The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-11-15
KENTUCKY SENSATION
Delay Demanded In tho Hergis-
Coclxril Feud Cases
Attorney darcum Declares That Witnesses
Ace Deferred From Appearing Ia the
Case for Fear Of Assassination.

Lexington. Ky. Nov io.-Two Of tho
most sensational afldaxlts ever fled
In a kentucky court have just been
placed on record at Jackson. Breathitt
county. That county Is the scene
Of the Hargis Coekril fend. and with.
in it's borders thirty men have been
killed during tho past year \ mum.
her were assassnated and are cred.
tied to one or to the other Of the
factions. while several men are exlled
from the county because Of their fear
OF assassination The afiidavits arc
by Attorney J. d Mareum and Moses
Feltner, hls client. accused of the
killing Of Jesse Fields. The pur-
pose Of the afidavits Is TO secure a
eontinuance in tho case Of Feltner.
They follow on the heels OF sensa.
tIonal statements contained in letter
written TO Circuit Judge Rcdwine of
Bfeathitt by John Patrick an exile
living In this city. IN which he said
he knew who killed James Coekrill.
being an eve witness. but declines 10
return 10 Jackson to testify unless
the governor will send company OF
militia 10 protect him. alleging that
deputy sherin attempted 10 assas-
slnate him aud that the persons who
desire hls death will Kill him II no
returns without the protection of
troops
In his AFFIDAVIT Moses Feltner tells
In detail Of alleged plots to kill Attor-
ney J. D. Mareum.
In several instances he was TO do
the work. he saya. aud fearing to re.
fuse. pretended 60 acquiesce. but
warned Marcum each time so that the
plans failed He says he fears to ap.
pear on the streets OF Jackson. that
such a state of lawlessness exists that
there Is no protection TO any citizen.
especially to any who are not In SYM
pathy with the county judge and sher-
III lie says he has been Informed
and believes II TO be true that those
officers have made efforts to have him
aesasslnated Az for Mareum, he says
that In last May he was invited to
Judge Hargis office. where he met
John Smith and John Abner. friends
Of Sheriff ED Callahan and County
Judge James Hargis. He relates
that they told him J. u. Marcum must
be killed and that he was the man to
do II. He continues that he feared
to refuse and by appointment met
llargis Callahan, Abner and Smith
that night. He says the plan as un-
folded at the meeting was for him to
go TO marcum's house. get him to
come 10 his law office at night and
after parting with him on the return
trip at a place where shotgun was
70 ba concealed he should shoot Mar.
cum In the back
He says Hargls gave him s35 TO
pay Marcum on account and handed
him a shotgun aud shells loaded with
buckshot. He says he went 10 Mar.
Gums house. warned him and then told
them that Marenm would not come
out after dara He says the next
plan was for him, John Smith and
Tom White 20 hide near Mafeum's
house and shoot him when he left 1t
on morning he was 10 90 10
neighborlng town. Again he says he
warned Marcum and though they lay
In ambush Mareum did not appear.
He says the next plan was for Tom
White to shoot Marcum from Hargis
Bros store, but that Marcum carried
his four months old baby in his arms
and White would not fire. He says
that suspicion finally fell upon him
as warning Mareum and on getting a
continuance of his case in court he
followed Marenm in flight. He says
he has returned to Jackson but fears
to leave his room and that his attor.
ney Marcum. Is also prisoner in
his own house through fear OF assas.
sinaiion. He asks for continuance.
In his afIidayit Attorney J. B. Mar.
cum says he fears TO appear at the
courthouse or on the streets Of Jack
son near the courthouse, that he has
not been in his office but once since the
18th OF July He says he has been
outspoken against the parties who
are accused Of assassination or hav-
Ing assassinated Dr. Cox and James
coekrill on the streets Of Jackson
and that by reason thereof and by
reason OF his attorneyship In court
In other cases pending In this court
be has incurred the enmity Of danger
Gus and lawless men and Is afraid
they viii carry out their threats to
assassipate him which he believes
they have made. He says the sher-
m and his deputies are in attendance
at this term Of court and this afiant is
afraid to risk himself in their hands
after receiving the information he
has, all OF which he believes to be
true. He asks that the case OF Felt
ner and all others IN which he is
attorney be continued.