The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-15
$4,000. DAMAGE
FOR HOLL0WELL
Against Alleged Night Riders
At Paducah.
Verdict Of Jury Returned After
Only Forty five Minutes
Deliberati0n.


out forty-five minutes this morning
the Jury in the Federal Court returned
a verdict of $35, 900 damages in favor
of Robert Hollowell against twenty
eight alleged night riders of Caldwell
county KY, for whipping him and dri'
ing him from the State on the nigh
of May 2, 1907. He sued for $4,000
and his wife has another suit for $780,
900 pending ond his son, Price Hollowe
has a suit for $4,000 pending for the
same outrage.
The jury was charged last night by
Judge Evans and excused until $3.50
o'clock this morning. The jury, which
came from jefferson and Bullitt coun'
ties 200 miles away, and in non
tobacco producing section had nc
trouble deciding for the plaintiff, and
the computation of damages was the
only LITTER that required time.
1t is now believed that there will
be a general exodus from the State OF
men who have been whipped by night
riders and that the Federal Court will
be deluged with suits for damages.
Most of the defendants are wealthy
planters. In many counties in the
dark tobacco district conviction OF
night riders are impossible.
Judge Evans after the first trial of
the Hollowell case declared he would
get a jury from a section not influen-
ced by night riders and composed of
men not members of any tobacco asso
citation. He had the jury secretly
summoned most of them being resi-
dents of Louisville.
Attorney for the plaintiff asked for
immediate capias in order to prevent
the defendants from disposing Of their
property to aviod execution. Attor-
neys for the defense asked for time to
give bond for an appeal.
II is generally believed that this
verdict is death blow to night riding
as it will brighten properly owners
and influential members of the COM
munity from banding with the outlaws
Judge Evans thanked the jury and
said he trusted their action would have
a beneficial effect on the whole COM
munity..
In addition TO an execution against
their property Judge Evans granted
the plaintiff a capias ad satisfaction
dunn against all the defendants ex-
cepting Mrs. Lula Hollowell, the
meaning of the term being that the
bodies of the defendants may be
seized and held in Jail unless they
satisfy the judgment.
Robert Hollowell and his wife Mary
Hollowell each sued for $4,000, and
their son, Hollowell, II years old,
has sued for $4,000 damages alleging
that an armed mob, in which were the
defendants, visited their homes near
Lamasco, Caldwell county May 2, 1907
and whipped Mr.. Hollowell knocked
down and shot Mrs. Hollowell and
abused their son, Price, and drove
them out of the state to prevent their
testifying before the grand jury about
the raid on Princeton, December l,
1906.
Among the defendants were Robert
Hollowell's brother, John E. Hollowell
and wife Lula Hollowell and his cousin
John w. Hollowell also chairman of tn
Caldwell County Tobacco association.
The other defendants were Wallace
oliver, Firm oliver Milton oliver,
Joseph Murphy, John Turner. William
Turner, William Larkin, Sid Smith,
Otis Smith James Hyde, Malachi
Pickering, Buck Lacey, Urey Lacey,
Lucian Mckinney, b. Malone, Marion
Brown Edgar oliver, Sparlin Murphy,
William Murphy, Richard Pool, James
Chambers Jack Chambers, Joseph Can
trill, John Gray, William Tandy and
Ed Brown.
In his charge to the jury the
court took up the evidence of Robert
Hollowell and his son Price, who tes-
titled that they recognized rs of the
defendants who were standing in the
bright moonlight. They declared that
they were their neighbors and that
being unmasked they had no difficult
ty in recognizing those who came
within the range of their vision. 1t
was at this point Judge Evans stated
that for him 1t would be impossible
not to believe the boy
In commenting upon the present con-
ditions in the state the court said It