The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-07-12
MURDERED!
Joseph Cartwright Is Found Dead
Near Victoria With a Bullet
In His Breast,
A Dark And Bloody Deed With It's
Perpetrators Unknown.
Circu Evidence Fastens
suspicion on The Tierney
isrothers.
WARRANTS ISSUED FOR THEIR
ARREST.

Another murder has clouded the fair
name of Breckenridge county; and this
one seems TO have been committed In as
cold blood as any that ever occurred
within her borders.
Late Sunday evening news reached
this city that man had been murdered
near Victoria the night before. Early
Monday morning NEWS representative
repaired to the scene OF the tragedy and
learned the following particulars:
Down in a deep hollow, about two
miles from Victoria, in little log house
lay the dead body Of Joe Cartwright, sur
rounded by weeping relatives and sor.
rowing friends. The bloody corpse had
been found early Sunday morning at
what is known as Gilliland's spring, and
death had been caused by agun or pistol
wound in the left breast.
A FIGHT AT A PICNlC.
Information bearing on the subject
was hard to gather, as there was no one
that knew much about it, or il he did
was not inclined to talk much. 1t seems
though that at picnic given at Tier
ney's, on the Cloverport and Fordsville
road, last Saturday, that Joe Cartwright
and the two Tierney boys, Mike and
Dan, had fuss. Dan Tierney aud Cart
wright fought, and Tierney got whipped.
1t was fist fight, however, and no one
was seriously hurt.
After this racket Cartwright went
home, distance of about one mile from
the picnic. After getting his supper he
told his wife that he was going back to
the picnic, so he took his hat and start
ed, under protest from his wife. This
was about s; 80 p. NJ.
Up through the hollow from the home
of the Cartwrights winds
LONELY ROAD
but little better than foot path,
through thick wood. At distance of
about 800 yards from Cartwright's the
road leads out into an opening, and here
is situated the home If James Gililaud,
a brotherin-la to Cartwright Mr..
Gillland saw Cartwright pass here going
towards Tierney's
The next morning Mrs. Gilliland went
to the spring, distance of about fifty
yards from her house. Here she saw
Cartwright
LYING on THE GROUND
near the spring. He was being guarded
by faithful dog, mans best friend,
which would not let her approach.
Thinking that her brother-in-law was
probably sleeping off jag, she returned
to the house. Her husband was out at
the time, and she said nothing about it.
After while she again went to the
spring, and there still lay the motionless
man, and his faithful companion still re-
sented her approach Thinking now
that something was surely wrong, she
called her husband. BY dint of coax
in and persuading Mr.. Gilliland pacifed |
the dog and approached the PROSTATE |
form, and was Mortified to find that the
man was cold in death.
THE INQUEST.
The alarm was soon given and Squire |
J. NJ. Mullen was summoned. The |
did not arrive till late in the |
afternoon, and empaneling a jury he |
quickly proceeded to investigate the |
case.
From witnesses examined the follow
ing testimony was produced:
After Joe Cartwright left the picnic in |
the afternoon both Mike Tierney, Jr.,
and his brother Dan were heard to
threaten Cartwright's life. Dan made
the most violent threats, saying that he |
would kill the son of - if he went |
TO hell for it, that he would kill him if it |
took him year TO do it, that he would |
lay for him etc.
On examining Cartwright's body |
bullet hole was found in his left breast, |
the ball had entered about three inches
above the nipple and had probably !!
pierced the left lung
After obtaining all the information
possible the Coronor's jury rendered the |
decision, which we give rerJa-
tim ct Hterdtim:
THE VERDICT.
eve, the jury, find that the dead body |
now before us is that of Joseph Cart |
wright, OF Breckenridge county, Ky,
and believe by the evidence in the case
that he came to his death by gunshot
wound, fired by the hands of either Mike
rierney, Jr., or Dan Tierney, as shown
by the evidence in the case
J. NJ. Mullen, j. p. b. c., acting as
Coroner, this the 9th day of July 1898.
W. b. Taul, Jr.,
j. b. Bates,
T.. NJ. Bates,
w. Q. Taul,
W. II. Brickey,
j. G. Pate.
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