The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-04

Drake then asked him if he had
anything to say about the other
men he had killed. He said: eyes,
i want to name them all. can't
| tell the dates and how / killed
them. It will take too long"
! "All right, Tom replied the
detective. ''Go ahead III your
Town way. Who was the first man?"
| Smith here Strengthened up,
| wiped his mouth and said:
+ 1.-THE fret man 1 ever killed was
Joe Hurt. I killed him at my own
home. Then me and Joe Adkins
killed Joe Eversole and Nick
Combs. We both shot, and ]
reckon / fired the fatal shot into
both of them. / got about $50 in
money off Eversole. He was hid
out in the bushes. Then came
Joe Mcknight. Me and Bob Pro-
phet was both in that, but j did
most of the shooting, and ] reckon
God put him down against me. /
killed Robert Cornett, while he
was1getting,out logs. Jack Combs
was with me. / was in some more
shooting .scrapes, and men were
killed, but ] don't know who kill-
ed them. ] have told you about
RAIDER, and that is all"
"What do you know about the
killing of Judge Combs, Tom?"
asked Detective Drake. -
II wasn't in that. Twas shot in
the arm and couldn't 60. Fult
French, Joe Adkins, Jess Fields
and Boone Frazier was in that.
Fult French plotted it, and / heard
Joe Adkins say that he killed him.
Judge Combs prosecuted Jess
Fields land then they wanted to get
even with him. The plotting was
done at Jess Fields house and Fult
French told them how to do it."
"Did French pay you for muir
dering these people when you were
with him and his gang?" asked the
Enquirer correspondent.
He was good to us, and we got
clothes and anything we wanted.
Joe Adkins used to get the money,
I didn't get very much money, but
/ got everything / wanted. ]
wanted more whisky than any
thing, and / always had plenty OF
that" . ~ @.@
Here his sister came up to him
and said:
"Now, Tom, you've told your
story, and you must pray oGod."
And she kissed him again and
again. He told her that he had
not finished, as he had something
Ito say to the crowd. She kissed
him again, and then left the scaf.
fold, going into the Jail yard. n.
Smith turned to the crowd, and
as he raised his hand n pin could
, have been heard To fall, so quiet
was the vast throng. ..:M ~" 3.
Ladies and gentlemen, !" he said
and the words rolled from his lips
as though he had been ait that
moment inspired witha new life,
, so clear and distinct, SO free from
the mountain twang and provin.
} cialisms. He continued: #.~ =
II am going to take my depart.
: ure from this world Of wickedness
and corrnption.sI know not where
LII am going, but ! trust ! shall
=, meet you all in that beautiful
, land where torment il unknown,
and where there will never be any
r parting. The Lord has said, Con
81 fess and repent, and you shall b.
forgiven. have confessed that ]
have been u terrible sinner, anc
.Ehave repented. j have been for
lgiven for / feel the spirit Of thu
tlLord in me- / trust you will al
take warning by me, and ! wan
| YOU to remember that Jesus still
) lives, and that you are forever ua
| der the watchful eyes Of him tina
+ never sleeps. Read His word anC
. ask His forgiveness as you want Il
1 be saved. ! have forgiven every
J body. love everybody, my enc
5 mics and friends alike ] trust
/. will meet my dear old mother Of
(. that beautiful shore. She wa
so good and kind, and she lovec
D me SO much when ] WAS boy. /
(. all You boys and girls take m,
i advice you will love and obey you
mothers. All Of you who are go
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