The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-10

There were q number Of persons in the
Courthouse and several Of them were in the
hallway. but no one can be found that will
tell who fired the shot or even acknowledge
that the assassin is known.
From Doctor Cash's Office the body of
Marcum was taken to his residence on the
south side OF town. where his wife and 1--WE
children were waiting to receive 1t. The
murdered man was a member of the Board
of Trustees OF the Kentucky State College
and had been for many years counsel for
numerous Eastern and Northern corpora
tons having business interests In the noun
tain sections of the State.
JACKSON CITIZENS
EXPECTED AN OPEN FIGHT.
Friends remained in jackson until Tues
day afternoon. when the martyred politician
was buried in the little cemetery. where
also rest Doctor Cox and Jim Cockrtll,
killed in the same cause and in the same
way, and that. too. within the last eight
months.
During all this time the town was quiet.
After dark no one stirred from under cover
and only the lowing of the cows. the bray
ing OF the mules or the rumbling of the
clear waters of the beautiful Kentucky
River winding its way around the Panhan-
die were TO lie heard by the citizens who
lay with open eyes and ears. fearing that
at any moment there might open up a war
fare similar to that Of the French-Eversole
trouble, when the assassination plan was
abandoned and the open fight substituted.
The direct cause Of the assassination OF
Marcum, It is believed, was his attempt to
reopen certain contested election cases.
He had been the attorney for the Fusion
ticket, which claimed that Charles Terry
was elected County Judge over James Har-
giS
Marcum was a Republican and his law
partner. o. H. Pollard. a Democrat. The
partners had fallen out over the contest
and Pollard was the attorney for Hargis.
For a time it seemed that Marcum would
win on q technicality. but he was forced to
abandon the fight and had commenced over
again.
Marcum had remained an exile from
Jackson for several weeks. the story of his
reasons for so doing being best told in his
own words, which he wrote for publication
at the time he filed an affidavit stating that
he was afraid to appear in court to defend
his client, Moses Feltner, charged with the
murder Of Jesse Fields.
He also filed at this time the affidavit Of
Feltner. giving his reasons for asking a
continuance of his case. Marcum's state
ment is as follows:
RUMORS THAT HE WAS
TO BE ASSASSINATED.
81 will begin my story with last March,
when persistent rumors stated that Doctor
Cox and / were slated to be assassinated.
Doctor Cox and I discussed these rumors
frequently, and finally came to the con-
clusion that they were groundless.
81 went to Washington and stayed a
month. While 1 was there Doctor Cox was
assassinated.
II was attorney for Nose Feltner. On
the night of May 80. he came to my house
in Jackson and stated that he had entered
into IN agreement with certain men to
kill me and that his accomplices were to
be three men whom he named.
He said that their plan was for him to
entice me to my Office hat night and Tor
them to waylay me and kill me- He said
that they had provided him with-a shotgun
and x5 to give me as payment on q fee.
He displayed the gun. which had never
been used. and also showed the money. I
know that he did NOT previously have the
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