The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-05-29
KILLS NEGRO.
tN->herif HusldIe>ton shoots Negro
at Fulton. ENonerafed by The
tOroner's Jury.

From Saturdays Fulton Leader
Hurley Dinwildie. alleged nurdcrcr.
robier. jnil breaker. bootIcgger and au-
around bad negro. was shot and in
Stantly killed 10y Night Policeman
Bailey IIuddleston AT O'Clock this
morning while resisting arrest.
pniccr HuddleStOn was mai king his
hnal rounds before going of duty and
was block east Of the old Reeds ba rn
North Fulton when he met two sus-
picious negroes aud called on them 10
halt amt throw up their bands. one of
thr negroes. n g. Cax. oI.ved tho
"h i'"r demand. while the other pulled
hiS gun in an attempt o. slloor tIis. OF
h'rr iuddlesfon seeing his Ire en-
,ah-erod. Shot the negro in self aefenst.
killing him Instantly
iir dead ucgro had a .s>-s.si Hbcr
-. = .s., ~ 49,, 49, ;., s,I
eight and q half piufs of whi~i.cy. Ia
his pocket was found a pocket diction-
AIRY and the names and address of n
number Of people written on sepa rate
pieces Of paper.
NJ. g. Cox ~ Martin. Tenn. the no
gro who was with Dinwid idde said he
found him on the freight he boarded at
the bridge in cairo and when they |
reached Fulton they alightcd near the /
H.
hut his new made acquaintance fash
"a his gun and demanded that n. 90
with him When searched. Cox had
five pints of whiskey On his person al
80.
Hurley Dinwiddie il well gnown In
police circles and il i siiegcd q at be
killed "a man near Mckcnzie. where n
j. said he lived anI had 'elations.
Last year he was arr, .stfd AT Milan.
Tenn. on phone message ~sni out 10y
'hief Of Police Eakcr. ia m attempt
fo locate the burglar who rnir 4 L.
n Weaks store in this city. THE ncgTp
" hen arrested had several pIirs d. In
lies new shoes. hut ON being returned
fO Fulton the shoes proved To De OF
another brand ti,an that stolen here
About the same time several burglar
es occurred at Bardwcll aud the ne-
gro was taken there and the stolen
sl.Ocs identified
pinwiddie was placed i'm the Bard
we'll iail to await trial. but mode his
.ssape 10y breaking Out and hal been
it large ever since.
The remains were taken To the un-
lertaking establishment of the Rice
Furniture Go. 81 il understood ne had
4 sister at Mckenzie who will look AZ
Ter his burial.
The following is report of he cor
,ner'S jury eXoneratins officer tlud-
lleSfon for the killing. We the jury
md that Hurley Dinwiddie came 10
ais death in the city os Fulton. county
II Fulton. State Of Kentucky, ON the
s4th day of MAY. 1919. at about >
o'clock a. m from gun shot wounds IN
iicfed upon the deceased 10y Bailey
who. we find from tile testi-
nony. was acting in his necessary self
defense AT the time H.
The Jury heard the evidence OF
Bailey Huddleston and NJ e. Cox, col
pred. who were the only two persons
who were ascertained to have been
ave witnesses: the testimony of Bal
lev Uuddleston was i'm substance as
follows: That he is a policeman of
the City of Fulton. Kentucky. and hay-
ing knowledge and reasonable grounds
To believe and believing al the time
that Hurley Dinwiddie had intoxicat-
ing liauor i'm his possession for the pur
pose of sale. and that he attempted to
halt and arrest. drew pistol and was |
advancing with same upon the said
that he. having reason
able grounds to believe from the actions
of said Dinwiddie that his. Huddles-
toms life was in danger. drew his pis-
tol fired upon the said Dinwiddie: that
he fired two shots and that all his acts
were as ne believed In his necessary II
self defense at the time The witness
NJ a Cox. testified To the same facts
as were stated by the witness. Huddles-
ton