The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-07
WANTED FOR MURDER.
ouo johnson Proves TO be billiard Ra,nex.
the Murderer OF Aaro, aa.

BUD johnson, the man from Irwin. Kr ,,.,,
nv Ogcer ga A' pyrds wagon lot a few DAYS ago
on the is,b a SneS proves to be murderer who,
Ciaik county, KY, about ten miles from W, VI
,ie1s a. us real name is billiard Raley. the In
Nd. r mn b,s corresponding with the letters,
OnieI OF Police T. Edgar lark, OF Irvine. ar.
oner, armed with the NECESSARY nap. LOT inc Pris
11exy. 10 take the young man back to the scenn
yomnne, man, and q man named Hsgvsrd RAJ
1v r1ns over line fence which divided Their
inc ss wncn resulted in the elder Rainey shoot
80 Saiu. ADAMS went for a doctor but had
prev roSiousY oeen ordered not to trespass on The
ing q On sIe haineys which he did upon return
out was prevented from doing 40 bv the dontnr
VINO nSn arrived He then called TO bis con Dill
him s sv ing MN to Kin s,whereupon he shot
days s,, pnt subsequently died. '''eu 'e"
and a,s was seen yesterday by TIMES reporter
adams Tor number OF years and had Tenss, ~ir
gwen MIN legal notice to stay or their nfemises
0n snii occasion he claims that Adams was Po
s sSVaneSlng with his hand in his pocket, and when
Inc eioer Rainey gave him orders to Ore upon
ni NJ no emptled six shots in his body
inc young man lie cool and saws he ant,cina+.s
.ouole over the matter, but thinks that his
oysr money will be sufficient to tide them
w. ~. no claims that fully $4,000 is backip
t ue ana viii be spent In order TO save them.
ne aoes not attempt to deny being the man
A mob Of $50 men room organized with tho
aetermlnation to lynch the Rai1eys The author
tues hurried the old man, who had been arrested
W lexington, KY, for safe kceoing and Tho
young man made his escape, after hating been
sn0t Ut several times by the mob.
&c started ACROSS the country and according
70 MS sIoIy, was nine days on the road When
t .odocmah fatk interviewed him in the jai ycs.
teroay morning he still claimed that his name
wss Bud Johnson, but soon broke down and con
teeseu everything. 10 expressed Willingness
70 Iot1,n 10 Kentucky without reQuisition papers
from governor O'Ferrall. lie wanted, howeyer
10 lake mis- horse back with him. Policeman
aaA, upon oeing questioned, stated that there
maS no reward Tor him by the authorities OF Ken
Tdy H Mnu, une necessary papers were issued by
Juoge Williams. and the prisoner given into tho
custody OF the Kentucky officer. lie was escorted
70 tne depot for the purpose of leaving on tho
noon Train over the Shenandoah Valley For
the afternoon ~ "'''9in !" ain III
In the meantime Chief Dyer tcleerapbed the
autnoillles al Winchester. KY, to know IL there
s nHy iewara offered for Rainey's capture and
WThere ie reward OF Si50 by the governor for
wealth's attorney"
Chief OF Police Park made application to Judge
WOODS through his attorney, Everett Perkins
LOT a VIII OF habeas corpus with tho cxpectation
-, ssoCuttng MS man, but was informed by the
!uoge that ne was in the hands OF the police au-
Ino s ana ne had no jurisdiction over him
an9 could not interfere with the matter
The authorities here still have the man in
.aaI &c An1 Umcer Rigrey wired Commonwealth
attorney Mitchell that he had Rainey under mr..
rest ana wouid claim the reward, and received
an answer 10 bring his prisoner to Kentucky or
get lequlsition papers from the governor.