The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-09-04

Dur ,.
as Theiorrible crime, the foul !,
iioor, est and the most appalling
- trag1his part of the State, prob
,olher abR history of Kentucky. threw
} with itYshadow over Lawrence conn
d him YFriday night. A thrill of
Schooi chills every heart, and
Of hot aud righteous wrath has
anjt over this section, such as II
pryer felt before. A feeling that
sss lishment, swift, sure and condign'
cL t,st follow this act OF supreme afro
alt, prevades this county, and with
this feeling is united the declared
sentiment that IL there is the slight
est hesitation in meieing out stern,
unfaEerirg justice TO the guilty
wretch and his accomplices, Judge
Lynch. backed by the dominant SEN
timent of the people, will summon
his fury and appoint his willing eX-
ecutioners. What was it that has so
stirred and moved the quiet, orderly
law-abiding people of staid old
Lawrence? Murder, murder in It's
most cruel. most horrible form the
midnight assassin chose no quickly
acting bullet, no death-dealing blud-
geon, no keen edged knife He chose
the torch with is cruel flame, It's
consuming breath, the awful agony OF
It's innocent victims and their death
death in its most horrible, erueles'
form, To satisfy the hate Of some mis-
erabla wretch and his equally miser-
able and equally guilty aecomplice
two innocent young lives went out II
] n hell OF wri hing, seething flame, q
fond father and mother linger II
agony between tortured life and prob
u able death, and the home which com
: forta5ly sheltered these helpless vic
tins of demons hate is only ashes
whirled hither and yon by the gentl
y September breeze.
e Some fifteen miles from Louisa !
n the mouth of Cherokee creek tri
RS butary of Big Blaine. Two miles u
n this creek you find the mouth OF on
Is Of. its branches called by most peopI
IS Abb's Creek. Near its mouth ther
es stood before midnight of Friday, Aus
ust 2S, an old-fashioned double 10
In bcuse. In this house, their hom
1t hought and paid for, lived Charle
rs Cooper, his wife and five childrei
OF Cooper was known far and near
es nm honest, sober, industrious law
w abiding man. On this fateful Fila'
TO he had gone to Webbville, distant
he bout nine miles, with his team.
or left there about six o'clock. 1t WI
It. ,ste when he arrived home, and e
ME tired to await the preparation OF
aNI hot meal b ate cold supper, ana
who had already retired we
to bed. Soon were asleep SON
alas, to sleep no more on cart
Somewhere near midnight Mrs, Coo
or was awakened by the roar
flames. She jumped out Of bed a
ru' opened the dining room door, he
wn she was met by the leaping flam'
az She dashed through a furnace
KIN hlaze and smoke and reached her w
rh- babies and g started to the outside :
ISL had nearly reached the door wh
she tainted. Mr. Cooper found
'es' aid succeeded in getting her to
10 ward and hurried back to save his
dren. He had gone only Few le
ent when he too, succumbed to the h
Nv and fell to the floor Sleeping
inu room on the porch was you
ne man named Griffith who lived W
Dill the family, Griffith had been avail
on ed, and in trying to escape he stun
Iene over Mr.. Cooper. He got him ou's
where he found the Oldest girl
harmed by the fire. She had sa'
herself and one of her little sist
As Griffith was dragging Cooper
Iyed side he grabbed one Of the tw
say and carried 1t to safety. He ente
vic the house again in sublimely he
viii effort to save the other twin sis
but was compelled to retreat 2