The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-02-26
FRANK BLEyINS,
6. 10. Conductor, Killed by Pistol
Shot Received at WhitehOuse.
HADTROuBLE WITH ALFPREwITT

Whitehouse, Johnson county last
Tuesday night Conductor Frank !
Dlevlns was shot and fatally wound
"a, death occurring at the Kings
Daughters hospital in Ashland. Mt
! o'clock yesterday morning. As
- usual in cases like the one OF which
We sadly write. the various stories
concerning this most lamentable trag-
edy are conflicting. and II is prob
able that only the closest Investiga-
ton will satisfactorily reveal the
exact history OF the murder. The
NEWS has ali the information II Is
Feasible 10 obtain up to the hour of
going to press. and II presents It
10 its readers
At Catlettsburg Tuesday evening
man named Alfred Prewitt.
about 40 or a5 years old. got on board
passenger train No. SS bound for
Pikeyille and in charge of Conductor
Blevins Prewitt was accompanied
BY his son. or step-son. young man
of about 20. Il Is said that the cid
Or Prewitt had been under the ioflu-
ence Of liquor aud was acting bo!s-
tercasly in catlettsburg nearly an
day, and Il was not long after the
tain pulled out that he began TO
behave In a disorderly manner. Bley-
irs spoke TO him and told him to be
quiel, ,Sand this seemed to have a
rood effect, After the conductor
: had taken up the tickets he went
Into the coach for negro passengers
and began 70 count his tickets gs
was his custom. While thus ,ngag-
ID Prewitt entered the car and said
% Blevins that there was no use i'm
their having any trouble. Frank Raid
CT course not and thought there
would be no more trouble. But Prev
81 had pistol, which, In spite Of
the conductors circumstances, te
persisted in flourishing. Rlcuns said
10 his brakeman. John Compton. that
they would have to take the gun a.
way from him. and this they did.
Prewitt remained ugly. however, and
IT Louisa the trainmsn looked tor
On officer TO whom they intended
20 deliver their noisy passenger.
There was none In sight, however,
and the train went on toward it's
destination. At Whitehouse Conduc-
tor Blevins got off his train aud set
Lis lantern on the ground 60 assist
some ladies' down the steps. While
20 engaged Prewitt grabbed the Ian
tern and struck Blevins stunniitg
blow on the head with IT, knocking
iim under the car steps. As he
staggered to his feet some one ihot
him In the back. Blinded by The
How and suffering with the stock
Of the fatal wound that brave con
ductor still had the nerve TO defend
himself and he fired three shots Mt
tile elder Prewitt, one stirling hin
in the left shoulder, one in the arm
and one In the foot There were 9TH
ers engaged in the affray. but who
they were II is impossible TO Iay.
some one struck brakeman Compton
on the head with a beer bottle. In
ilicting a painful wound
Mr.. Bleyins was made as comfort
able as possible and DR.. Williams, of
Paintsville, attended tie badly "odnG-
Cd man. The parlor car was attached
tg another engine, and with MIR, Blev-
j. ins on board a record run was made
10 Ashland and the victim Of the
assassin was taken TO the hospital
Examination revealed the fact,
that S2 caliber ball had entered, tho
hack Just above the eleventh rib
and about two inches TO the right OF
the spinal column. 1t wept nearly
through the unfortunate .nau'5 body,
and was found just below the skin
almost directly opposite .he poirt OF
entrance.
Mr.. Blevlns was too weak 10 With
stand the shock Of an operation,
and the wound was pronounced nee
efsarily fatal. Death ensued 10
the time stated in the foregoing
Funeral at 2 p. m Sunday, Chris
tan Church. Ashland lnterment
In Ashland cemetery.
Conductor Frank Blevins was horn
at Peach Orchard, this county, nsout
40 years ago. He is survived by 8
vidow-a second wife-and ono child,
. bright handsome boy by his first
wife. who was Miss Workman. Of Ohio
His second wife was Miss Sadie or
Conner. Of Ashland, He was one Of
,he most popular conductors IN the