The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-03-12

absolutely without fear, without
thought of harm az the hands Of
this man, he mad accommodated a.. va
rious time, and with whom he had nc
serious. consoversy went TO mis- field
In which tine leaves OF the tobacco
broadened out until they spread from
stalk to stalk so 1t was Difficult;
to go through them; they were going
over the tobacco the last time Ia me
tobacco field, which was near the one
Grove was cultivating. Grove went in
company with his nephew, and In com
pany with mis- son to Narrows bought
the whiskey, bought or procured
whiskey and cartridges and came back
In the condition / have referred to.
When they come to their house from
Narrows young man named Pate
had occasion to go down to Groves
house after am AK to do solnei work;
there was a cane patch over mere at
Mr.. Wade's place; he had gone
TO Mr.. Groves because 1t was the
nearest place 10 gel an ak; on going
down There he heard Grove and his
boy talking about Emiless Wade and
they were complaining about the to-
bacco sticks and with a murderous pis
tol In their pockets, they were ours
Ing Wade up at their house, and he
returned to his work and they told
him they were going to cutting to-
bacco. They had on their Sunday
clothes, the best clothing that they
had the same clothing in which they
went to Narrows. You Gentlemen are
FARMERS, and have been farmers
boy, you know whether men go to cut
ting tobacco In their Sunday clothes
or not. WHAT we will show Is that
with the best clothing they had, their
holiday attire, they left their house as
they told this man Pate, 10 go to
cutting tobacco. They came down tine
road; we will show their usual way OF
travel was along another way, which
is the road they followed every day
when they went to work; on this
day they did not follow that road but
along another one. They went across
the slough and out through the thick
est tobacco dressed In their Sun
day clothes or holiday clothing pretend
ing to go to cutting tobacco out of
the line of their usual travel in a way
they had never before followed, imme-
diately after they had been abusing
and cursing this unof6ending man,
they went directly through this to-
bacco out ino this tobacco patch wher
he was. This young mans wife; 1,
had gotten past the time in their his
tory when she had 10 work with her
hands, but the love of the wife keeps
her close 10 her husbands interest,
and after the children who were old
enough had been dressed and sent to
school, she took these two little to.s
and went down TO this field to pick
some beans she took the beans and
found her husband working alone in
the tobacco; she had worked with
him side by side, day by day and she
took off her, top skirt leaving on a
short underskirt that she was wear
ing and said to him that she would
help him to go over mis- tobacco; she
was working with ner husband when
she saw THESE Groves coming, three
Of them, but with the natural modes
ty of her sex thinking of her apparel
that was not perhaps suitable to meet
strange men in, she hesitated and
let her husband work little ahead
OF her and tine tobacco was thick and
she bent over the tobacco and thinkin
they would not notice her loose and
apparel, thinking that soon
as they passed ON she would gee
away without being observed, oaey
spoke, Good morning" and her nus
band spoke, Good morning" and tine
next timing sne heard there rang ou
on the air the shot of pistol in the
hands of the son of this man,
with whiskey and thirst
ing for blood, she looked up with the
fear that would be raised
and saw her husband running away,
her two little children running after
him and THESE defendants likewise run
ming after him but near TO the slough |
her husband ran towards khe big |
left arm was broken as
she thinks now, by the first shoa;
1t was found afterwards that he
was snos through this arm, and 9th
er arm and IN the side and in che |
abdomen-four times he was snot. |
In his first surprise ne staggered
away. These three men ran the near
way, knowing that ne could not get
through where me was going. He [
was running inacircle and they W ere
directly, she ran and picked
up one of her children and carried
It away, crazy with fear, she began
70 halloo and the men that were at