Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-08-17

ldrOunQ before he 1ell. SCrlVner
said he did not see Poff go up to
Kirby then and feel around him
as if to search him.
+. S. Gott said he knew Poff.
He saw the shooting. He didn't
see the beginning of the trouble,
but saw Kirby have his hands up
in front of him and heard him
saying 81 haven't done anything"
and then Poff shot him. He saw
Kirby fall on his face He did
not see Poff go to the body but
saw young man turn Kirby over
pick up his coat and shake it.
! Gott said Poff seemed to him tc
be like man who was drinking.
On cross examination Gott said
he did not see anything but the
actual shooting. He said Poff
had a gun swinging it around.
Poff started. and Kirby threw up
his hands. He didn't see Kirby's
coat, but saw both his hands up |
in the air. He said there was a |
crowd around them, like in the
court house nOw-and the crowd |
was pressing right up into the |
bar, so keen was the interest in
the testimony. Poff's baby had |
to be taken out by its mother on |
account of its crying.
Wis Johnson, who lives near
Berea, said he knew Poff but not )
Kirby, He said when he walked
up Andy had hold of fellow.
They were pulling around He
said Kirby was near. Poff had
his pistol out and whirling it
around and said to this fellow
7 Kirby "I'll take YOU" Kirby
threw up his hands this way Che
illustrated it) and then said
What have done ?'' and then
Andy shot him. Johnson said
that he had heard several around
him say it was. plain murder, but
POff said, mo, he threw his hand
to his hip" He didn't no
tice whether Poff was drunk or
sober. Johnson said some one in
crowd denied that Kirby threw
his hand to his hip.
On cross examination, Johnson
said the man Poff first had under
arrest was cursing and saying he
wouldn't go with him. Johnson J.
said he is a son of Deputy Sheriff !.
w. A. Johnson, and saw his faith
er come up and take the man. He l.
said oe Gilbert told Poff to. take /,
those two men off the ground"
He said Gilbert did not call their
names. He didn't know what
they had done He thought Kirby |,
had his coat on his left arm. He
didn't know just who Gilbert was
pointing at i'll the bunch. but saw
him point at two in the crowd i
He said they weren't raising
much disturbance.
He didn't hear what Deputy
Sheriff Johnson said to Poff at
first but he kept saying "Go on
off. Andy, and let him alone" He ,
said Pof kept taking hold of
Hopper after Deputy Sheriff i,
Johnson had taken hold Of him.
He said he was afraid Poff was
going to shoot the man his father
had hold of. He said Hopper was
calling Poff call sorts of.-of-."
Harvey Lee, Richmond barber.
who was at the fair at the time
of the killing. said he saw Kirby
killed He said bunch were
standing talking. Poff ran in and
grabbed George Hopper and said
Come and go with me; you are
under arrest" Hopper jerked 4
away and PoAf struck him in the
face and then drew his gun and
took him off. A bunch followed.
and gathered around. Deputy
Sheriff Johnson took Hopper
away from Poff and Mr.. Gilbert
told Poff to take those other two
off the grounds. Lee said Gil
bert pointed to Jasper and Dallas
Kirby. Lee said he was standing
with his hand on Jasper Kirby's
shoulder; that Poff reached for
Kirby with his left arm and had
pistol in his right Kirby jerkeo
back a step or two and then Poff
shot. Lee said that Poff said !
nothing to Kirby. and Kirby said |
nothing. He said that Kirby had
his hands i'll front of his chest
when Poff shot He said Kirby !
was doing nothing when Poff shot
was as quiet as ifshe was asleep I
He said Poff acted as if he were
drunk.
On cross examination, Lee said
that he saw no trouble between
Hopper and Sandlin nor did he
see a bottle of whisky. He said
they might have been drinking"
They had hold of each other and