, 1876-12-25
CRIMINAL NEWS.
Concerning the Prevalence Of
. Crime in the State Of
Kentucky.
Cursory Allusion to Five Of the Recent
Murders Committed There.
The Days Record Of Nlfsdeetls,
Grcnt and Small,


North to tho frequency Of crime III their Statu
as rule receive such with Indignation md often
outright nnEer. They sould not do 80. Crime
fa entirely too frequent within the Common.
wealth Of The dark anu bloody ground.n M.
tlycs may not 80 think, hut this is rather bc-
cn11se they layo grown somewhat accustomed 10
the occurrence Of murder than to the fact that
an alarming humber of livcs arc taken In yto.
lcnrc every week of tho year. OF course IT fs q
Anrd thtng to say about otrs State, yct there ID
10 way OF honestly denying tllat pcraps more
murders arc connitcd in Kentucky In earll year
than IN any tno surrounding States. 1dle,css
initial Of crime, and 80 iIas the failure Of the
courts to properly punish offenders. Take them
MI III nli, two years nil average tho time re.
qu[rel to d!sposo Of Kentucky case OF mur.
sions
= WHERE JUDGE LYNCH oFFICATEs.
In the average length of tine taken to gct
through with ease Of murder, scntilncnt
dies out, old witnesses die, anu 1nayhap new
watched with ,whut delay tic law deals
with murder in Kentucky, the hurried
disposal u a rccel.t critno In Louisville no no
doubt was the cause of Lit Of gcn.tsnc sur
prize, Ihis was " @ the case Of tic Common
Of Louiaviilc, Indicted for the mur,1er OF Pit
rick Dolan less thai muntl, ago. The crcu1n.
stances attending the killing we're tl,esc: Fer
Eneon, eeIa %nle On IVY, ~. summoned to arrest
i.n. EItsca uola ~ It'll iannsel, Who undcF TIC
fatntly With vIolencc. When called by tie son
Of Dofan to TAXI. charge Of his father, Fcrgu-
son was informed thut llo had
POKER AND FLAT-1KoN,
and was sitting upon hts doorstep. It was
thcn dark Ferguson, physically considered, IL
perhaps the superior of a,1y man on tho Louis.
vllle patrol, bolng, about six. fec: high, mid
maui up q oHcT ~ ponhas o. hatd bono aud
lH4sctG. ,t Ilttle strategy D!ou9ht into play
viii ~ SFeas StlcuStH EouIu Goslv nave over.
CONG d%, po'a, H., .an o. 5 w'ih gray air and
s,I,s Wo1h.ont ilmns. Eefeason, however, thought
noLhi,ag o. etratcgY, b9ldiy Walking up to
IN h,s m mi cr,o1ns IuGstmay wt weap9s ;|
aco,nc ,s o, I'D III sr ,ragt sye,eg ng k
csslsiaA n fesponeo t,sn 9lows on h!s head from
tuu poktI r, tne otncF heiu: Stlnhea ~ the et"
n,'1 ,ia,, ~ ie moment,
and thch' recovering,
M from hs osercoas pocMkcf M anu ared twice. Tie
nay placed tne pistol ln US orcrcoat pocket IN
orael % ge1 u tne easier N ,nse Of need, and
see.nGu es 1 noa 10 thsnk q hs inacc at all. The
ri, .o Ioo Pssgu @ s"l1 ,a oias pIeast au as nc
Dgstn from thc arst was almost instant.
telsuson WAs a!Testeu " parther. lie
shuweu ellacleo OF having Dcen drinking, aMl
nn1ttg te aatesndo e. . reeeaing us sric was an
- : +EA
a,at5 ONCE Gohslacf19E his great strength,
t!c age anu l1tufmlty OF Dolat1, auu the inforlnR
Ion Elyen tsfGuaon prior to the murder, be was
hafuly Justified IN l,ls crime, yet jury 80 con.
n lsss ttlan iour weeks nfsrr tho unfortunate
As;snaaa H., Mas fems 70 tals tone account.
ING pubic na1 Dat little to soy oi the 'n,ir-
s, der. IL IL ~as ,. fead Que morning anl forgotten
,, se ne1s. % Mnat ta Sseryooqys Dus!lisss T. gen.
q Mx IN tfaly aes;'tuto eireumstanecs l!fs
1r1enas were poor ahu Ignorant Ferguson had
KILLED ONE NAN nRyoRE
DGtan. He hau an extensive acquaintance Of o
class, and MS experience tn dca]!nE with law
ycfa. ctes' ln Ills Arst crime, besides valuable
knoWledee ol similar character gn'nc1 In as-
asstloR brothcr 1ron trouble like Ills o,sll.
FcfFusnn VIVA enapicd 10 bring obout q speedy
trlal, Whltfl esultca ~ Ills acqulttal. lis Is now
patroliI'e bcat IN Tue aamc platoon ana ttlc
sn1ns ulstfct - neloFe tne ma1Facr, The Anttori-
tiea na'lug restored MN 10 ITS position On
tne !oIcc, anu Dung even 80 Kindly
!ilnl TO allGrent section q ground over whrh
to watcls than previously guarded by him
waoae conscience a.t,lI ialelt now 1e troubled ny
sannteri.g ua,ly past mouse, sH 1n.natea ~
Ills nasty and unnecessary ssi!ncs
ANOTHER MURDER.
T., a lew aays alter III lnurder o. Ferguson,
farmer aud Ills son living near Louisville, found
.a4 4ssA IVY ~ AtsetA aPoH lily soaA4 Ae4t
rAlroau track. Inc lleatl was crushed, and the
1ugular vein severed. No valuabfcs were DIS
covered nt al, aud therefore the police suspect
e. abuftlef tnd resulted rum au attempt TO rub.
Tue body 'sas brought to the city FIR identi'-
cation. a negro s"oro IL was that OF . niall
guilty OF tometlsnE very naughty, tu which y
eertaln country ]ass occupied u prominent
part. ihe country lass canle to town With
M ner parents, ana, gazing upon tug faco OF thu
dcAt, usserted most positively that. 'such
lacking man llad ncvcr hcct! guilty nf-'aaklng
love tu l,er.' THUS scnaat!on in this respect
was spoiie!. Tie bndy remained wcll.hlgh
week Y. in tlle cemetery awaiting Idsntiilcaton
It came at lust. Upon the dug set alart tor
burial two l1rIsl'men. prompted, BY curiosity,
stro!lea into the cemetery, oatcd at t1e corpse,
aud recognized brother. Tiny took cllarEo NJ
and l!a.l tl!o ro'natns Inferred. No one was at
festedf at!d seVcfuk thousands OF the Common
wcaltl's money saved III consequence.
THIRD MURDER
occurred shortly after tl!ls second one, IN Shcl-
byyllle. DUNCAN Davis, n,nd with Charles
At!otns for succeeding hstri ns %atchlnnn ut tho
railroad depot iu shel6yyllle, awore vungeancc,
and never rested until he hHu AssEssiHltcI Ills
cneny. 10 do th!a. Auasns 8ceretcl himself be-
bind = trce.box At daybreak, knowing Duncan
would puss HIN ~ going to the depot. As the
HAS abIut