Iron County register., 1885-12-17
BERDINE TACKETT ACCUSED OF
MURDER.
A Requisition from Kentucky Finds
HIM Non Est.
How Judge wear Figure., IN ,he Case

HIM Non Est.
How Judge Wear Figured In the Case.
From the Piedmont Leader.
Berdine Tackett is again giving our
officers trouble. Sheriff Daniel, arm
ed with warrant issued by Governor
Marmaduke has been trying in vain
for several days to throw the strong
arm of the law around him. Thus far
Tackett with what help he has receiy-
ed from the outside has proved too
much for him, and is now supposed to
be out of the country.
To give our readers clear UNDER
standing of the whole affair we will
state briefly that short time after the
war closed in the latter part OF 1865,
Rerdine Tackett went to the house of
one Crabtree in Wayne county, KY,
presumably fer the purpose OF killing
him. Crabtree was gone but he had
son there Is years old and other n en-
bers of the family. Before leaving.
Tackett concluded to kill the SON.. and
Notwithstanding Mrs. Crabtree tried to
save her boy by throwing her arms
around him, and the boy tried to save
himself by clinging to his mothers
dress, Tackett, like the savage he was.
jerked him roughly from her aud shot
him down dead at her feet. He then
fled and on his way he went to the
house of one Savage near by Itseems
that he had ,grudge at Savage for he
went into the house where Savage was
sick in bed and shot and killed him.
He then went to the Cumberland
Mountains where he spent some time
in robbing freight wagons.
Next he is heard of In Scott county.
Tennessee, where be was implicated
in the killing Of man by the name of
Brooks. That caused him to migrate
to this state, and he has been here in
four adjoining counties about four-
teen years. The records of these coun-
ties show criminal case against him
for each year he has been here, and
criminal costs filed up to the amount
of $4,000. At one time he defied the
sheriffs of this county for about twelve
months and has always been known
as desperate man. and . bad charac-
ter generally. 500
It was noticed when John G. Wear
was appointed as the Judge Of this
Circuit and moved to this town he and
Tackett became warm friends. Tack
ett had some cases against him in
Wears court for malicious trespass.
These cases came up for trial the first
week in November, 1885. A few weeks
before that the people in Wayne coun-
ty, Kentucky, had learned the where
abouts of Tackett and were at work
trying to get requisition for him to
take him back and punish him for
killing the boy. BY some means Tack
EFT had learned this and could not go
to court, as he was then hiding out
from the officers. But Judge Wear
obyiated that difficulty by refusing #
try the cases and by sending tho
clear away on change of venue. N
when conrt adjourned, Judge VI
claiming to go hunting, visited g.
EFT clandestinely on the 2lst ding
ember. On the 22d, he startesksly.
On the evening of the Oath hsrigues
ed at the county seat of W,sts. and
ty, Kentucky, claiming tdmin;stra-
from Arkansas; claimet5Ic 5Ic Of ita re-
defended man by thG - hard far
EFT in Ark, but 49, s,,,.a,;o,.
knew Berdine TackGo Governpanr %
did not. Yet he as 49,. ~ ..
dine Tackett and sO .,,o.,sa1ves
him and the efforts I.,S sIal. a.:.so 80
Then before he lef. s.u ss~ sr;..
another party thasA M -:
natic lawyer, and ieC. LnelI eAo1l
was from st. Lou -17ssOa'syf AVg"0'
the morning of 60
ing OF the 9th hanu 1'o
the morning OF tseen, and n is per-
ing toE3eeral palrssnme thab there
was goAf1 1-ssy-1:: :ataI,,..,4 :,
visitesn ackeLtan,s -. !.
to Jenerson C1eh to0k>t the name he-
81, he 1embers assumed all
City, ana on the moralitv; all the
he took q Not.1,t n, the osnac;tv- at the,
agaln !, visl.suR R,ar tool. r. Ear o,ranteGl
Ier U o. n.s la,i H. = -. PA .ha;..
.,a,.., .nt ac.I.ny ai:1 s:s s:.n y. .''u Sxta. sU
Cannaghn fprosperity for qnarter
county, ~ they reluctantly tuCne0
he'd him abver- to- their opponents
fidavIts ost, regarding the edict Of
Ing whaAs akin to..a smallpox epE
wear af
!, Duripen then they showed then
Iilaps for the great party wnach Aad
- w. candidate Tor Fresldens. ~
- - Maaig to oppose It in the smaMoss
,s;nast - contemptible ways. Inc
! ,,ti, 5nts IN the report OF the kDss-
I; n' General are nothing new
? a'gs.ablicans. victorious and Republic-
y lvanoaished. In at least fourteen
ates the Postnaster-Gseneral has OIL
i cognizance of the fact that the
tied influence of the Republican
rtv i ha;nn nsed against the Demo-
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