The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-15
BLACK CLOTH OYER
BENEFITS EYES
Witness Tells d Finding Of
Murdered BoyA Body.
Evidences of Horses Having bcen
stampetlcd In Public Road at
That Point.
NIGHT RIDER WAS ANBUsHED

| W. =. tOOhsey was lnc hiSt W.
ness called in the case of Gardner
and Hunt, charged with the murder
of Vaughn Bennett. the night rider,
says the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle,
and he deposed as follows:
81 live in the Fifth district, near
Sango. and the Trough Spring road
on the cross road from Trough Spring
to the Bobo road, about twenty-five
yards from Trough Spring road"
Witness was at home on the night
of March 3. 1908, when young Ben
nett was killed. He knew OF 1t the
next morning about O'Clock, as he
was passing from the stable to his
house, when he saw the boy and two
horses lying in the road. He went TO
the place and then home, when he
told his wife what he saw and that he
would go to the woodsons, neighbors.
He went and told Mr.. Woodson and
son, passing the place where Bennett
was lying and they returned to the
scene of the tragedy. Squire Davis
was then teiephoned to.
4 inv nOl &C auSun Noo ~
ing was lying with his head to the
northeast. the other to the southwest.
Benefits foot was in the stirrup and
lying nearly parallel with the horses.
When Ernest Woodson said it was
Vaughn Bennett. he then noticed
enough Of his face to know who 1t
was. His face was not concealed and
his hat was a short distance away.
One double barrel shotgun was lying
on one side OF his horse and another
on the other side. and a single barrel
gun was standing against the horse.
Witness saw tracks OF buggy turned
around right near the horses and
signs of a horse hitched to a tele-
phone post Got over the west fence
and there found empty shotgun shells
These shells were six or eight feet
from the fence.
Cross Examination.
Witness re-stated where he lived.
Mr.. Woodson lived about the same
distance north OF where the shooting
occurred. Had known Vaughn Ben
nett a long time. His left hand was
under his body. Did not see any kind
of mask. Witness made a statement
to VIII Woodson, but did not tell
him a black cloth was tied over the
face of Vaughn Bennett.
Ernest Woodson.
Ernest Woodson was called and
gave the following statements
81 live with my father in District
No. 5. Heard OF Vaughn Bennett
being killed the next morning. when
/ saw him after Cooksey came to my
house. Went to the place and recog-
nized him. There was a cloth over
his forehead. covering his left eye"
Woodson described the location OF
the horses and Vaughn Bennett, as
were described by former witness
81 observed" said he, -four shot
holes in the back of the head.
never saw anything in either hand.
saw the guns lying near the horses
Saw pistol in the pocket of Bennett
1t was loaded all round. The shells
were found inside of the field, twelve
lOi nAtNth cACpo iiOhi Nntlt tue HOISti
were lying. Found some buckshot a
iCooksey's house, one sticking in the
house and another on the ground.
lsaw the piece of rope tied around thu
Telephone post. and noticed that th'
knot had been drawn very hard. Saw
horse tracks indicating the horse haC
tried hard to get loose. I assisted il
moving Benefits body to a barn 100
yards distant. He was not dead al
1.-THE time
The state here turned the witness
over to defense for cross examina.
ton.
Court Adjourns.
Mr.. Leech stated that as court
would adjourn at 1890 they could
not finish the cross examination
Judge Tyler then announced that oui
of respect TO the memory of MajQl
Clay Stacker, who died Sunday. he
would adjourn the court until Tues.
day morning at o'clock.