Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-10-15
CREAM OF NEWS.
Shooting In Todd County.

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A shooting ARRAY occurred near
Allegree, Todd county, Saturday
evening, between Jim and Tom Rag
or on one side and Locke Powell on
the other.
About year ago Tom RACER
eloped with Powell's l5-year-old
daughter. Powell was violently OPP
posed to the match but finally took
the couple and set them up to house,
keeping on part Of his farm. Re-
Gently RACER sold out his wife's fur
niture and sen. her with young ba-
by to her fathers. This brought on
bad feelings and q few days ago
Powell, who owns q mill, refused to
grind some corn for Mart RACER, his
son in laws uncle. Saturday Jim
RACER, Marie son, and Tom
RACER went to Powelps house
armed with guns. They found Pow
ell some distance from the house and
opened fire on him. Powell's son, .
mere boy, saw his father In trouble
aud ran with gun and pistol,
with which the elder Powell returned
fire. The brave boy was shot In the
calf of the leg and had an artery cut
and was reported In a critical condi-
ton yesterday. Mrs. Powell also ran
to her husband during the fight and
II Is said one or more shots were fired
at her. Powell thinks he hit one of
the RACERS. Both Of them retreated
and have disappeared. 81.
A Heavy Damage Suit.
VIM. Greek, through his attorneys,
Bresthitt & johnson, has brought
suit against Sauny Putnam, In the
Common Pleas court, for 5000 dam
ages. The petition alleges that Put
nam has basely slandered Creeks
wife, Il young woman to whom he
was married about year ago. That
her character has been assailed and
her chastity questioned In public In
the vilest aud most insulting lam
guage. The parties to the suit are
both young men who live IN the ex-
treme north end Of the county. The
case promises TO be sensational and
will doubtless prove interesting to
those who delight In seeing scandals
exposed In court. Mr.. Putnam has
not engaged counsel yet, as the suit
was only brought on last Saturday,
The Munford Murder Case.
The trial Of Garrett Munford aud
five other negroes for the murder Of
Pike Rsdford, COL, was begun yes
ierday before Justice Tinsley. The
trial will probably occupy three or
four days, as large number of wit
nesses have been summoned. The
defendants are represented by attor-
neys Bell, Forgy and Wood aud Col.
Brown Is assisting the county attor-
uey In the prosecution. Munford,
the real murderer, has made q con-
fession aud IL Is doubtful whether
the others were concerned in the
crime. The trial Is drawing large
crowds, especially of colored people.
Pining For Liberty. i
Quint Tyler, In for 10 months, Ike
Griffin, 6 months, and Henry Weston,
one year, the three workhouse pris-
oncrs, made an attempt to break jail
Saturday night. They were in the
lower back cell, which is not lined
with iron, aud when discovered by
Jailer Long had cut hole nine inches
deep In the brick wall. Their tools
we're taken from them and their little
scheme uipped in the bud. They had
a hammer about s inches long, an old
rasp, mason's iron point" chisel
aud steel blade or punch. Where
they procured these instruments is
still mystery. i
Another Barn Burned.
Esq. w. e. Warfleld lost a barn by
fire some time ago. We failed to
catch the item at the time, 10 4 rush
Of other more important news. The
barn contained 5000 or 5000 pounds
Of tobacco belonging to Walter War
field, Jr,, aud some share hands.
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