The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-07-02
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
AT BR0OkSvILLE IS
CREATING INTEREST
Young Irishman Found Dead in His
Room In Hotel Following Joy
Ride With Youngsters Said to
Be Drunk Young Men
Held BY Coroner.

A death occurred some time be-
tween / and 1880 o'clock Sunday
morning at the Duncan Hotel Brooks
Vile, that has created stir, from the
fact, that some mystery Is connected
in some way with the death.
Mike Flannery, aged about 2s years,
and six years from Ireland, came to
to Brooksville about two months ago
with Martin Fay, both like brothers,
sleeping and working together since
boys. On Saturday evening a crowd
of young men with Mike and Martin,
were jolifying, drinking and Joy rid
ing around town in a Ford roadster.
Not yet dark they stopped at the Ham
ilton school house, one and O half
miles from the town, where they stay
ed about an hour or over and we're
joined by Paris Hamilton and James
Pete Puccini; they drank together
several times and wound up according
to the proof, by Flannery striking
Hamilton once and Puccini twice.
Leaving there the five joy riders with
Paris Hamilton, started for town,
Paris standing one fender and Ed
ward Carrigan on the other. When
they had come about one mile toward
town the Ford ran so close to truck
standing on the side of the road that
Carrigan was knocked off and so bad
I ly hurt that the others concluded that
they had better take him to doctor;
and, in order to get him in the Ford,
Flannery had to be taken out. as he,
by that time (5 minutes) had relapsed.
helpless and unconscious and was laid
/ on the side Of the pike with Gus Ham
| ilton and wife. who lived there, to
watch him until they came back after
him, which was only about thirty min
utes. when three of them came back,
placed Flannery In the Ford, and took
him to the Duncan Hotel, laying him
on the bed in his room. 1t was then
about $50 o'clock. He was alive at
eleven and about one o'clock. but dead
at 1880 the next morning.
DR.. T. L. Moneyhon, the County Cor
oner was notified and when he arrived
in the town he empanneled a jury and
had them view the remains, but being
unable to get the witnesses, adjourn
ed the inquest over till 10 o'clock
Monday.
DR.. Moneyhon, on Monday determin-
ed to make thorough investigation
after hearing greater part of the
evidence and ordered post mortem"
operation, which, according to the evil
dence of the physicians, DR.. B. H.
Sanchez and DR.. w. D. Wallin, demon
strated that the deceased came to his
death from the rupture Of blood ves-
sci in the back of the head where six
or eight ounces of blood was found.
According to the evidence no one
saw anyone strike Flannery, but did
see Flannery strike Jim Pete Puccini
twice, and Paris Hamilton once. Flan-
merry was able to get in the Ford at
Hamilton school house, when they
started back to town but unconscious
and not able to get out after covering
one mile. There were some few
marks Of violence on his person, and
from the amount of blood found In the
skull it is thought that he had been
hit over or on the head with some
fiat heavy substance.
| AS the death was so much of mys,
terry and could not be unraveled by
the coroner, the young men connected
with the affair were held by the Coro
ner for further investigation by the
Grand Jury and in the mean time the
Bracken county officials will endeavol
to unravel the mystery.
Paris Hamilton, one of the young
men in the affair, was just recently
paroled from the Frankfort peniten
tiary where he was serving term fol
killing the Marshal of Brooksville 6
few years ag