The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-12-08
CAUGHT IN TEXAS.
Ben DIanhGRship Brought
Back to Louisa.
Young Man Whe Killed Oscar Waller
is Now In The Lawrence
County Jail.

Alter wandering over good pnfl
OF the face OF the United States
for the space of 2 months fugl-
tive rom justice. charged with the
murder OF Oscar Waller, Ben Blun-
kcnship was arrested In Port Ar
thur a small town In Southern
Texas. last week and Is now in the
Lawrence county jail awaiting triHi,
immediately aftor the commission Of
n the crime which Is laid 1t
! his door Blankenshlp went to the
T. ahome OF bis father Nose Illanken-
weHship, NJ that time being In West
suiEirginia. not far from the scene OF
lhe homicide He stayed there only
weri short time however, when he left
day.Dr refuge more remote. lie was
wlported as being in several places,
Thomd several attempts we're made 20
Mdpfehend him but In most in
Matti@necs when his would-be cap.ors
ThAci,Sd hhis reported whereabouts
school hunted man was somewhere
a H. At one time his arrest in
mouutas was reported and some steps
Mri ie taken 70 have him brought
Mrs. " to Kentucky but hitch in the
Mrcedings occurred and he was
move tged TO escape
Steele ord reached Louisa last week
sprj4a, james Webb, the Marshal Of
GTz ceredo. w va, had le.faea ta,5
Blankenship was in Port Arthur and
had obtained rcquisitlon and had
gone for the fugitive 1t ls aaid
that Webb had learned that the
badly wanted man had relatives in
corcdo. and rightly believing that
correspondence would be had he
tween him and his relatives he
watched their outgoing mail and
soon found that some OF il was d.
rccted to Ben Blankenship at the.
Texas town The remaining meas
urns for his capture were easy
and on Saturday night last he afriv
ed In Catlettsburg with his man.
Lawrence county officers were
notified at once. and on last sunday
morning deputy sheriff jsm- Clayton
went to Catlettsburg and returned
Monday morning with his man The
Sheriff was accompanied TO Louisa
by Marshal Webb the man who had
travelled over 20oO miles before ~.
placed Blankenship into the hand
OF the KenMcyN officers. The ag-
grcgated reward flor his delivery 10
the officers here is said to be 'n
the neiighborhood Of s3po. most Of
which had been offered by the relas
tives OF the man who had been
killed.
Blankenshlp tells of close escapes
from capture he had made. notably
one IN San Antonio not long since.
Stopping one day to look in the
window OF store one one Of the
prominent streets he was startled
to see a reward OF $500 offered ior
his capture. He lost no time N
getting as far from San Antonio a
possible,
The crime for which Blankeusap
viii probably be tried at the ao-
J, preaching term OF the Lawrence
Circuit Court was committed be-
tween four and five o'clock on the
afternoon OF Thursday. March -
1910. The niaee where the KIM
was done wns n point on the c. a
o. railway about midway between
Fullers and Catalpa and about six
n,ilas below this city
Blankenshp. Oscar Waller and
some others were at Catalpa early
In the afternoon, and the two hal
quarreled there. Ben, so II is al
legged. struck Waller with Il knife
and Waller responded to this AZ
faek hy striking Ben with stone.
Friends mterfered and the parties.
some of whom had been drinking.
separated. Waller and some othAss
going in the direction of potters,
walters home. and BlankenshipI
going in the opposite direction.
When Waller and those with him
reached the place which was SO soon
to become the scene OF his death,
4 ne sat down to rest. II was not long
nefore Blankenship came along, and
topping. asked Waller II he wanted
"a q, the difficulty. Waller, so
anu iiemade no reply. and Blan-
WI anvthsuo