The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-08-26

, O0IOeT CldsS OF people In henUucky
in Breathitt county and in Jack
son. the Captain continued, are
the best people in the world. High
minded, the soul of honor, hospi-
table and trusting, every stranger
intuitively feel his welcome.
"The opinion among this class
of people is that Jet is guilty and
ought to swing for his crime.
There are not many people, how
ever, who believe that Judge Har
gis had any hand in the killing of
Marcum or that he had guilty
knowledge of it. l met the Judge,
by the way, and found him to be
an excellent gentleman, kindly,
good natured and the last man that
L would suspect of plotting the
murder of a fellow man. / also
met Capt. Even, the chief witness
against Jett, who has had such
strenuous time since the affair oc-
CURED. The Captain is a fine man,
one who could not be bought.
bribed or brow beaten. He is the
only witness to the shooting, and
was standing with his hand on
Marcum's shoulder when Jett fired
the fatal bullet. They raised a
purse of 200 and offered it to him
to either get out of Kentucky or
swear that he did not see the shot
fred. And when he refused to do
either they told him what they
would do to him. The first thing
done was to fire his hotel, We
saw the spot where the hotel stood.
Nothing was left of it. 1t was
just mass of charred timbers.
"'There is no sympathy for Jett
among disinterested people in
Kentucky. They know he belongs
to the worthless class and want to
see him swing. In fact, I heard
one man say land, By the way, it
was the only voluntary reference
to the feud that we heard during
our trip that the whole d-n out
fit ought to swing meaning every
body on both sides who had any
connection with the series of as
sassinations that have blackened
Kentuc&y's fair escutcheon.
"To the stranger within Jack
sons gates Breathitt county and
her people are at peace not only
with the world, but with their
neighbors, and there is no thought
Of assassination. The best people
feel that their State has been in
jured by the killings that have al
ready taken place, and they want
to put an end to it. They are sick
and tired of the notoriety they
have gotten and do not want to
hear any more about it. That
may be why they are so loath to
breach the subject to stranger. >"
Illustrating the open handed
hospitality of Kentuckians, Capt.
Hughes told about an experience
his party had in jackson. In
the hotel one night young man
walked up to the party, having no.
ticed that they were members of
the Masonic fraternity as he, too,
was, and, sticking out his hand,
said: Gentlemen, my name is
Head / see you are strangers, and
if there is anything L can do for
you don't hesitate to command me.
My father and l have a bank up
the street here, and, while it is not
large institution, we will be able
to accommodate you by cashing
any checks you may wish cashed
and in any other way in our
power"
There was one banker in the
Pittsburg party, and he was very
much astonished at the generosity
of their new-found Kentucky
friend. A warm friendship sprang
up among the Pittsburgers and the
Kentuckian, and they found him
always the samoa paragon of
hospitality and generosity.