The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-05-10
SELF DEFENSE
WOMAN'S PLEA
Mrs. Lynch Surrendered
at OwensborO.
WAS FEUD OF LONG STANDING
Armed Woman With Three
Men Went TO SOn.in-
Laws Home.
BROTHER DENoUNCEs AFFAIR

Concerning the shooting of Andy
Buck by his mother-in-law, Mrs.
George Lynch, the first account of
which appears on the third page of
the Herald to-day, the greensboro
Messenger says:
Mrs. George Lynch, who shot and
1t is thought fatally wounded, her
son-in-law, Andy Buck, at the lat
ter's home near Indian Hill, came to
fUwensboro Friday morning and az
ter a conference with her attorney,
w. S. Morrison, surrendered to Con-
stable Cole. and is now being guard
ed at the home of the constable on
Poindexter avenue, in the west end.
Mrs. Lynch, after shooting Buck
Thursday night, spent the night at
her home, and accompanied by her
husband and brother-in-law, came
to greensboro Friday morning,
reaching here about o'clock. She
went to the Office of Mr.. Morrison
and it was only a short time till a
warrant charging her with shooting
and wounding with intent to kill
was drawn up and placed in the
hands of the constable, to whom the
woman stated that she desired to
surrender.
Mrs. Lynch claims that the shot
she fred into Buck was into self
defense and according to her story
there were several witnesses to the
affair. Buck, according to the story
told by the woman, had lived on
their farm for about four years and
only four months ago married one
of her daughters. Mrs. Lynch says
that he has been very abusive and
that on Thursday afternoon he
threatened to throw his wife into a
we'll near his home and that
he did take her very near it and act
ed as though he was going to push
her into 1t.
The mother of the young woman
called to him, causing him to draw
back. He then said that he was
through with his wife and told Mrs.
Lynch to take her home with her.
Mrs. Lynch said that she would
come back for her daughter that
night and would take her home.
Buck then said that If she did come,
he would shoot her.
About 8 o'clock Thursday even
ing, Mrs. Lynch, accompanied by
her husband and two young men,
went to Bucks home and knocked
at the door. Buck had retired, but
answered the door. When he saw
the woman and the shotgun that
she was carrying. he stopped over,
saying that he would get his pistol
and kill her. Mrs. Lynch said that
realizing her danger. she fired. This
is the woman's story. The young
man who was shot down has not
made a statement.
Buck, although the shot tore
great hole in his left side, grasped
his pistol and thrust it within few
inches of George Lynch's face and
attempted to shoot, when one of the
young men grabbed his hand and
wrenched the revolver from his
grasp.
Mrs. Lynch stated that she regret
ted the occurrence, but that she had
fired as she believed in self defense,
but that 1t had not been her inten-
ton, however, to inflict a mortal
wound. She said that Buck for sew
eral days had been very Jealous of
his wife and had caused great
deal of trouble for them all.
Bucks brother-in-law, who also
married daughter of Mrs. Lynch,
said that the shooting was cold
blooded and without reason. He
says that Mrs. Lynch had been caus-
ing trouble for Buck all the time
and that she had never liked him.
He says that she accused Buck of
paying more attention to another
zone of her daughters than he did to
the one to whom he was married.
Andy Buck. although alive at a
late hour last night, will die, ac-
cording to the statement Of his ply
sicians who say that there is not