The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-07-28

allow his daughter to be interviewed.
Had it not been for the presence
OF Tice Hollingsworth 1t is very likely
that some one Of Meredith's party
would have been shot
Hollingsworth lives on the Lambert
farm south Of Dublin. Dumping and
swaying over dirt road the Pallad-
ium car was stopped = half mile from
the Hollingsworth home. The party
alighted and made their way up a
winding lane. which suddenly left the
woods giving q view OF the house a
hundred yards away.
The party had gone but q few feet
when a barefooted girl was seen to
spring from the door step and dash
toward q dilapidated carriage shed a
few yards away. The party spread out
and guns were eased In holsters.
"That Boy Means Dirt"
Within q few seconds the girl dash
ed back to the house with Elihu Hol-
lingsworth. the eighteen year old Grip
pied son of Tice, hobbling after her.
THAT boy means dirt yelled Tice
and dashed for the house followed by
the squad.
Just as the old man sprang through
the doorway he bumped into the lad
who was leveling q single barrel shot
gun.
Father and son struggled across the
floor; women screamed and children
began to cry.
BY the time Meredith and Gormon
with the others reached the door Hol-
lingsworth had persuaded the boy .o
give up the gun.
Sheriff Meredith and Chief Gormon
finally secured, after an hours talk
the promise Of the family that when
McMullin showed up last night they
would try to persuade him to give up
Al is believed the charge against him
can be wiped out in view of later de.
velopments.
Look Like Arsenal.
The house of Hollingsworth looked
like an arsenal. Several loaded guns
were propped against the walls within
easy reach and had q larger party
charged the house, blood shed would
have followed.
my woman's been sick for nigh
onter nine months-she broke her hip
and by dern, ef any crowd Of hood
lums had come prowlin' round yere
with guns-I'd opened on 'em-this
yere's my home" sizzled old Tice Hol
lingsworth, with the only show of tenn
per he had made.
In speaking of the opening Of nrl
yesterday morning Bert Hiatt said te
the Palladium that when he went on,
to one of his fields yesterday morning
he saw McMullin with his gun. McMul
lin seemed desperate and declared hi
would shoot any body who tried tt
catch him. After Hiatt had reasoned
with him and explained the lightness
Of the charge McMullin was abou,
ready to go back to Dublin. Hiatt sayi
that at this stage several men appear
ed in the rear and yelled Halt" be
ginning to fire into the air.
Between Two Fires.
AS McMnllin had started to run
Hiatt was between two fires. HI
dropped to earth. He says that Nc
Mullin ran quite q way with the shots
breaking out behind him. Then th'
man dropped to knee and fired.
Gosh, that mans shooting to kill.
Hiatt says he heard one of the pursu
ers say.
McMullin is a Kentuckian of tn
mountains and comes from feut
territory. The man Is unable to reat
or write and has very little knowledg'
OF law or the rules Of conduct In com
munities. The man, it is stated, hal
never been in trouble before and ou.
side of trying to keep his pack of boy
in order has not been in the publ,
lime light.
Tice Hollingsworth is also a mount
aineer.
Views Of Gormon.
''McMullin's most serious offens
now" said Chief of Police Gormon, 81
his evading Sheriff Meredith. I can
see the seriousness OF the charg
which seemed to arouse the bloc,
thirst in the hearts of some of Dub
Inns citizens. I'm glad talked to
number Of the cooler heads and eac)
seemed to lament the exchange o