The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1882-03-29
The brandon Tragedy.

II do hereby certify to the hest Of my
recollection that William r. Whiting
hills wife did not bring To my store a
Sl0n till to have changed ~ stated in
the Hartford HERALD, this March.
En-. r. MouRNAN.
This Is To certify that did not state
publicly that the Whitiiughills would
,teal anything, from "a nickel up to a
money drawer. j. VI. IuuN,uN,
Of F0rdsvillr, ohio rounty, Ky.
We, the undersigned petitioners, du
hereby state that the Whittinghill, are
and have been at home in face Of all
TN, reports IN circulation about them
having fled the country. We are their
ueighbors and know positively that
they are at home: D. VI. Matthews,
j. G. Matthews, Il. II. Basham, II. +.
Matthews, j. II. Mason Il. Milan j.
VI. ~hdrlotte, Allen Burton, Melvin
simmons, +. Burton.
In the report given with regard To
the Emhry tragedy, in the Hartford
HERALD, hr, lhc HERALD man, CON
cludc~ 10y saying the substance j. true.
Now, would say that there j. more
ial>ehoud contained in the HERALD
article than ever was published before
ia an article of the same length. First,
the statement that Brandon made a
confession il false, that Brandon j. dead
ialsehood second. Brandon still live,
with PROSPECTS of recovery Fal,ehood
third, that brandon confessed To throw
ing chloroform through the key holes.
/ There wa~ room down Stair aud
one up stairs, il stated that what gave
1 rise to the suspicion of the partier
was that Whittinghili's wife went t.
Norman store lopurchase some small
articles and threw down one hundred
dollar hill To get changed, when the
/ fact j. she never took hundred dollar
7 till To MOOrmam's store and rs proof O
same you will read the appended Ger.
| tilicatc OF said Norman. Fifth, that
[ the Whittinghills had He'd the country,
when they have been at home all tn,
time. Now, the HERALD man would
do Ms great Kindness to give Us some
of the reliable authors. II j. a most
hrinou- crime If perpetrated by any
set Of individuals, but to charge and
circulate it on innocent parties is equal
~ as monslrous ~ the crime itself.
WILLIAM TAYLOR WnIrTINGnIlI,
ions u. WnIITINGHIL."
On the 22i Of February the Hcn,l,I
Published the report of DR.. j. y. Bran
dOns confession, which had been widely
circulated for several days previously,
hut the above denial from the Whit
tinghils was never published until
March l7th, more than month after
the report was first circulated, and -
days after it was published in the
HrU'd II they are wholly innocent
why lid they delay making their denial
for 80 long! They publish Mr.. Ell. T..
Moorman's certificate, that to Hc bcSt
gf his r,cOH,riiOn VIM. +. Whiting
hills wife did not bring SlOO Till to
hi, store to ge, changed, hut he does
not state positively. Why did they
not get him to state that neither of
them nor VIM. r. Whitlinghill's wife
ever got Slm hill or large hill
changed by him? He may have
changed Slun hill for John -. or VIM
r., or so Till or 80 for either Of them
or the wife Of VIM. r. Whittinghill, 81
far ~ We know or learn from said GER
tilicatc. What do they mean 10y pub
fishing j. VI. Johnson certificate? The
HJ0H never charged that j. NJ.
Johnson said publicly that the Whit
tiughills would steal anything from "a