Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-02-12
SOCIAL SENSATION.
.A.HENDERSON WASHER ENTICES
A IOPkiNSviLLE GIRL INTO
Ifff AN ASSIGNATiON
sst HOUSE.
He Is Threshed BY Her Uncle And
Later Publishes a False and
insulting Statement

| RE is lnreSneu Df 'eT OhCie N''
Later Publishes False and
insulting Statement.
Our neighboring city of Header
son was all torn up last week over 4
social sensation, which eliminated il
the Gaming of ayoung man named Gus
Slaughter by p. II. Cunningham on
account Of insults offered 10 young
lady who was visiting at his house
The young lady In the case is Miss
LulaWinfree, daughter of Judge W.P.
Winfree, of this city, and as the mat
ter Is now the "town talk" OF Hen
derson and Hopkinsyiile plain pre-.
sentation of the facts is proper at this
time.
On Jan, IL a Polo Club excursion
left Henderson by boat for Evans
VILE. Gas G. Slaughter, Jr, aud
Miss Winfree were of the party. he
acting as her escort; when the party
A. 80 s,,,,,o. =, tho I,,t. roo.
taurant, Slaughter told Miss Win.
g. a., i. IA .ooo;,o,
an invitation to take supper with Mr.
Leo IIurd, friend Of HE. lie fur
Their informed her that he had spoken
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osd,rd "a 10. oSnssn, lad heer
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horso lsn, IA, nNo,uo Cam,help
and he,nod no young ladv out SHE
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,oa,ad ,ha doo. Mis- Winfrea
.,oso and ssrod awh.t do Won
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ha in,orme1 hor ,ha, ,hov wers In an
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no. ,'.ou,nm 3D., sho
anno.roa 10 h. a. Initiated and oxo;,
al soon os .,,o reached uondor
.on sha ,o,, hor .unt Mra C,nu;n.
ham fearing Tho, ,ronlle would re.
AL, boz, ,ho art, from hor hps.
Land rn,;I,ho wo,,or c,uo m bis
c.rsss ,own,a,k In Tho meantime
Niss mi. had ro,urpod home On
sunday Tho Ard Mr. CUNNINGHAM
bearJ If I, aud cana IN tbis citv
and was given the fas,sin tbe case by
Miss Lula He returned IN Henderson
aud wro,e an, s,.to,oeut and ON
Tbursdsv called Slspobter into A
store and after giving him sound
thrcsb,,o with a s,jck u,de him sion
IL.
In the papers of Saturday Slaugh.
ter published card repudisting this
statement, saving that he had been
forced to sign 1t from fear of assassi-
nation. lie further caused an un-
truthful version of the Evansville af-
fair to be published in one of the Ev-
ansville papers, in which he alleged
that the young lady knew where she
was being taken to, but upon arriv-
ing refused to go in the house,
whereupon he gave her some "good
advice" aud took her back to the par
ty. Mr.. Cunningham came 10 this
city Sunday aud yesterday Judge
Winfree accompanied by Judge Nc
Carroll and Col. Clark left for Hen
dersou with Miss Lula's statement in
writing, giving the facts as they oc-
Cured.
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