The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-20

who was mysteriously killed on a
street in Kansas City May g. the vic
tim looked enough like him to deceive
Richard Hite's own father, J. w
Hite, who arrived at Heath this
morning with the body OF the muir
dered boy, and to the ordinations:
That is not Richardi" replied Fl
know it is Richard"
The murdered boy answers the de-
scription of Richard Hite not only
as TO personal appearance. and color
of eyes and hair, but as to small
sears about the mouth and over one
eye. Yet. Bernley Hite. a brother
wired today from Mitchell, S. D.. that
Richard is working on farm there
and he saw Richard yesterday.
Some relatives say they will not be
convinced that Mr. Hite brought back
the wrong body until they see Rich
ard alive. II is probable that Bern
ley will be told to bring Richard back
to reassure the family.
J. w. Hlte arrived at Heath this
morning at o'clock from Kansas
City with the body of boy who an
swers the description of his son
Richard Hite. The body Mr. Hite
brought from Kansas City answers
the description of his son even to
the scars on his face, and the resi-
dents of Heath who have viewed the
body and who knew Richard, declare
they will never believe the body is
not Richard till they see him alive.
The body will be buried in the fam
lily lot at McKendrie cemetery today. |
Mr.. Lee Hite, of this city, received |
word yesterday from his brother
Barnley Hite. of Mitchell, S: d..
stating that Richard is working on
farm with him in South Dakota. |
When Mr.. Lee IIite received this |
message he Immediately sent word |
to Kansas City for his father not to
bring the body that was there; for
IL WAS not his boy. but Mr.. J. w.
Hite had left Kansas City Just 90
minutes before. A telegram was
sent to Mitchell to Bernley Hite. of |
Paducah. saying Are you sure
Richard is there? Have you seen
him lately?" Bernley Hite wired
back to Paducah that he had seen
Richard yesterday and that he was
working on a farm. Lee Hite re-
ceived two letters this morning from
Bernley Hite telling him that Rich
ard was well and was working every
day on the farm.
Opinions Vary.
Mr.. John Graham, a store keeper
of Grahamville, saw the body of the
young man this morning and he was
has known Richard Hite for many
years and says that the boy is not
large enough. He says the boy in
his opinion is VIII Martin. Despite
the fact that Mr.. Graham believes the
body is not that of Hite. many of the
neighbors and relatives believe firmly
that he is the son of Mr. Hite.
The body was in a robe and has
been embalmed and is in a good state
of preservation. The boys clothes
were in the casket, and although his
relatives remember that he wore 4
brown suit of clothes, they can not
recall the pattern of the suit. The ,
boys laundry mark is III. r." and
the Hite boys clothes we're marked
this way at the laundry in Graham
willie. The dead boy is feet inches
i'm heighth while his friends say that
Hite was nearer feet tall.
J.W. Hite. the father of the boy,
says that he recognized the boy as
his son when within ten feet of the
body. and was thoroughly convinced
that il was he until he reached Heath
this morning, when he was shown the q
letter from his son, Bernley. Lee l
Hite, brother, Is convinced that the
dead boy is not his brother. Other I
relatives are dubious. as they hold
faith in the letter, but admit that the S
resemble Hite's strongly.
The general features are those OF
Hite. the shape of the head and a a
peculiarly pointed nose, which > p
common to the Hite children. Also
the slight scar is on the boys lower a
Up. {
Attorneys were consulted and II ,
was arranged TO bury the body this q
afternoon in McKendree cemetery. lp
The common expression OF the $
friends of the boy is that they will I
never believe the body is not that OF '
Hite until they see Richard Hite
alive. S
The father was met at the train I
this morning by a crowd and the Il
casket was opened as soon as II was v
removed from the train. Since the e
removal Of the body to the Hlte home {
II has been viewed by many people a
today. a
Not VIII Martin. Il
The probabilities of the boy being
win Martin were dispelled by a state a
ment from Martins sister. Emma n
Martin, who said she talked with her IL
brother yesterday and that he was on IN
the steamer ClvdQ II