The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-07-18
GIRL KILLED
IN RUNAWAY
Daughters of Lee Palmer, Garrard
Farmer, in Horrible Accident
Late News from Garrard.
Lancaster. july IS.


most instantly Saturday when she
and her sister, Miss Ellen Palmer,
were driving down a very steep hill
beyond Back Greek in the Hackley
section of Garrard county 1t is sup
posed the harness broke, and the
horse becoming frightened, plunged
down the steep decline and running
the buggy against tree, the girls
head is supposed to have struck the
trunk from which she suffered a
fractured skull and broken neck.
Miss Ellen Palmer sustained a severe
cut above the eye, and is painfully
though not seriously hurt.
They are the daughters of Lee
Palmer, a prominent farmer of that
section, the deceased girl having
reached her 10Th year, and the
younger one being about II years
of age. The Misses Palmer are
nieces of Mrs. Emma Higginbotham
of this city. The rough, rocky hill
is considered one of the most dan
gerous stretches Of highway in this
section, there having been four Sc
rious accidents in that locality within
the past few years; Mr.. John Logan
had his team sometime ago to run
away with him, the horses being
killed, though he was not danger
ously hurt; an estima0le negro wo-
man was also badly injured by be-
ing thrown from a buggy, she sus-
tanning a double fracture of the leg,
one of the bones being driven into
the ground by the fall. and she is
still using crutch, though the ac-
cident occurred sometime ago.
Mrs. Beazley and Daughter Hurt.
While Mrs. James A. Beazley and
oldest daughter, Miss Mildred, were
driving in their cart Sunday after
noon, the harness gave way, and
the pony broke into a run, Mrs.
Beazley being thrown from the We
hicle, and knocked senseless for a
time, she suffering a sprained ankle
and severe cuts and bruises Miss
Mildred was also painfully bruised
and sustained sprained arm. The
accident occurred in front of Mr..
Alec Walkers residence on Licking
ton street, and the many friends of
the Beazley family are congratulate
ing them that their injuries were
comparatively slight.
Mrs. Pattie Gill Dead.
The sad information was received
here Saturday morning of the death
of Mrs. Pattie D. Gill at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. E. c. Barnard,
in Washington, D. c., on Friday
night at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Gill had
been in Washington for several
months, and had expressed her in
tention to return to her home here
this summer, but her health had been
such that it was not considered adj
| visable for her to make the trip. She
had been a sufferer from heart di-
sease for sometime, with other com.
plications that required a surgica,
/ operation, but her Washington doc
tors did not consider it safe for hel
to undergo the ordeal because of the
cardiac affection.
Mrs. Gill would have reached hel
74th milestone had she lived till the
31st day of this month. She wa:
regarded as one of the most bril-
liant women Intellectually that Ian
caster has ever produced, and was {
most fluent conversationalist, hel
ready repartee and sparkling witt
cisms being proverbial among hel
many friends and associates. Shit
was the eldest daughter of DR.. B. F
Duncan and Jane L. (McKee) Dun
can, and was not only PROMINENT!
allied to the influential Letcher ant
Mckee relationships of Central Ken
lucky, but was also a grand niece
of the eminent jurist, Chief justice
George Robertson. She was thu
widow of the late Malcolm Gill, ont
of the wealthiest of Garrard plant
ers.
She leaves one daughter, Mrs
Edward C. Barnard, of Washington
City, and a grandson to whom sh'
was ardently devoted, Joseph Roger
of Washington, D. c.; also four sis
tiers, Mrs. w. o. Bradley, of Frank
fort, Mrs. w. S. Elkin, of Atlanta
Ca, Mrs. Richard Warren, of Stan
ford, and Miss Jennie Duncan, O.
this city; also two brothers, John M
Duncan, of this place, and William
Duncan, of Louisville.
The remains reached here Sunda,
night, and the funeral services wer,
held Monday afternoon at A o'clocl
at the old Duncan homestead, Mrs
ellis girlhood home, in the north
> west suburb, the Presbyterian pas
tor, Rev. H. S. Hudson conductin,