The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-02-26
FRANK BLEyINS,
{. & 0. Conductor, Killed by Pistol
Shot Received at Whitetouse.
HAD TROUBLE WITH AlFPREwITT


Whitehouse. johnson county, last s
Tuesday night Conductor Frank :
BIevlns was shot and fatally wound
Cd. death occurring at the Kings
Daughters hospital in Ashland, at
! O'Clock yesterday morning. As
Is usual IN cases like the one OF which
We sadly write, the various stories
concerning this most lamentablu trag-
edy are conflicting. and II is prob
able that only the closest Investisa-
tloE win satisfactorily reveal the
exact history OF the murder. The
NEWS has all the information II Is
possible TO obtain up TO the hour of
going TO press, and It presents II
10 It's readers.
At Catlettsburg Tuesday evening
man named Alfred Prewitt,
about 40 or Is years old. got on board
passenger train No sS bound for
Pikeville and in charge OF Conductor
Blevins Prewitt was accompanied
~ his son. or slep-son, a young man
q about 20 II Is said that the cid. .
er Prewiit had been under the i9flu-
enee Of liquor aud was acting bos- I
terously in Catlettsburg nearly an
day. and II was not long after the
train pulled out that he began TO
behave In n disorderly manner Blew
irs spoke 70 him and told him TO be
auie.. sand this seemed TO have al
GOOD effect. After the conductor
had taken up the tickets he went
into the coach for negro passengers
and began 70 count his tickets Es
was his custom While thus ,ngag-
"a Prewitt entered the car and said
20 Blevins that there was no Use I'M
their having any trouble Frank Faid
sOf course not. and thought there
would be no more trouble. But Prev
st had a pistol, which. in spite OF
the conductors circumstances, te
persisted In flounshlng Rlcyins said
to his brakeman, John Compton, that
they would have TO take the gun a.
way from him. and this they did.
Prgwitt remained ugly, however. and
ct Louisa the tralnmsn looked tor
en- 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 Bleyins got off his trala aud set
Lis lantern on the ground 30 assist
some ladies' down the eteps. While
20 engaged Prewitt grabbed the Ian
tern and struck Blevins a stunning
blow on the head with It, knocking
Inn 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 shock
Of the fatal wound that brave con
ductor still had the nerve 10 defend
himself and he fired three shots at
the elder Prewitt, one striking HIM
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 It is impossible to ray.
Some one struck Brakeman Compton
on the head with beer bottle. IN
flicting painful wound
Mr.. Bleyins was made as comfort
able as possible and Dr. Williams, Of
Paintsyille, attended tie badly voanC
Cd man. The parlor car was attached
e another engine, and with Mr.. Blew
ins on board record run was made
TO Ashland and the victim of the
assassin was taken TO the hospital
Examination revealed the fact
that SO caliber ball had catered, TIL
hack just above the eleventh rit
and about two inches TO the right o
the spinal column 1t wept nearly
through the unfortunate mans body
and was found just below the Skin
almost directly opposite The roirt o
entrance.
Mr.. Blevins was too weak 10 With
stand the shock Of an operation
and the wound was pronounced nee
efsarily fatal Death ensued .
the time stated in the foregoing
Funeral at p m Sunday, Chris
tan Church. Ashland. !ntermen
in Ashland cemetery.
Conductor Frank Blevins was tor
at peach Orchard, this county, isop
40 years ago. He is survived by
widow-a second wife land one chil'
bright handsome boy by his lrs
wife, who was Miss Workman, Of OH
His second wife was Miss Sadie o
Conner. Of Ashland He was one q
the most popular conductors N III