Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-24
CRIMINAL CATALOGUE.
As Usual Crime Holds High Car
nival During Circuit Court.
A Brakeman Slabs a Eel
bowman to Death.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THEFT.

THE GATHERING BLADE GETS IN ITS
WORK.
For long time it has been a sub
ject of comment that somebody is i'll
variably killed during the sessions Of
Circuit Court, Three weeks of the
present term had passed and it was
really beginning TO look like there
would be at least one exception to
this rule but all such thoughts were
dissipatcd by bloody affair at the
depot Sunday morning which re-
suited in the stabbing Of Charles Nc
Intosh by James Davenport.
The parties were braEcmcn on the
l.. Il N. railroad and the affair grew
out of playful badinage. The men
were on good terms and the circum-
stances were about as follows:
Mcintosh was sitting in the cabOosc
when Davenport entered and in a
mock authoritative tone said TO him,
Get up sir and go and couple them
cars
Mcintosh replied unconcernedly,
"lf you want them coupled, go and
do it YOURSELF
This brought on a remark which
Mcintosh considered offensive and he
got up from his seat with an iron
spike in his hand and before he coull
use ii, ifhe had any such intentions,
Davenport stabbed him in the bow
els with his pOckct-knife and then as
saulted him with his fist and wound
up by striking him a heavy blow on
the head with a piece Of iron.
Davenport then quietly walked away
and made his escape before the police
could be notified. Both of the men
lived in Tennessee, Davenport in
Nashville and Mcintosh in Edgeii,ll.
DR.. Fairleigh was called in to see
the wounded man about9 o'clock
Sunday morning and pronounced the
stab Il fatal wound. 1t was bleeding
internally and Mcintosh was growing
worse NJ to noon when he was taken
on the passenger train to his home in
Edgefleld. He is no doubt dead by
this time (Monday.)
The men were brakcmen on a
freight train which was standing at
the depot at the time Of the tragedy.
YOUNG LADY ROBBED.
Last Saturday afternoon, about
three o'clock, as Miss Lucy Whitlock
was walking along College street
about one square from Main, George
Duckn1r, Il negro, walked up behind
her and snatclcd her purse from her
hand and made off down an alley.
\ hue and cry was raised by num-
Der of persons who saw the bold
theft and Buckner was pursued. Ho
ran around through the southern
part of the city, circlcd round to the
north and escaped into the woods
northwest of the city. lie is a con-
summate scoundrcl and had only
been out of Jail three days. lie was
arraigncd in court on two charges,
one of grand larceny and the other
of attempted arson, but the evidence
twas not sufficient to convict him and
he was turned loose. In appearance
he is dark mulatto, or rather brown
colored boy, probably Is years old
and nearly as large as a man. His
particular chum, Newman Gray, " as
sentenced TO term in the penitcntia-
ry last week and it is said that Buck
ner wanted to go too and was disap-
pointed at his acquittal. lie is ut
terly depraved and ought TO be sent
to the state prison or hung up to O
limb on general principles. Tho
purse stolen from Miss Whitlock con,
| tanned considerable sum of money
u. probably $40 or $l5. She is a daugh
+ ter ofDr. Jno. G. Whitlock, Of New
stead, and no young lady in the coun
ty stands higher in society. She is q
neicc of Col. Jno. w. Mcpherson, a
whose house she was a guest
Buckner was captured Sunday nigh
by Deputy Sheriils John Boyd and J
+. Claiborne who got Oh his tract
: and followed him ten miles out in thu
'' country on the Duttermilk road. Ill
was found asleep in a cabin at l.
o'clock at night and was brought bacl
to the city yesterday morning. Ill
confessed the whole thing and say
II he got but ~, which amount was re
covered. This is undoubtedly falls
\ as it is certain that he had disposed o
part of the stolen money. lie say
q he took the money out and threy
o the purse away before he got out o
n town. A special grand jury was EN-
# pancled yesterday at l o'clock and hi
@ indictment, trial and conviction vii
speedily follow and he will be elect
ed to the penitentiary before tn
middle of the week.
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VI The Grim Messengers Work.