The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-09-14
Two Roaring Farcss.

~ tfilt bt-
gan WIKI q tragedy in Richmond last
december aud endc.i in roaring
farce in NichoIasville last Saturday. is
- several respects the must rcnarka-
BILE and most disconraging Of the Kind
that has oscurre! in Kentucky since
the famous Warl-Builrr affair that
began with a murder in Louisville and
an aeqnittal of the murderer in Eliza
bethtown. BY many it will not be
remembered THAT Sait. T, Ward walk
ed into the Louisville High School,
Nov. 2nd, 1888. aud IN the presence
OF tho pupils, shot aud killed WIN.
ii. q. butler, Principal OF the scho i,
Tor some indighity laced upon the
msrderer's brother, who was a pupil
in the school, by Butter. The ease
was talCn by change Of venue TO
Elizabethtown, where the trial began
AprillSth and was concluded April
9th by a verdict Of not guilty The
counsel in tie case was larger and
even more distinguished than that in
the Arnold case. The Common
wealth was represented by Alfred AL
len, Robt B. Carpenter. +. w. Glib
son. and Sylvester Harris; the dcfensr
by John j. Ctittenden, Thos. F. Mar.
shall, Geo. Alfred Caldwell, Nat
Wolfe, Thos. w. Riley. John l..
Helm, JAS. w. Hayes and r. b.
Hayes. The Conunmwealth's A :
torncy declared that no one man could,
in a lifetime, make two such speech.
AZ the one Mr.. Criltrndcn hal made
in that case. As in the Arnold case,
there was taaaf
no want Of yomsn's watching,
No dcarth Of wOinan's tears
Nor was there any lack oil public in
'iiignation over the result. Two days
after the verdict was madc, public |
meeting Of over 5000 Louisville pco-
pie. presided over by tie late Judge
Bland Ballard, denounced that YER
diet as "iu opposition to all the evil
dencc in the Gaze, contrary TO our
ideas Of public justice, AMI subyer-
We Of the fundamental principles Of
personal security, guaranteed by the
constitution Of the State" and rcso-
lutisns were adopted requesting Warl
and his brother to leave the city, and
that Mr.. CrStcnden resign his seat in
the United States Senate, and Wolfe
his seat ia the Kehtnyky Senate, IN
the streets mob burned in elligy |
Criltonden. Wolfe, Geo. ID. Pren'ice,
Matt. Ward ami the jury. Tiny
ISsa the wrusows AMI fired The
lxsse Il Words father, aad tihi 10
servc. the Journal Office and Wnlfr'x
rssfdsnee In the same manner. Ward
tsd the S,stc toescspe the wrath of
the astsssi people, and fell III Ar
kansas at the hands Of an assassin
shout the close OF the late war. In
idly the grup.i jury Of Hardin county
slirtsd four members Of the jury
ta-s acquitted Ward, bat what came
al the Msll-r we 10 Not know. We
do know, however, that public sentl-
iaezs wrakSd revenge uppn rurderers
III general, aaa there never were 80
MANI EssI langings in kentucky as
inthe fewEyear~ imiss'liately follow
lug the Wurd trial. - a7ss
As to the Arnold affair, we Nee -ay
bat little. Our readers are already
familiar with all is shocking d,tlil,
Little WIS lawyer and Arnold
drummer. They married the daughters
Of Mrs, Hood, yho died, leaving Lit
lie the executor Of her viii which de-
vised her estate Of $l50,000 TO be
equally divided between the wife OF
Little and the wife Of Arnold. Ar I
mold held, as elaim.agailist the estate
q note Of $4,000 purporting to have
Dten made BY Mrs, Hood Li:lle de-
elared the signature forgery, and +
was preparing legal evidence in sup
port Of his charge should the note be
addueed in the settlement. Hari
words and still harder feelings resulted
between Little on the one side and
Arnold and Mrs. Arnold on the other.
To settle the matter, early on tlci
morning OF Dec. II, Arnold leaves
his store, goes to Little's law Office
and there shoots him to death, Little
bong physically the weaker maa and
without any sort Of weapon to defend
hipiself 40 .tllirl. person Witnessed
the killing, aud Little lived onlyslong
enough TO ray Gle murdered ME with
out proyocation-without word
passing between US.
At the trial there was an attempt
TO show that Little was blood -tlirs-
~ man who was habitually armed
aud who had declared that he would
kill Arnsld. But all tho proof 10
that effect was overwhelmingly dis
proved, and the murder stood ont,
prsnedilated and malicious, its horrid
blsckness unrsliaved by a SOLITARY
iusti1sisg line Of light. On the imy
sat eight lambs from flock having
for its shepherd kinsmsu of the ac-
GuSed. About the murtlerer's neck
clung noble little woman in black,
and at their feet sported childish in
nocence. Many women filed the
court room, and with fearful eyes that
Qambric handkerchiels could not clear.
mu'sly appealed tolthe jury to spare
the husband to SO fond wife. When
Araold's brother follows his example
and attempts to decide disputed
matter Of testimony by the arbitn-
msnt Of bullet sent crashing through
The Commonwealth Attorneys brain
Mrs Arnold shields with her own
body the life Of the prisoner, threaten
ed by three pistols that her love--lit
eyes alone saw. TO evade an imagi-
nary danger, the jury, Arnold aud
Mrs. Arnold are clvseted together and
allowed to indulge in an emotional
tete-c-tete. She tells of the many
pistols pointed at the prisoner; he
puts up pitiful story of the many in
suits aud wrongs that Little had 1
bpa nal nnon him. the iurv di.cniyoeJ