Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-26

Rogers at the Court House Friday G the crowded
bloody details the murder by the participants in the heis crime
Went jail action Of grand aiy in the March following
@ % si %a de~ UGGa @ an the e p anu in the M ABSENCE
County Attorney sebe conducted by Mess Henry Payne
JOHN LEES TRIAL
The Court again when Lees trial began day
sworn nervousy around that
attorney objected to the admission testimony Court decided
conspiracy charged and Taylor was held be COM
TAYLoRs FIRST CONFESSION
living widow Bonaug Caky and knew John
Lee and Sally Saunders We all worked at Mrs onapg together
to kill sally that night Sally pretty Thick
Tq eS oa S fix he % a" ome @ 3 % @ S' 3 Dg
@ f the Wee eSbed rhey ae small
@ se of sna % io % @ @ %eo .% s Of @
Kinds powders containing still different kind
one kind IN my shoes and sprinkle the other path where Sally
% S 5 was se f e the % ms s"G Eha had Te' o @ @
then 5 @ vo s @ 5 @ %5 M and @ @ Wsu H Sa sG% should GH n1s
trouble This was Monday gave $685. had
TS talked aout SS tit % ss and Ice sad Sally had %d with his
to LOUISVILLE Td that v he would p her. open That evening
@ Lee Lee said ] %e G Sns @ o g0g o home s 0g s wg
late getting in tobacco When went the house Lee left for the axe
night back in Ia 20 minutes and went down the path to-
and him there and would
Kin her. Before Lee left went out to the & Ice o"s' ma a"d tied u boards ]
down the after him go the crib and watched the lantern
I'd towards barn about a5
%S tin 0" In @ sm % went n 5 ss @ Ssrn the a @ a 3
want VA d S Money Al
wake white up every night (she lived Mr. Young
SeH Sn1R iHe and e o%ed Pretty @
a ne b fy Tsne fnow 1R Wo d nT day S @ asked % e @ aa %
coknit Said 81 determined that work shall out and
ought help want Tomorrow night lie then said he
knew where he could get
look and she turned John hit her with the the head
lhe
@ @ wanted & to @ % % wo" S @ oo o % and a eS 3 i e I
the willow cump We dragged taking drag
" f s FEET 5 sn me ~S S% back n the
% 5 S n @ he '" w hsS & % 5 Woa S s SS n @ took the
boards off his feet and went home and went os bed m m
sSs" silver ring exhibited plh he 'ad saly hin
lett it u IN his scopiure' Bag 1t was found in the bag
ave knOM @ Lee & three s four % Years Sn had T a% eS S g
The o'clock freight had passed before the killing
me and Brought me JAIL wadngtqn Saturday
day They they against and that there
lying that would be better for tell the truth Sally was not m,
large number introduced coroboac
sketch only necessary give evidence witnesses wh
bearing directly upon the murder The following the ovi
am constable Casky of Sally Saunders dap
Lee was unloading GOA lat at Cask @ Afterwards saw hi" na"gh
After dinner clue fe he lantern had sTotees Of blood an
%. on nd M Gs % o g 5 .ms 10 @ @ po we wr Te% % @
killed following the trail found the body about The bod
the head clothing small shawl wrapped
the head She had been struck twice with the of
with the blade from the forehead to the left
dragged and the flesh rubbed off her stomach by tn
weighed about 75 pounds and tall She dragge
through and onweed for 10 yards 1t possible
would have been heavy drag There
shown by the pools ongeaed blood
summoned the before Esq Wared Joh
Said he couldn't and no other reason lie re
head the left side from behind Cut tn
right side Have known Lee three Taylor made confession to IN
T. Monday l3 identical with his testimony to-day
substantially above "ssw where the
head There
stood and fell Saw track
fit TaYors shoemuch
small between the womn feet where she ha
stopped either side indentatons made by board
the trail found also about dozen other
Taylor bore off in another direction Howard Boz
told him to arrest Taylor which he did, while went
body Coming called Taylor andh cac
was arrested Saturday night Wadlngon and myself Mr. &c
lie badly scared and asked what going do wit
about eleven o'clock and he was IN bed His wife lived el
% We brought him to Jail"
AT night the argued DOwner and Henry and
without bail await the action of the grand jury
March, opinion universal that both them guilty. houg
with the still hours
the his life Lee old probably 65 old
generally believed that he had planned the murder and that 1a
I'd had carried out the plans as Lee directed
TX THE TRIAL OFTAYLOR
to The grand 1885 and Taylor reiterated his conC
body and both Taylor and Lee were promptly indicted for Wi
m murder and separately Taylor araignd Mar
IN and the following jury empaneed TO try his case;
OF Cooper Thos Brown, James Lacy Wash Harry Van Dun
w. Courtney IT, w. CarK Alex WaiRer fOrrc
MS Il. d Boyd and e. f. Morris
The appointed Messrs Jno W. MCPHERSON and Jas rcaht
prisoner lie promptly entered through his attorneys plea
should be death life
d. THE SPEECHES.
ed Mr. spoke He dw upon the ignorance and upcrsit
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