The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-08-16

end that he. wore chapter charm.
He is also SAID to have been a member
of the Eagles.
Mrs. Purneil admitted that she
knew Turner very well and that he had
been here once be fore on visit. She
did not speak of intimacy between
them, rather indicating that she had
merely gone with Turner because Mr..
Purnell was in the habit of going out
with women, and that she had deter
mined to go out with men If he per-
sisted In going out with women.
"She was very much alarmed for
fear that Purnell would return and
kill her. While telling her story of the
tragedy and while in position to OBJ
serve the outskirts of the crowd, she
sa " a newcomer join the throng.
That walks like him now she
said, and seemed TO shrink back in
| the house for fear that he would re-
turn and kill her. The body of the
slain man lay face upwards in the
grass where the shooting took rlace
until ordered removed to the under
taking shop of 4. Gross. City Detec-
tive Bloom had made such investi-
cation as seemed to cover the whole of
the situation. 1t was apparent that
there would be no denial as of who did
the killing. nor as to the detail of how
| 1T took place. Purnell had already
made his confession to the police, and
| Mrs. PurnelI had also told Blom her
side of the affair. She was the only
other witness of the affair besides
Purnell.
Coroner Randolph made an inspec-
finn Of thn h0du no M,
surrounding the killing and ordered
the body removed and held until noon
today when an inquest will be held
at the Gross undertaking rooms.
There were number of stories
rife as to the relations between Mr..
and Mrs. Purnell. Some were to the
effect that Mrs. Purnell was about to
leave the city, and that the sale of
some of their property had been al
most negotiated to this end.
/ "Purnell called several of his friends
into his confidence yesterday and told
them of the impending trouble be-
tween himself and wife, and as last
resort called in the police to help him
find the couple after he discovered
they had slipped out and were spend
ing the evening together.
years. He was at first engaged as
runner for hotels, and later opened the
| Star baibershOp, located near the
Morris Drug Company, which is one
of the most popular and successful in
the city.
Turner was not we'll known about
the premises, but was very popular
for his brief acquaintance At the
0OtfoO0 I. VI Caid no
ing anu accepted to be a fine young
gentleman. He had visited the city
before, but probably few of those who
spoke of him last night had known
him on the former visit. On the first
visit he stopped with the Prunells at
the same quarters.
'Mrs. Purnell is tall woman,
wears glasses, appears older than Tur-
ner. and is not prepossessing in ap-
pearance. She talked of the matter
last night very lightly except when she
reflected ON threats she said Purnell
had made against her life, when she
seemed to take the situation more
seriously as ifkshe anticipated that she
would be the next victim of her huS-
bands pistol"
Of the Coroner's inquest the Senti-
, nelRecord of August 13 said:
>. with the lips of the wife sealed as
to the matter of testifying in case
wherein her husband is the accused.
there was not the fall development of
detail yesterday before the Coroner's
inquest into the killing Of Carol Wood
Timer by Jack Purnell that might
have been had the lsw permitted her
to talk, but there was sufficient evil
dence added for the jury to return a
verdict which holds Purnell without
bond for the next grand jury. under
charge of first degree murder.
~"W. A. Baird, who stops at the
Rockafellow Hotel. and Mr.. Hutch
ings, who stops at the Wanesha. will
take charge of the remains of Turner
and have them shipped to his home in
Paris, KY. The fomer will represent
the Elks, and the latter the Masonic
fraternity. Both of these local lodges
have rendered whatever assistance
they could in this matter. Turner is
said to be in good standing not only in
these fraternal organizations, but in
the mail clerks union, and in social
affairs in Kentucky"