Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-11-11

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1919 And when questioned if any eff
fort had been made, to get the sheriff
or other officers of Knox county to
arrest the Baileys or take action he
said:
,"It is my information that it is no
use to call on them"
Both Officers Winfrey and McFar
land We're emphatic about the threat
ening manner that the two Baileys
used towards hten1 at the Dick Smith
house, and the tact that it required
to prevent a free-for-all battle.
Revenue Agent Samuels told of see
ing young man on top of the hill
when he saw Samuels coming. Sam
uels then started back to the Smith
house, and saw a bunch of men there
! and went on down He saw Deputy
Marshal Bash scuffling with a man
over rifle. Bash, wiIo had been left
Bev Bailey had tried TO take Win
frey's rife,> when it WAS left in the
house and he had taken IL away from
him. All of the officers declared that
Jim Bailey was drinking and Bev
Bailey seemed to have. been drinking,
too.
Jim Bailey, when palced on the
stand by the defense, said chat he
started up the creek to shooting
match, and stopped by Dick Smiths
to get some whisky. He said ne met
the officers and asked them what they
were doing. He said he questioned
them about a man who had beer a.
his fathers and eaten there with Z
pistol on him, but learned that he Was
not in the crowd. Bailey declared
that they were all friendly; that he
made no effort to interfere with them
burning the furnace, and he let Off
Ger Bash ride his horse back, as he !
was an older man, and he walked. Bev
Bailey, who had joined his brother at |
Smiths, had come there to see what
was keeping him from going on to
the shooting match after meeting the
officers. Bev Bailey admitted on
cross-examination that his mother
had some whisky at home, but he sup
posed that Jim did not want to drink
it up from her, was the reason he
went by Smiths to get some whisky. |
Bev said he asked who reported the
still up in their country, but. was
told the officers didn't know. Jim en-
phaticalIy denied using any hard
words, and both the Baileys fatly de-
MED presenting their guns at Winfrey |
as both Winfrey and Mcfarland said
they had done. a.7r=.
Both of the Baileys told of going to
Oregon after this visit of the officers
Jim Bailey had gone to Tampa, Fla, !
and returning home for a few days, |
was wounded. Bev Bailey said that
they had been waylaid by Shep and
Johnny White, who had shot at them,
and they had returned the fire. Bev
was arrested at Akron, Ohio, and |
then Jim came home to face trial with
his brother. Bev is married and has
family.
Officers and others from up in tina:
country say that the Baileys and their
hnsmen are engaged in feud with
the Whites. There are said to have
been several battles within the past
year. at one time train being shoS
up by the fighters.
The Baileys denied everything the
officers had said about daring anyone
to cut up their still or attempting to
interfere with the officers in doing
their duty in any way. Bailey was
we'll dressed, and both were pleasant
spoken jim. is said to have killed a
fair officer at Barbourville a few
years ago, when the officer pointed q
pistol at younger brother Of Bailey.
He was tried three times and each
time the court of appeals reversed his
sentence. Col Bob Ford, who has been
their friend for long time, finally
succeeded in getting the case thrown
out of court. Col. Ford and even the
officers say that the Baileys and their
clan are the most hospitable and
friendly people in the world if they
like a person.