Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-11
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RIDER CONSPIRACY
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command. He gave orders 10 TAX
charge Of the telephone Office.
knew he Was TO be Capt. and knew
his vUiCe. We we're a few minute
at the teleUnunr Cffice, stopped mex
at the fire station. | was with him
close to hIin. He gave the orders
/ went on to the depot. Factor!
was set aft e and burned. DR.. Amos
was shot. left |. c. depot will
Clip Cunningham. My squad was
NUMBER. caught up With Kelly
this side of Cadiz and he told me to
follow him. With Litchfeld, Otty
and Tom Dazzle, Blsnch Bruce, Lee
Fowler. First met DR.. Amos at
Cedar Grove and met there Free
man. Jesse Russell. Dick Joiner
Cunningham. Don't know about
brakeman getting shot. Ny uncle
was killed by night riders. | know
who killed him. | was not at the
trial. had seen Kelly in the lodge
room. 4 don't know how long staid
at the depot. was some little
distance from Amoss when he was
shot, don't know where he was hit.
know the men who were tried for
killing my uncle, they are night
riders.
Ed GRAY-Live inHopkinsville. wa
in livery business night Of raid, Ben
Baker was out with one horse and
buggy to convey party out of town.
he was to be out only short while.
Was out until Z o'clock next evening.
| was not at stable when the horse
was brought back. it was sorrel
mare. and fiat top buggy. Don't
know who brough. back horse and
buggy next evening. The horse was
ganted and had been driven hard
The buggy was muddy. l saw
shooting, man got shot and hollow,
ed. He was brakeman on train.
was there all night. A great deal
of shooting was done. They shot
into my stable.
BEN BAKER, Coll was here
when raid was made. took a man
out to the Green House something
sfter 12'o'ciock. and got back about
I O'Clock. At Campbell and Ninth
street some men stopped me. said
halt. The men had. on masks |
told them was going to the stable,
they said no wouldn't. two men
got in the buggy and came on down
to-Main street. Men were passing
and shooting. all we're passing and
alfhad something on their faces.
came up to the Court House. men
still in the buggy then went to |. c
depot. men still in the buggy. There
were lots of them still shooting
They were calling numbers. All
went on down the road. the buggy
came up to Seventh stree. and went
out to the forks of the road, there
they put me out. They said can
you run?" | said yes sir. The men
went on down the Princeton road in
the buggy. Sorrel mare and black
top buggy. The top was down, it
had been down ever sine left the
stable. saw the horse afterwards.
Cross Examination-They got in
the buggy at corner of Ninth and
Campbell street. Didn't stop until
we got to Main street, going at a
slow trot. Stopped 8 or 10 minutes.
Then came up Main to the Court
House and then went to |. c. depot,
r. s. WARFIELD-Live in Clarks-
vile, mechanic, fathers name w. c.
Warfeld, was in tobacco business.
Know Amoss, met him in 1907 or
1908. Met him at Guthrie, 40 or so
present at night rider meeting
held in 1908, had seen him before
but didn't know him. Several
months after the raid on Hopkins.
Vile Jno. Hatfield, Jno. Davis, New
ton Jordan, Johnson. O'Brien. j. M.
Ahshire and others there. | was
then living in Robertson county, was
farming. We had meetings every
Saturday evening. Met upstairs
over Bucks grocery. | heard Amoss
say hnw important it was to obey
order. he spok of the Hopkinsville
raid. said one reckless man shot
him at the depot. he told Guy Dun
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