The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-05-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
sJust Across the Ri4ers
; In West Virginia. :
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The wife Of Judge ELS. Doolittle,
OF Huntington, has smallpox.

The vile oil Judge Il. .. Dooii'ue,
OF Huntington, has smallpox.
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The much talked OF resumption
OF operations of the powder mill at
Kellogg seen 5 to have fallen
through, aud tnow looks as though
the mil would not be reopened in
the near future. There was a great
deal OF opposition to the move on
the part of the residents OF that sec
ton, who did not care, they say, to
have voalcanO In their midst, and
this, with the opposition of the
street railway people, seems to
have caused the abandonment Of
the project.-Catlettsburg Daily
Press.
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Washington, May S,-Secretary
of War Root has accepted the res.
lgnatlon of First Lieut.. Charles p.
Faulkner, of the Eighth Infantry,
indorsing his action "for the good
Of the SERVICE" Faulkner, while
stationed in Alaska, was charged
with mlsapproprlating funds be-
longing to enlisted men and also
with being short in his accounts.
The money losses were made good
by the young mans father, ex-Sen-
ator Faulkner, OF West Virginia,
Leniency was shown because of
the mans good record as an officer
In the Philippines.
One OF the most peculiar acci-
dents known to railroad men Of
this section was that by which
"Buddy" Hensley, the we'll known
railroad conductor, lost his life at
Ardell, Wayne county. Hensley
was in the cabooso OF a freight
train writing, when the engineer
who was in charge Of the engine
stopped it so suddenly that Hen
sley was thrown with great deal
OF violence against seat. Hen
sley's back was broken by the blow
and his death resulted. He wa:
one OF the best known conductors
on the Kenova division of the n. &
W.
The following is a Huntington
report and is probably somewha
overdrawn:
George Hartman, who killed
John Newson on Island creek, il
Logan county, last February, anC
escaped to the Kentucky side, II
still at large. A reward ofS200 hat
been offered for his arrest, but VI
to the present time no one has haC
the nerve to approach him.
Hartman is just across Tug rive
in Martin county, where he ant
his brother are running a moon
shine distillery. They have tittet
up a kind OF barricade built OF log
and rocks with rifle pits that com
mand all approaches. This i'm
proyised fort is located at the heat
Of ravine where clear mountain
stream pours into the valley below
They 90 heavily armed, and ar
considered the most desperate me-
in that far.iamed bad land. A larg
posse OF officers aud citizens al
tempted to dislodge these outlaw
but were repulsed by heavy fir
from the loopholes of the fort, an
several were wounded. The poss
, returned, and, it is said an attemI
will be made to dynamite thi
stronghold, and this falling, it wi
be shelled, as the law abiding cit
zens of that section are determine
to be rid of these outlaws.
The murder which Geo. Harma
committed occurred last Februar
and was one OF the most cold blooC
ed that has ever como to the motto
Of the public. Hartman and n
, victim, Mr.. Newsom, were ridin
along the county road when New
som dismounted to get a drin
from roadside spring. Harmo
pulled his pistol and shot New
SONS brains out and robbing ii
body of some $50, fled TO the Kel
lucky side.
The two men had been drinkin
some but had been friends and
is supposed that robbery was Il
|, object OF the murder.
> HICKSVILLE.