The morning times., 1897-02-05
HE CAPTURES MURDERERS
He Has Brought Fifteen of Them to
Justice Since 1888.
George Washington brakes Success
in Hunting the Desperadoes
OF Kentucky.
,From the New York SUM-

,From the New York SUM-
Detective George Washington DraSe, OF
Lexington, KY, who, two weeks ago,
captured Jacob Neace and Dan Farler, the
nurderers OF Deputy United States Marshal
william a Bird, was born In Lee county,
Ky in 1861 He first followed his business
a. hotel and railway detective. His subse-
Quent career, during which he has caught
fifteen murdcrers Of the most desperate
type was related by him TO a curreSpon-
dent
While WAS jailer OF Wolf county, from
1883 TO 1892, ! arrested several notu-
nous murderers. The first WAS William
Kiser. VINO killed Tom Cundifrin Lee county
He left the ncighborhood immediately after
killing. tut found him after six months
at the home OF lis brotlIcr-inIaw, near
sedalia. Mo, where / had no difficulty in
capturing him He got j long term in the
peHiisntIaTy- i next Captured James and
Green Morris, brothers, who had killed John
HignUe ia Perry county / located them al
TIE coal mines in and around Jclico, Tenn.
j took man with me, and we went TO .lif-
ferent mines l found James Morris board
ing at hotel in Jclico, aui arrested him in
the lobby.
A the station a number of miners con-
greEated just before my train was due, and
s1yore / hal 10 give the prisoner up. The
leader drew a large revolver and told me
TO take the handouts off Morris. | tried
TO quiet them but failed. | took the pris-
oner by the arm and pulled him in fronc
OF me, and drawing my revolver, / told
The miners they could get Morris, but when
they got him ne would be dead; that they
couldn't shoe, me SO dead that 1 wouldn't
kill n:y prisoner first Morris, who knew
nIe, begged the men to stop. He told them
would DO as said, and at Morris request
they allowed us 10 board the train. Atthe
next station my assistant boarded the
train with Green Morris, whom he had
arrested without trouble They went to
the peniueutiaTy.
''Soon anerward one of the most sensa-
saiional as>assinationS that ever occurred
in Eastern Kentucky took place in Powell
county. on the Lexington and Eastern rail
r,ad, near Clay City. John Rose, a con
spicuUUs citizen, about fifty years old,
had Killed his suR-in-law, Doc. Hall, in
pistol fight twas said that Halls brother
had sworn to kill Rose. One morning
to catch train al Clay City two men
turned up in cut and hogan shooting al
bin The first shot struck him in the
abdomen, bringing him 10 his knees. lie
had two revolvcrS in his saddle pockets,
and he soon had one in each hand and al
though mortally wounded. began blazing
away al his assailants. who ran. He died
a few hours later. ] was employed 10 get
home 90 Rose. where learned that Goodloe
Combs, Of Jackson, Breathitt county, had
l,ccn seen there several DAYS before the
mHrdcr IN company with three strange men,
presumably from Brcatbitt The deScriF-
tion uf one Of the men fitted Jesse Barnett,
and ! found him on the fence in front If
tie courthouse at jackson / told him
had = warrant ior his arrest, and took
hold f his arm. but he pulled away. drew
q iig pial 81. ami commenced shooting at me
as ne ran. He failed to hit me with any
OF the three shots he fired. and / missed
hiIn with the two / fired l caught him
in the river bot,-olm and two of the cham
brrS uf bis PISTOL were still loaded
Il had learned that James Combs and
Charles Wall had left Jack, on with Goodlae
Cou'ls, and | suspected them OF being
parties 10 the killing. At any rate told
Barnett that WaH had been captured and
had confessed 10 the part he took N the
killing, and il was 10. long untn Earnett
tod me how GoodIoe Combs had agreed TO
pay him and Charley Walia and James ombs
$500 each for numbering Rose. ! locked
Barnett up and soon captured Wall.
TOD hiIn that Barnett had confessed, and
hc soon made i clean breast Of the whule
matter JaIucS Combs was next captured
and, like the others, he made fun CON
lesson. GooGloc Combs left tie country
a. soon as hc heard had captured Barnett.
when the three murderers were ar
raigued for examining trial in the Stanton
Courthouse they al confessed. ana a mob.
headcdby Stephen Rose, son fthe IN ur,l,.red
man, started to lynch them on the spot,
ln broad daylight, and with none OF the
mob wearing a mask / appealed TO Rose