The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-20
Alleged Assassins Are Now 100 Miles from the Scene
 of Murder
ONE LONE JUROR SAVED
 THEM FROM CONVICTION
Many Think That MIstrlaI Was for the Best, as Trouble Would Have oe- curred-chanae of Venue
 Is Granted.

Jackson, Ky, June 19-But for one juror Curtis Jett would have been con- victed here today for the murder of Mar cum, and majority of the jury favored the conviction of Thomas White also. Both are tonight almost 100 miles from home in jail at Lexington. and their next trial will be at Cynthiana, over 100 miles from Jackson, away from the mountains and in the blue grass region under very different conditions from those existing in Breathltt county
 The interest in the change today was second only to the verdict. When Judge Redwne refused to hear arguments on the change or the location, it was stated by many in the court house that the pre- siding judge had heard from Governor Beckham, who is generally believed to have had something to do with the change of venue to Harrison county, which is in the Eighteenth judicial dis trict of Kentucky, where J. J. osbourne is the circuit judge, l.. P. Fryer is the commonweath's attorney and the sheriff and other court officers are also favora- bly, known.
 1t Was for the Best.
 With such general confidence in the sur- roundings of the next trial. there is a general belief here that everything is for the best after all If the verdict had been one of conviction, the residents here feel that violence would have followed and that 1t would have extended to others than witnesses, jurors and those who had taken part in the prosecution. It is thought now that after the trials of Jett and White in Harrison county, the cases of other assassins who are known here and who have never been arrested, will be taken up with some assurances of justice on a change of venue. Among the cases cited is that of the late pr. Cox, whose friends refused to secure witnesses for any jury in Breathitt county that was selected under the present regime.
 The other case on the docket here was that of Curtis Jett for killing the town marshal, James CoclSrill but it will be postponed until after trials at Cynthiana and many believe now that there will be no need of trying Jett on more than one of the cases standing against him.
 Still Much Apprehension.
 Colonel Williams is at Frankfort to- night comforting with the governor re- garding the withdrawal of the troops. It is understood that he advised the gov ernor that no number of troops could stop the fire bugs or the hidden assassins, but that at least one company should be retained at Jackson as long as Provost Marshal Longmire was kept in charge of the town. The troops that escorted Jett and White to Lexington this afternoon will not return. There is still much ap- prehension in the community for the future, and many here share in the move ment in different parts of Kentucky to have Breathitt county parceled out for annexation to other counties although it might depreciate local valuations after Jackson lost it's prestige as county seat. Some hold that in the loss of the so-called court house ring the town would gain much more than 1t would lose. It Is claimed that all the feud troubles that have been afflicted on the county origina- ted in contests for local offices and af- terward tended into professional, busi- ness and social affairs.
 There is a feeling of relief here tonight, so far as old scores are concerned, but there Is still a reign of terror because 1t Is believed that "others have been marked.