The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-06
Mrs, Marcun Visits Spot Where
 the Attorney Fell NO ATTEMPT AT ARRESTS
Several Persons Know the Assassin, But They Do Not Say Word-De- pIorable Condition of Affairs
 at Jackson, Ky.

Lexington, Ky, May 5.-Not line IS being sent cut of Jackson, Ky, by local or press correspondents for fear Of the feudists. A reliable man who came to- day from Jackson to Lexington over the Lexington and Eastern railway, on being promised by the Associated Press corre- spondent that his name should not be used said the conditions at Jackson were deplorable and renewed hostiities between the friends of Marcum and those now in power are imminent.
 No arrests have been made and no eff forts are being made to apprehend the assassins. The wife of Marcum went to see the dead body of her husband today for the first time but Marcums friends have been afraid to be seen taking any interest In him.
 Mrs Marcum went to the courthouse and wiped up the blood of her dead hus- band with her handkerchief.
 Before the shooting two men suspected of killing others in this feud in former years passed Marcum. Marcum then re- marked to MT. Ewing: 'T don't like the actions of those men. I'm afraid they are up to something"
 Two Men We'll Known.
 Subsequently,, said the informant. these two men, who are well known to the officers and public went out of the courthouse door and re-entered the build ing by another door. Shortly after this came the shots, the first striking Mar cum in the back and the next in the head. The indications are that the assassin ran close to the body and fired the last shot at close range. Suspicion points to three welI-known men, the third standing near Marcum and giving the signal. The case has been brought to the attention of the United States marshal here, as Marcum was United States commissioner. Gov ernor Beckham will be asked for relief, while martial law is being suggested.
 Another passenger on the Lex1ngton and Eastern train said he was an eye witness to the shooting. He says he can name the man who fired the shots. Two slrls were the first who searched the court house some time after the shooting No man has entered the court house to pros ecute the search.
 Wood G. Dunlap of this city, left today for Jackson, Ky, as attorney for the fusionists in the Breathitt county con- tested election cases. He succeeds as counsel James B. Marcum who was killed in the court house yesterday while filing papers in these cases. It is feared here that the proceedings at this time will pre- cipitate further trouble in the Cockrill- Hargis feud in which half a dozen lives have already been lost.
 Ewen a "Marked Man."
 A telegram from a member of the Har- gis faction to former Senator Alex Hargis at Winchester, said that Belvin Ewen, who was talking with Marcum yesterday when he was shot by the assassin in the Breathitt county court house, recognized the murderer It Is taken that this mes sage means that Ewen has been marked" He is a Cockrill sympathizer. He owns the Ewen hotel at Jackson and has considerable property. Even when seen today he positively refused to say anything regarding the shooting, except to describe how they were standing when the shots were fired. He refused to say who fired the shots or who was recognized in the hallway of the court house. The belief is that the feud is now reopened and that Sheriff Callahan and County Judge James Hargis have been marked" ]" Tom Cockrell. who vHs charged with kill ing Ben Hargis and in whose defense Dr. D. B. Cox and Jim Cockrell lost their lives is here, having returned from the west
 Former Town Marshal Johnson by the killing of Marcum has been brought into the feud as have the families of Post