxious ho ahould DO admitted
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tho caao 1t was beloved, would not allow this.
change Of vonue was therefore taken,
and mattorB wero no arranged that the
case should bo transferred to Judge P. U.
Majors Jurisdiction. Terrell's counsel started
III search Of Major after the change Of vonuo
was granted. Thoy found him as Henderson,
Ky. He granted writ Of ha1eas corpus, which,
by law, he Was Obliged to do, and went all tho
way to Boone to try 1t. It WAS urgod by tho
Cincinnati Enquirer that he ought to have made
the writ returnab1o before aomo othcr Judicial
tribunal, since he knew that his prejudgmcnt
Was relied On. Instead Of this, however, tho
Enquirer says ho came to Covington. spent two
dayB in company with Terrell's counsel !;
went to Burlington With them; thore
associated with thom. froltcked with them,
and bad "good timo genorally" with thom.
Tho press began to announce that Terrell would
bo bailod now that Major had tho bailing OF lim.
The motion was made to bali him. And llo WAS
batled: The Enquirer remarked that the Judge
arguments; that he decided tho motion instant
ly, without thought. unfairly, unIustlY; that tho
Judgment was predetermined; that it overlooked
tho most important piooo of testimony; that
Judge Major forgot his duty aud hiB dignity
when lie oondesoended to spond bis timo in con-
vlvial pursuits with tho attorneys for tho accused
These atrictureH Of tho Enquirer, aud others
Of like nature on tho legal proceedings at Bur-
lngtou, and especially on tho conduct Of tho pre-
sfdiug Judge, wore not rolished by Mr. Major.
Whorcupon ho dispatched. on the afternoon Of
tho oath, Gen. George D. Hodge to John A..
Cookerill, editor Of that paper, with a noto re-
viewing tho criticisms made upon his judicial
action, and demanding that tho Objectionable
matter DO recalled In as public manner as 1t
was ,mado. Hodge was authorized BY Judge
Major to receive any communication tho En-
qairer man might have to mako in reply. Mr.
Coclerili answered thnt tho articles in
Lis paper were written in good faith
upon reliable information; that its columns
woro ut Majors service it hc felt that Injustice
had boen done him i; and, II It were Bhoun that
ho was misinformod, tho Enquirer would bo
happy to aot him right. hlE. Hodge did not
think that this would be satisfactory to Judge
Major. who roplod on tue same day to Mr.. Coos-
Grill that ho would entor into no CONTROVERSY on
the truth or falsohood OF tho charges made
agalnst him, and that he again demanded ro-
traction. Mr.. Cockorill rotrlaed Hodge then
drew from Ills pocket another note addressed
10 the editor Of tho Enquirer, which ho
had boon instructed to deliver only in caso