Blue-grass blade., 1891-11-28

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No official was hurt in any effor
to stop them. When they 60
through shooting there we're tw
men Killed and one badly wound
ed. One of the men killed was
very valuable citizen of the town
and was killed by Q stray sho
while standing in the door OF hi
business house.
Itwas in the day time and il
the most prominent part OF tn
town.
When they were done shooting
the marshal of the town persuaded
them to 60 to Jail with him.
A few days after, a man ant
woman, who seemed to be respecta
bic people, came here to preach
as "Salvation army" people do.
While they were conductirss
religious service just as sacl
people do elsewhere, a bad Do,
threw . large cannon fire craeke!
into the crowd that was listening
to them. The boy was not ar
rested, but the man and woman
were, and were promptly put il
jail.
Several days since the Kendallf
broke out Of jail and escaped
They have not been captured and
there seems to be no probability
that they will be.
Somebody ought to be respon-
sible for this. 1 have never be
lieved that those men would he
punished. The father Of those
who escaped is yet in Jail. He
killed the valuable citizen. / do
not believe he will ever be pun
ished. He was once chairman Of
the Democratic county committee.
1 do not know how he will es-
cape punishment, but it will be
done somehow. Another prisoner
who had killed a man had ss.
capped out of this same Jail not long
before the Kendalls did.
There has been q session of the
circuit court since the Kendalls
did the killing. Their case was
"put off," That's the way it is
nearly always done.
Soon the people will begin to
say it's no use to punish the poor
old man since all the boys are
gone, and the newspapers will
reports of his sad condi-
tion and distress of mind, and
everybody will say he has been
punished enough by having 70
stay in such q bad old jail, and
who says he has NIT
been will be frowned down &s
> hard hearted man, and when
The next court comes on some bf
The principal wi - for {
commonwealth vi X" q
Ehc case will be : p6t Of aga |,
By that time somebody else VII
kill a few more people, and the
public mind will be occupied by
the new case.
After q while somebody will
ask "What ever became of old
man Kennall's case?" and the
other fellow will answer, "Oh, he
was let out long ago; the COM
witnesses could not
be found, and the Judge dismissed
The case"
The Georgetown Times made
an effort to Institute a moral re-
form here some time ago. 1t
turned its batteris on the small
boy smoking cigarettes. Four
issues Of the paper poured hot shot
into that enormous evil that
threatens to throw this govern
ment into anarchy; but public SEN
timent would not sustain the
Georgetown Times, and backed
the small boy, and the heroic ed
tor retired broken-hearted and
discouraged from the unequal con-
test.
But his valiant words will 20
down the corridors of time
and posterity will build q monu-
ment to his memory.
Instead of two inverted FAM
beaus crossed above an urn, there
will be two cigarette stumps, still
smoking, and crossed above a
spittoon.
1t makes my heart ache to see
how the editor of that paper has
immolated himself upon the altar
of his county and yet how poorly
has he been requited.
But virtue ia its own reward