, 1891-07-29
A BLACK BUTCHER.
Brutal Murder of Husband and
Wife by a Negro.
he Cuts Them to Pieces With
an Old Scythe.
Nuns at Naples Taken From
a Life of Solitude.

LEXINGTON, Ky, July 2s.-The most
horrible crime that has ever been com
mitted within the bounds of Bourbon
county occurred at 9 O'Clock this morning
on the Lucas farm, eight miles from this
city, on the Clay and Kiso pike, and re-
suited in the killing of a husband and
wife, the fatal wounding Of two brothers
and the Staying Of the assassin by a posse
ofcitizens, who caught him red-handed at
his bloody work. On Friday morning
George Craig, a negro who was confined
in the C~ynthiana Jail for murder, escaped,
and the officers we're unable to recapture
him. He came over to the Bourbon line
and waited around until this morning,
when he went to the residence OF Nathan
Conway, on the Lucas farm, and asked
for a drink of water. MIR. Conway. his
two sons. daughter-in-law. two nieces and
three grandchildren we're seated on the
porch enjoying the delightful breeze which
was sweeping through the beautiful val
ley. William Conway. the eldest son,
aged SO, handed the negro a dipper of
water, and as he did so the brute held up
du Olu, rusty fuduC nun a NhGdl Cldult
and remarked; This is IA nice
looking knife for a fellow to
carry" The young man answered
Yes" and. without a moments warn
ing. the negro struck him a blow over the
head with the blade, cutting a terrible
cash. The family were so d~umbfounded
that they knew not what to do, and he
followed the lick up with many others,
cutting of all the fingers on the left hand
and making many wounds on the head.
back, arms aud legs. Conway fell ex-
hausted from the loss of blood and will
die from his injuries.
Conway the father, who is 81 years old.
tried to keep the negro from killing his
son, and was turned upou and killed in
stantly by a stroke across the head. which
split it open. He was also cut on the
back, face, arms aud breast.
The old mother, who was the same age
of the father. was next attacked and cut
in a horrible manner. Besides other
marks on the body, she was cut just back
of the left ear, and the lick split the SIX ull
and on through the mouth. She was un-
conscious from the time she was hurt,
and died late this afternoon.
Cbas. Conway. the youngest child and
son. aged %, seeing the family, as he
thought. all dead, attempted to kill the
negro, but he was not able to handle the
wild beast Craig struck him a blow over
the head. but the lick was not n severe
one, and it was followed by others of n
more serious nature. The women and
children who had not been attacked fed
to the residence of G.. w. Barlow, which
was only about 200 yards away, and made
known what had happened. Mr.. Bart
low loaded his gun with buckshot, and
other men at the house went with him to
the relief of Charley, who was then at the
mercv OF the negro. He had run toward
Bartlow's. but the negro kept in pursuit,
and when the men came Upon him he had
Charley down in the old graveyard on the
place hacking him with the knife. One
shot fired at Craig struck him in the CEN
ter of the forehead, but did not enter the
skull. Then Barlow fred two loads of
buckshot into his body, but that seemed
to have no effect. He was then attacked
with corn knives, and at the sight of them
he ran across a field a halt a mile and fell
dead beside a hsystack, where his body
was still lying at shutdown.
Craig said when he was attacked by the
neighbors that he had killed seven per
sons, and would kill that many more be-
fore he died. He is known to have killed
his mother-in- law at Cynthiana. and also
the negro whom he was in jail for killing.
He was a brother of Charley Craig. who
is under sentence of death tor killing his
wife in Cincinnati.