The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-04-28
BILLS A MIGHTY
GOOD GAMBLER
Away from Home, He Tells Judge
Dawson, but Believes in Spend
ing His Money at Home.

ing Ills money at nome.
AS the aftermath of shooting af-
fray between two well known negro
men of Macksville late Tuesday af-
ternoon, Police Judge R. L. Dawson
Thursday declared that as far as he
is concerned, in the future, the Gid"
will be clamped down tight on that
part of the city, especially, and
in this movement he has the unlual-
flied support and assistance of Chief
of Police B. D. Carter and other city
officials.
The difficulty in which pistols were
brought into play took place between
Charley Baughman and Joe Hayden,
both colored, in the room of Will
Lee, another negro, who admitted
to Judge Dawson at a court of in
quiry held Wednesday, that he is a
professional gambler and has no 9TH
er means of livelihood. Baughman
and Hayden were engaged in a game
of cards at the time of the trouble,
and the argument arose over a dime,
which Baughman is said to have won
from Hayden. When the difficulty
arose Lee put them out of his room,
and each went after his gun. They
got back to the room at the same
time, or nearly so, and then the fire.
works sarted. According to the eye
witnesses, about four or five shots
were fired, but the markmenship was
bad and only two bullets took effect
Baughman shot Hayden in the thigh,
but the bullet did not penetrate very
far. Hayden got Baughman in the
left arm. Neither wound is very
serious.
There was quite a concourse of ne
groes present in the room when the
before the two men had obtained
testified before Judge Davison's
court of inquiry Wednesday said
that they did not know which shot
first. Roy Stewart was at Lees
house for while, he said, but left
before the shooting took place. Bob
Grow said that he had left too.
"Black" Gaines said that he was
present when the trouble first came
up. That the two men were argu-
ing over the game of "coon-can,"
but he did not see any money and
did not know just what the trouble
was. Jim Mitchell said about the
same. He said that Baughman got
back to the house first and that the
door was shut when Hayden got back
and that Hayden burst the door open,
knocking the latch off the door, and
when he came in the shooting started.
He said most of those in there got
out in hurry. He said he had seen
Bill Blakely, Jr., in the room when
the shooting started but did not know
what became of him.
Will Lee said that he was not
present when the trouble started but
came in and put both men out when
he saw them quarreling. Asked
what so many men were doing con-
gregated IN his house, he said that
he supposed it was because he had
quite a number of friends, whom he
was always glad to have drop in to
see him at any time; that he always
left the door to his rooms open as
there was nothing to steal.
Asked by Judge Dawson what he
did to make a living, he said:
"You see, Judge, I'm an awful
good gambler"
The Judge asked him where he
did his gambling and Lee replied that
he went away from Stanford to do it;
he especially emphasized the state
ment that he did not gamble in STAN
ford, declaring that "none of these
niggers around here got nothing to
gamble for, anyway" Lee declared
that he always came back to STAN
ford to spend his money, declaring
sententiously that 81 always comes
home to spend my money. / like to
be with my home people, and believe
a man ought to spend his money at
home"
Immediately after the court was
over, Judge Dawson held Lee under
500 bond on the charge of running
gambling house, which was fur
nished by E. H. Farmer, the colered
barber. Lee was also placed under
500 bond for good conduct for
year, under his admission that he is
a professional gambler, the statutes
providing for such bond where a
man is proven to be gambler with
no other visible means of support.
Lee has not yet furnished this bond.
The trial of Hayden and Baughman
on the shooting charges was set for
next Wednesday, as neither was able
to be out this week on account of
the wounds they sustained.
EASTER EGG HUNT GIVEN.
One of the most ENJOYABLE events