The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-06-15

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broken remains Of what less than a
week before had been as stalwart,
as noble, and as brave a Kentuckian
as ever the old state has sent forth
in all her history. were brought back
to his childhood's home here in STAN
ford; returned by his country to the
mother who had given him, and mid
broken hearts and with tender hands
were laid to final rest on the green
hillside Of Buffalo Springs cemetery,
beside his illustrious sire and others
of his blood.
Shattered though the mortal frame
had been, of what was so splendid
a young man, no accident of fate,
az caused his sudden taking, can
ever tarnish the brilliant record he
has made during the all too brief
period of service to his country. The
grief of his mother-and whose can
be greater?-and the sorrow Of his
wife and other loved ones, seems ov-
erwhelming in this hour of great af-
Fiction, and such that God in His
infinite mercy only can assuage.
But there are riffs in every lower
ing cloud, and through the gloom
and through the shadows of their
sorrow, will ever CLEAN the ray of
Gods sunlight, proclaiming the sa-
cred honor of having borne such a
son, having loved such a husband, or
having known such a friend, and
Illuminating, so that all the
world may see, his deathless deeds
of heroism, of courage, of self-sac-
rifice, of honor and devotion to the
cause of the flag he loved and for
which he lived and died.
Stanford, Lincoln county, Ken
lucky, aye, the nation, are losers in
the death of Lieutenant Richard Cas-
we'll Saufley which occurred last Fri
day afternoon about l O'Clock, when
the aeroplane in which he was flying,
fell to the earth, near Pensaloca,
Fla. The news received here late that
afternoon was received with express
sions of deepest sorrow all over the
city and county, and all over the
state. His friends and loved ones
here were inexpressibly shocked,
while the blow to his aged mother,
who was visiting her daughter, Mrs.
S. NJ. Logan, at Midway, was almost
unbearable. He was her youngest
son; the baby of her heart and home;
and today her gray hairs are bowed
down in anguish before the affection
which has been visited upon her. A
world of loved ones are praying that
her Heavenly Father will grant her
strength to bear this, the latest of a
series of bereavements which have
been visited upon her and hers with
| in period of a few short years.
Judge Sauley's Youngest Son.
Caswell Saufiey, as ne was known
and called by everyone here at
"home," was the youngest child of
the late Judge NJ. C. Saufey, who
died in 1910, while just entering up
on his third term cas- Circuit Judge
of this district. Mis- mother, Mrs.
Sallie Rowan Saufey survives, as
well as the following brothers and
sisters: Deputy Internal Revenue
Collector H. Rowan Saufey, and
Mrs. George L. Penny, of this city,
Mrs. T. S. Webb, of Knoxville, Tenn,
Mrs. Sanford NJ. Logan, of Midway,
and James NJ. Sauhey, Of Sunbright,
/ Tenn. He is also survived by his
wife, who is a daughter of Judge
and Mrs. f. C. O'Rear, of Frank
fort, and to whom he was married
in April, 1911.
Saufley was born in Stanford,
September /, 1885. After attend
ing the old school ION the hill'' here,
he entered Centre College at Dan
vile, and early in his college days
gave evidence of those studious and
brilliant traits of mind, which dis
tinguished his every endeavor after
ward. He was prominent in athlet-
les in college; popular with his fellow
students; as proud as Lucifer, yet
as gentle as a woman and as game
as a pebble always. He belonged to
the Sigma Chi fraternity.
Made Record In Mexico.
When Uncle Sam first took a hand
actively in Mexican affairs and We
ra cruz was occupied by American
soldiers in 1914, the flying machines
were sent down into that troubled
land. and Lieut.. Saufley with them.
There he gained quick distinction by
being the first American aviator to
fly over hostile camps, and the first
to draw a map of foreign territory
from the air, high up in a flying ma
chine. He was fired upon a number
of times by the Mexicans, but was
not deferred from his duty and steer
ing and controlling his machine with
his right hand, with his left hama,
he mapped the territory and shifted
his sheets with his teeth. The first
moving pictures Of Uncle Sans aer-
oplanes were taken there, and friends
Of Sauhey over the country, here
aud alsauybara soNu him In action m,