The Paducah evening sun., 1909-02-26
BOARDING HOUSE
KEEPER SHOT BY
i. MAN .HE .RXPELLS
Horace b. 0sburn Receives
Bullet Through Heart as
They Leave.
Three Farmers Celebrating
Sale Of Their Tobacco.
ARE PLACED IN COUNTY JAIL

Horace b. Osburn, 80 years old,
was shot and killed last night about
| Z o'clock at his home, 314 Kentucky
avenue, while he was expelling three
farmers, who we're using loud ane
boisterous language. from his board
ling house. Louis Fntrell, II years
old. young farmer of Model, Tenn,
is accused OF shooting Osburn. and is
under arrest. charged with the crime.
When shot Osburn was standing in
the han and he staggered a few feet
into a room and sank to the floor an.
ldied in a few minutes. The shooting
was within half square of the police
station.
Osburn was motorman for the
Paducah Traction company and kept
a boarding house Last night three
farmers. j. s. Futrell and his son,
Louis Futreli, ana T. ID. Petty, OF
Model. Tenn, went to the home OF
Osburn and secured lodging for the
might. The farmers arrived in the
city yesterday on the steamer ]. B.
Richardson and sold their tobacco.
Last night they we're drinking. and
after supper became boisterous in
their room. OsbuTn made several at
ltempts to quiet the men and as a last
resort asked them to leave the house
Two Shots Fired.
H.. Ao a
and went down the steps. followed
by Osburn and w. /. Stanley, .
boarder. When the hall at the bot
tom OF the steps was reached Osburn
is said to have oanght hold OF the
elder Futrell and 70 have asked him
to leave his house. Louis Futrell, the
son, is said to have taken exceptions
to this. and he pulled a pistol and
fired two shots. One shot struck
Osburn in the breast and pierced the
heart. while another shot went wild.
lW. /. Stanley was standing directly
behind Osburn. and so quick was
the shooting that they had no time
for defense. After the shooting
Osburn walked across the hall and
Into the front room, where he fell
land died in a few minutes. His wife
was in the kitchen when the shot.
were fired, and when informed of the
death OF her husband she collapsed.
After the shooting the farmers lef;
lquickly, while the warning was given
1.-THE police. Although only a short
distance to the police station, the
firing was not heard, but the police
lwere on the trail of the men in a few
minutes. Chief Collins followed the
linen to Second and Washington
lstreets, and then Patrolmen Brennan
land Franklin took up the chase and
larrested the men on South Second
street near the Langstaff-O mill
when arrested the men made no re-
lsistance and declined to discuss the
tragedy.
A pistol was found concealed on
1.-The younger Futre.l and he confessed
Ito firing the shots. All three were
locked in the county jail last night,
THE hearing was continued until
MONDAY.
| Osburn had lived In Paducah four
wears. and was a man OF quiet dis
position. He was born September "a.
l1s7O. at Rockcastle, but when a lad
removed to Canton with his parents.
lHe was a motOrman on the South
Third street car, and was we'll liked.
lBes,des his wife he leaves four CHR
ldrep: Ethel, Ia years old; over,
ll2: Carter, I 0, and Charles, 4. Jesse
losburn. a shipping clerk for Armour
q company. is a brother. Three other
lbrothers survive: Norman. John and
lSeldon Osburn, of Canton. Mrs.
Emma stone, Of Sheffield, Ala, and
Misses Mary and Irene Osburn, OF
ICauton. are sisters. His father, Eph-
Iralm b. osburn, resides at Canton
land is a prominent farmer.
The body will be taken to Canton
ltomorrow morning at 1850 O'Clock,
where the funeral will be held with
lourial in the family cemetery.
Refuse TO Talk.
When interviewed at the county
iaf This morning the three men re-
fused TO discuss the shooting and lp-
lpeared sullen when asked questions.
They were dressed coarsely and
seemed little concerned in the charge
Of murder. which hangs over thelr
heads They denied being drunk, bu,
saig they had drunk a little. ]. s
a Futren. the father Of the boy. who is
: leharged with shooting osburn. says
|. his son is only IL years old. but he
h Iioo.s older. When arrested the men
. hi about slOO in money, but
3 r%a FntreII said this belonged to his
n brother.
. man Is about i65 miles from Padu-
!, J nas ,,s"' located @ on a narrow strip Of ian !
|hetween the cumberland and Ten