The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1910-09-09
FIENDISH CRIME.
Happened Near Hubble, Lincoln Comfy.

Happened Near Hubble, Lincoln Comfy
About noon Saturday September Sd
the residents of Lincoln and adjoining
counties were shocked by the terrible
news that negro named Shay Pei
man had attempted to assault the
eleven year old daughter of Mr.. Lee
Rankin who resides near Hubble in
Lincoln county on what is known as
the Swope farm.
1t seems the negro had been in the
employ of Mr.. Rankin for number of
years and enjoyed the confidence Of
the family and especially TO the Chi
dred to whom he had always been very
kind: the child had accompanied him
to a spring house some distance from
the house where he had to go to at
tend to some duty connected with the
milk and butter, upon reaching there
he made his diabOlical attempt and
after accomplishing his purpose he
told the child that he would kill her if
she ever told of it. The little one
made her way back to the house ard
her mother seeing her in tears and
with torn and blood despatched cloth
ing. Immediately knew that some
thing was wrong: she succeeded in
eliciting an account of the affair from
the child.
The father was in Somerset attend
ing the fair, and the mother realizing
that any undue excitement would
arouse the suspicion Of the brute, quiz
city placed another one of the chill
dren on horse, sending him to the
home of her brOther-in-law, Mr.. Thcs
Rankin with the terrible news. Mr..
Rankin came at once with another
brother and such Of the neighbOrs as
could be gathered together; armed
with shotguns and such weapons as
they could hurridly gather, they ap-
preached the barn and found the black
brute quietly attending his duties.
not dreaming that his terrible deed
had been discovered. Upon seeing
them he Immediately without being
accused or questioned. fell upon his
knees and began declaring his innO-
cenSe and pleading for mercy.
Had it not been for the intervention
of Mr.. Thomas Rankin the brute
would have been summarily dealt
with there and then, but Mr.. Rankin
deemed it best to allow the law to
take its course and persuaded the an
cry men to go with him and assist in
taking the negro to the Stanford Jail.
They were met on the way there by
Sheriff Mccarthy and debutieS and to-
gether they landed the prisoner in
the Stanford Jail. During the after
noon the citizens Of the county began
coming into town and as they were in
All ugly mood, county Judge Bailey
fearing mob violence, ordered the
prisoner taken to Lebanon for safe
keeping. he was spirited out Of town
on the fast train without the knOwl-
edge of but few people which doubt
less saved him from being strung up
by mob.
On Sunday Mr.. Thomas Rankin and
other members of the Rankin family
came to Lancaster accompanied by Mr.
Ben V. Smith, an attorney of SOmer-
set, an uncle of the little girl, and
held conference with Circuit Judge
Lewis L. Walker in regard to speedy
trial of the brute, Judge Walker as
sured them that he would grant them
as speedy trial as possible.
The law provides that a SPECIAL
I erm of circuit court cannot be called
except upon ten days notice, and that
MIST be presided over by the regular
judge as special judge cannot en-
panel grand jury. 1t further pro-
videS that special term of court can
not be held while regular circuit
court is in session in the district.
Judge Walker went to Stanford on
Monday and was again in conference
with the various members of the Ran
kin family and Mr.. Smith and with
Judge Bailey, County Attorney Burch
and other officers of Lincoln county,
and it was agreed that Judge Walker
call a special term of the Lincoln
Circuit Court to convene on Wednes-
day, Sept. 2Stn to try the negro. Cir
cult Court begins in Danville next
Monday which precludeS the posi-
bilitv of calling special term In Lin
coin Immediately and Juege Walker
will adjourn his Danville court to
hold the special term in order to COM
ply with the law.
The negro has been ordered removed
from the Lebanon Jail to Louisville
for safe keeping.
The Lincoln county authorities will
appoint counsel for him who will
waive an examining trial and he will
not be returned to Stamford until he
is brought there for trial on the 28tf
inst.
Mr. Lee Rankin the father of the chile
is member of the well known Rankin
family who moved here from Wayn,
county. and is brother of Messer
| Thomas and Robert Rankin Of thi