Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02


a willing victim. Ills attention to her
became so marked as to cauee consider
able talk in the neighaorhood. No open
rupture took place between Dr- Eddmon
and his wife. but her jealousy became
aroused and for the last two years she
has watched him closely.
DR. Eddmon's Office and drug store
comprise small story and a half build
ing, with big plate glass windows in
front and close office in the rear.
There are two entrances TO the Office
one through the drug store and the
other through door in the rear. up to
which lead two steps. About 100 yards
to the north stands tie Doctors house,
comfortable look ng structure two
stories high. 1t was in the doctors office
that Olive and he are said to have had
their meetings and it was at the door
of the office she met her death. Mr..
and Mrs. Peany had invited a couple
Of friends to their house to play whist,
After dinner they sat in the parlor
awaiting their coming. At S:45 o'clock
Mr.. Peany looked at his watch and re-
marked the lateness of the hour-every-
one goes to bed early in Tontogany.
"They won't come tonight said he.
TITS too late. I'm going to bed"
He occupied an apartment on the sec
ond floor, while his wife slept down
stairs. He partially undressed himself
by the stove on the first floor and kiss
Ing his wife goodnight started up the
stairs. Olive said she was sleepy, too.
and before her husband left for his
room had removed a portion OF her
clothes and gone into her bedroom.
That was the last time that any of her
friends saw her alive. She remained In
the house for an hour, and then, whether
induced by decoy message or follow
ing her own inclination she started out.
AT 10 O'Clock everyone is asleep in Ton
togany and the town is as dark as night
can make It, Not a light shone from
the windows and Olive picked her way
carefully through the mud puddles and
across the c., d. & II. tracks. DR..
Eddmon's drug store was lighted, but
the curtains were drawn down, showing
that the store was closed for business
Olive passed the front of the store
and carefully unlatching the little
gate proceeded to the rear where one
of the entrances to the office was, al the
northwest corner Of the house. There
across the well-kept lawn, until she
reached the steps leading to the door
Standing upon the first step she leaned
forward and placed her hand upon the
latch, pushing. the door inwards gently
AS the door opened flash shot out
from the crack and Olive Peany fell tC
the ground with a bullet through hel
heart. Instead of warmth and the low
ing greeting she had expected she re
ceived a messenger OF death.
What happened after the shot wa:
fired can only be told by the testimony
of those interested. Their stories are
SO contradictory that the prosecution
hopes, by the proper use of them, t.
bring the guilty ones to justice. Dr
Eddmon's family consisted OF his wife
and a servant named Nellie Hartsinl
Nelly Is rather a hard-featured young
woman, about 2S years old, with gray
ish blue eyes, which sometimes assum,
a sullen, repellent look. She was grad
uated from a high school, and othel
positions have failed her, she has beel
In the doctors family as servant for twt
years. Her father is a highly respected
citizen of Perrysburg, a town about tel
miles away. Her brother, a railroad
engineer, does not recognize her, 1t 4
said, owing to some bad defects In he
character. When closely pressed by tn
detectives questions, she frankly ad
mitted that she had been intimate witt
the doctor ever since she entered hi