The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-12-16
And Dies Of His Wounds
Soon AfterWard.
PRISONER IS SPIRITED AWAY
To Louisville For Fear OF Mob
Violence Which Was
Threatened.
TRAGEDY IN HARDIN COUNTY
Elizabethtown. KY, Dec. 13 e a.
M Sheriff X. T. McMurtry died
of his wounds at 1:3O a. m.

Elizabethtown, KY, Dec. 13 q a.
m.) Sheriff r. T. McMurtry died
of his wounds at 1870 a. m.
Elizabethtown, KY, Dec. 12.--Un-
der the direction of County Judge
Rider and other officials, Turner
Graham, Jr., was spirited away from
Elizabethtown tonight, and taken
to Louisville for safekeeping. Great
secrecy was maintained in the work
of getting the prisoner out of town.
and not a person other than the Of
ficials knew of the plan. Arrange
ments were made with the Louisville
& Nashville railroad to stop the
midnight train at Tunnel Hill, three
miles from Elizabethtown, and the
prisoner was carried there and pick
ed up. Deputy Sheriff E. l.. Hagan
accompanied the prisoner to Louis
vile.
The trip to Tunnel Hill was made
in a carriage. On the way to Tun-
mel Hill Graham talked rather free
ly of to-day's tragedy. The only ex-
cuse he gave for shooting Sheriff
McMurtry was that he did not want
the officer to come up into the attic.
He denied that he shot James Wood.
at Upton, Thursday night. Graham
said he did not have any firearms
with him that night. He said he
did not know who shot Wood.
Elizabethtown, KY, Dec. Ia
Mob violence was averted here to-
night when cool heads prevailed
upon a crowd of more than 200 an
cry men who had gathered from all
parts of Hardin county with an
avowed intention Of doing violence
to Turner Graham, Jr., who was ia
ken this afternoon on a murder
charge after he had shot and prob
ably fatally wounded Sheriff r. T..
McMurtry. For nearly two days
posses had been searching for Ora
ham, and to-day. when he was To-
Gated in the garnet of his fathers
home, about seven miles from Eliz-
abethtown, he opened fire on two Of
fcers as they were climbing the
stairway to his hiding place.
Reports were received here to-
,sDhx nix;ltpu Dtdua 10 loo
understood that friends of the fugi-
tive have supplied him with ammu-
milton.
All Hardin county is highly in
censed over the shooting of Sheriff
McMurtry, who is one of the most
popular men ever elected to the Of
= fee of Sheriff here. All afternoon
there was stream of automobiles.
buggies and men on horseback from
various sections to the McMurtry
home, where the wounded officer
was taken Immediately after the
shooting. DR.. G.. G. Forsee. of
Louisville, was called by long-dis-
lance telephone, and arrived at
o'clock. McMurtry was then placed
on the operating table. 1t was
found that his entire lower jaw had
been shot away, his windpipe pune
tured and his tongue cut in two. Ac-
cording to his physicians, DR.. Forsee
and DR.. r. p. Strickler. Mr.. McMur-
try, In the event he lives, will be a
hopeless invalid. According to
them, the injured man will never be
able to speak again.
Deputy Sheriff II. b. Fife, who
was with Sheriff McMurtry in the
Graham home at the time of the
shooting, narrowly escaped being
shot at the same time. The pair
were going upstairs together when
Turner Graham, Jr.. opened fire on
them. According to Fife. they had
searched the first floor and the eel
lar of the Graham home. They then
asked the boys mother II Graham.
Jr., was upstairs. She told them.
according to the officer. to go up
and see.
Bob was in front" said Fife.
"and we went right up the steps. AS
Bob looked around the staircase
young Graham opened fire, Bob was
knocked back against me and | pull
ed him out of the way OF a second
load. Then Graham called out