The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-10-31
FOUL MURDER.
Fisherman Found With Bullet Wounds
and Hammer Prints Back of Head.

Company Commander Allen y Fer
ri- Of Great Lakes Naval Traiuiul
Station. spent the first 81 the weei
here and lf Iipf0nVillp Ca vain at
Tempt Co. get some ellie 90 the murder
81 hi~ father Allen Ferris Sr wins
WAS n~~ -~inHtrd ou the 18th inst ol
Winchester chute several mites below
Hickman aud Co the iuri~,iittion 81
New Madrid county Mo.
Picring the STORY Together ir scrm-
Z that Tire senior farris WAS e weli-io.
dp citizen Of Decatur Ills. ami ai-a
I owns 4uif1 acres 81 ud Joe rcNas H.
WAS foud 90 fishing and followed 81
a~ a pleasure rather ihln livelihood
! The pursuit ~ this rasfine brought
I him to this section SONS. five years aga
amt he bias hern here ~on AMI uu
Siurr. lie was well known o. au fhe
river men Of This section: also mum
hi.r Of others
Just pre-, ions 20 hi- tragic end he
had q q soiiue engine and some other
property stolen At flt- SHINE Time
Hart Michigan. 81 Hickman. also lost
~ssnle nets MI Ferris went ou still
hunt and located the property and
made un enga cement with Mr. Mrtol-
gan fo go with him o. recover their
sun Thry were o. leave Hickman
Thursday morning about O'Clock.
but GOA account Of sickness. Mct'oigau
failed Geo show up. and Mr.. Ferris left
ATONE The la-f person here who saw
him alive WAS Policeman Joe Wall.
who went down io the river bank and
helilrd him fu get of. Ills body was
found next day in >kin There We're
three bullet hole> Zoe Dab. head and the
~kuu was crushed ~ though hit with
q hammer The ambush or nssnSSina
fiun touk place iu tie same vicinity
whore Hcury tDuichl Gerkin wac
shot and moriaily wounded and Niitor
Ami.rrg. Boa company with him. WAS
also severely wounded last MAY
90 d. fhc cuucruSuS 81 opinion that
tine same gang committed both crimes
although dead men tell no tales n
was unfortunate that the man made
the bold attempt alone 20 recover the
STOLEN property The wounds showed
plainly that bee was shot from behind.
and musf likely from ambush.
The remains were carried back last
week o. Decatur Tor burial The man
leaves eight children. and was -
years old.
Men who We know fo bee both relia- /
hle and brave say that b. Is fooihardy |
Tor even q half-dozeu men 10 20 in "a |
1
in uue-t of stolen stun n j. alleged /
that "a band of regular outlaws rem
,iezevous there and are boz sufficient 1
strength fo get away with their dast
ardly deeds. n would seem that even
tine officers are afraid o. 90 after
them. as tire Ferris ease has mot been
ram down and in the killing and i
- ouudiug 81 others CO. Nay the gang
has gone unpublished. IL certainly
cannot De- for lack II evidence in The
latter ease Ia the Farris affair. un-
fortunately the Deceased failed %
state who had his property. although i
he knew where 10 was and VIII" had IL.
There have also been others killed iu
the same section in recent months.
and the murdcrers 20 on with impu-
nitv. % The county authorities can't
Be- anything. then for the sake 81 it,
fair rame the State of Missouri /
should clean mp things in the border
otherwise the menace VIII
grow. Hickman Ky. is Interested 10
the extent that our people are falling
victims 20 the bullets and robbery of
the Missouri dcSperadocs. and viii also
90 FAR enough 90 give the officers who
mean business. clues that viii lead 10
and conviction Of the gang
that their county authorities can't or
liurfff try Ia find