Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-03-12

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fe candy and drew out an onion,
witch odOrous vegetable she held
nj to the amused view of her CON-
psly, some of whom laughed hence
thearrest. Y
-3,2O7,77O tons of coal were
mied in Kentucky in 1895. That
is ne largest years product ever
miied in the State except in 1893.
wha it was 81, $50 tons more. Hop
kim is the banner coal county,
producing 7sS,436 tons, which is
nearly double the product of any
othr county.
The Cincinnati Leaf Tobacco
Com pany. brokers and leaf dealers
ofthis city, filed a deed of assign
melt with attorney j. w. Bry an in
the County Court in Covington
NV. }, Thursday last. The Com
paay was Incorporated some years
agoby w. A. Bradford, Geo. G.
Hamilton and the late Henry
Warrington, and had capital Of
$4,000. The assignment was for
the benefit of creditors. No reason
or ause is given for the assign
ment, except that their liabilities
are In excess of assets. Mr.. Ham
ilton is President of the Company,
and W. ID. Collins, son of ID. c.
Collins, of the Farmers and Ship
pers' Tobacco Warehouse Com
parry, Secretary.-Cincinnati West
ern Tobacco Journal.
A REMARKABLE CAsE.-OwENroN
Kr, March 7.-(Special to Courier
Journal. AT $50 o'clock today q
fourth verdict for murder was rem
dsred in the case of the Common
wealth against DIR. j. L. Massie for
the killing of jesse Honaker, and
the penalty of life sentence infict-
ed The case is a most remarkable
one from the fact that the Court of
Appeals has reversed it three times
and sent it back for trial. Imme-
dhtely after the sentence was
passed today the attorneys for the
defense made a motion for q new
trial. 1t was overruled, and it will
again go to the upper court for the
fourth time. Commonwealth at
torney Gray closed the argument
for the prosecution at 10 a. m. in
one Of the most powerful argu-
ments ever delivered before a jury
in Owen county. From the mo-
ment his speech began the general,
opinion was that no jury on eart
in face of the facts and tas-plA
presentment of them by the at
torney for the prosecution would
ever return a verdict less than MUIR
Ger; Notwithstanding the CouO
Apnes's or any other court. n.
La in Owen mas been vindicate
and 10 people again look with nv
gavin ~ ID the upper court.
, Tae rhine with which NJ
: sna- charged was committf
the JIa day of October, 1891
Cedar creek Valley, near tbsL
/ side leading from Monterey 10 e.
hon. u the accused ard his vic-'
um. DIR. Massis was country
/ phy sician with TIE live practice,
and, being a man OF strong charac-
ter, also had the reputation of be-
ing the dominating spirit of the
neighborhood in which he lived.
About 4 o'clock in the afternoon
on the day named, Massie appeared
at the door of the humble cottage
of jesse Bonaker, on horse back
with rifle in his hand and halloed.
Mrs Honaker answered the sum-
mons and went to the door. Tho
Doctor asked for her husband and
she replied that he had gone to
Monterey. Massie then said, with
an oath, you will never see him
again. / intend to kill him." She
appealed to him not to hurt Jesse,
that she knew he was his friend
The Doctor turned his horse and
rode off. The distressed. wife with
her three months old babe in her
arms, and four other little chill
dren and her sister, followed him
down the road.
Massie rode toward Monterey,
and when about two and q half
miles from that town met Honaker
coming home, accompanied by q
Mr.. Richardson. Msssie rode up
within few feet of him, and lev
elled his gun, saying: "You s. of
a b., I've got you now, c. d.
you" Honaker threw up his hands,
saying: why, doctor, what's the
matter?" "You have been SANDER
ing me and mine, and intend to
have your hearts blood" said
Massie.
Honaker denied it, saying: II
have never said anything about
you" Massie called him a -
and told him he "would not
Jim Hanna and say So"
Honaker told him he woul M
anybody, still protesting his inno-
cence.
Massie drove him along the road,
telling him he intended to kill him
and that he would not face Han
ma" all the time cursine and up
braiding him. When about a mile
from where they first met, Massie
said that Honaker had to go with
him to Hanna. Honaker said:
doctor, I will go with you to him,
but all your guns and pistols do
not brighten me. don't have to
CO."
Massie said, "You repeat that
and I will kill you"
Honaker said: II do repeat it,"
Whereupon Massie threw up his
Winchester and fired, the ball strik-
ing Honaker near the heart. Ho-
maker pitched forward, with the
exclamation: "Oh, my poor wife
and children" and fell from his
horse TO the ground.
Massie then rode rapidly away.
He remained secreted in the coun-
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