The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-08-01
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in the Cynthiana Jail upon the charge
of murder, made his escape from
that institution, and Sunday morn
ing made his appearance at the house
of Mr.. Frank Conway, in Bourbon
county, six miles from Paris, where
he found Mrs. Amanda Conway, aged
sixty one, her son William, aged
thirty-five, and her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Charles Conway with her babe,
sitting in the kitchen. He sprang in
at the open door and asked for a
drink of water which William Con-
way gave him. Before drinking, the
darkey said faint this dandy
knife" threw down the cup, and
without further words attacked Mr..
Conway with the scythe blade. See
ing the blood, Mrs. Conway ran out
on the porch, followed by her daugh-
ter with her babe. Leaving William
Conway for dead, Craig caught the
aged mother on the porch, and
rained death-dealing blows on her
head, face and arms. The assassin
tobacco patch and struck at her with
his bloody blade, but missed his here
tofore unerring aim.
Mr.. Frank Conway and his son
Charles, with the latter's two bright
paying a neighborly visit to Mr.. Bart
hn re
the coming harvest, when they were
startled to hear agonized cries at their
home and Mortified to.see Mrs. Charles
Conway coming through the tobacco
patch which divided the houses,
pursued by burly negro man armed
with a huge knife. Though I'M
armed, the father and son imme-
diately went to the rescue, the son
reaching the brute first, only to be
cut down by the human devil, with
the knife already reeking with the
blood of his brother and aged mother.
Charles called to his father to go
back, but the brave old man came on
and shared the fate Of his son.
The old man received three gashes
on the top and back of his head,
which formed a CHASTITY star, and
crushed through the skull. The
deadly blade also cut through the
bone Of his right arm in three places.
He walked about hundred feet and
then fell to the ground, when the
brawny negro hit him on the head
with a rock, killing him instantly.
Though bleeding from terrible
wounds on his shoulder, back and
arms, Charles arose, and with the
assistance OF his brother William,
who was almost scalped by the black
fiend. chased the negro around the
house, throwing rocks and clubs at
him, and vainly trying to kill him
with pistol which missed fire. They
continued the chase until exhausted
by the loss of blood, when the blood
thirsty villain seated himself on the
stiles, and surveyed his CHASTITY
work, as his victims lay in different
parts of the yard, and invited them
to kill him.
At this juncture Mr.. John Rion, a
neighbor, arrived and shot the color
ed brute through the forehead and
empted his pistol at him The
slayer still held to his knife and
never fiinched under Mir. Rion's fire,
and only when he grabbed a corn
knife lying near, did the deviiish
wretch drop his bloody knife and try
to make his escape. Mr.. Rion imme-
diately gave chase, closely followed
by Mr.. Barlow, who had by this
time found ammunition, and loaded
his shot gun. After chasing Craig
nearly a mile through a corn-tield,
Mr.. Barlow brought him down with
q charge of buck shot Craig soon
rallied, however, and ran to hay
stack where he fell exhausted. just
then Charles Conway, though suffer-
ing terribly from his wounds, came
up and fired three bullets into his
breast. Mr.. Barlow had also fred
the other charge of his shotgun into
him before he dropped.
During the chase, Mr.. Conway's
fierce dog joined in the persuit Of
the fiend, who seized q fence rail and
killed the dog.
After twelve bullets had pierced
the desperado's body, he lived for
two hours, and called for a pistol,
saying he had killed seven people
and wanted to kill every white per-
son he met, and that he would clear
the field of the twelve or fifteen
armed men, who had by this time
gathered around him, He also said
that he would like to kill County
Judge Lafierty, of Harrison. Just
before he died he said he had moth
ing against the Conway's, but that
he knew he would be killed, and he
wanted to killed as many as he
cOuld