The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-09-11
State Field Veterinarian To Be Ques
toned About Horrible Murder OF
Attractive Young School Teacher
Which Shocks Maysyllle.

Sduittu, Drutdlly sidll anu Hei pouy
thrown over a ledge on top of Pine
H. C. Winnes, field veter-
marian for the state, was arrested this
at Frankfort.
Deputy Sheriff Nolan left yesterday
afternoon for Frankfort with the war
rant. He also carried the bloodstained
fence rail, the weapon used to batter
out the teachers brains, to have an
examination made of the fingerprints.
Discovery of the prints of broken
shoe of mule, corresponding to that
on mule Winnes rode into the noun
tains, off the road and within few
yards of where the struggle between
the woman and her slayer took place
resulted in the warrant being issued
for the veterinarian.
The mangled body of Miss Parsons
was found at 6 o'clock Thursday night
at the base of a ledge two days after
she had started afoot from the railroad
station at Dillon for the Pine Noun
tain Settlement School, six miles
across the mountains.
Her head was crushed in. Her throat
was cut and the torn condition of her
clothing and bruises on her body in
dicated the desperate fight she had
put up. Her coat had been placed over
her head. Her purse was gone. The
body was found within several hun
dred yards of convict camp.
A fence rail, which had been used
to rain blows on her, was found on
the ground above the ledge. There
indications of the trriic struggle were
revealed. The girl had been dragged
from the road some yards.
Miss Parsons left the home of her
father, Ed Parsons, farmer between
Lancaster and Richmond, last week to
60 to the Settlement School, where she
was assistant domestic science teach
er. She visited in Pineville until
Tuesday and left there that morning
for Harlan. At noon she left the train
at Dillon.
Winnes, also on his way to the
school to conduct a tuberculosis test
of cattle, left the train at Dillon. Miss
Parsons told him, he said, that she
was going to walk to the school, He
told her he was making the trip mule
back and advised her against trying to
walk the six miles but she did not
listen to his advice.
The last he saw of her, according to
his story, she was walking on the
railroad track about a quarter of
mile from Dillon.
When Winnes arrived at the Settle
ment School at about o'clock, he told
teachers there that woman on hel
way to the school had alighted from
the train at Dillon and was walking
across the mountains. When the
woman failed to appear Tuesday, those
at the school believed Winnes hat
been mistaken as to the destination o
his fellow train passenger.
Thursday, however, the school au
thorities became worried and searcl
was instituted by party of fifty men
which resulted in discovery of thu
womans' body.
! The body was taken to Harlan ant
relatives notified. 1t will be shipped t
Berea today. Owing to its manglet
condition, is could not be embalmed.
The warrant charging WINES will
murder was. sworn to by Miss Eliza
beth Bollonger, teacher at the school
Finding of the mule print by the sid
of the road and the length of tim
it required Winnes to make the tril
| to the school from Dillon = doubl
| the usual time are the bases for tn,
warrant, Winnes returned to Frankfor
Thursday.
Suspicion also has been directed t,
the group of convicts used in road con
struction, whose camp was not ia
from the scene of the crime.
Discovery Of a black hair clutche
in the woman's hand, caused a grillin
of Sam Ellory, negro convict, who ha
a black mustache. Ellory, Louisvill
negro, serving a fifteen years sen
tence for attempted assault, drove tn
dinner wagon on the main mountai
road, which crosses the path Miss Par
sons took, and was in the vicinity @
the scene Of the crime at the time
Is believed to have been committed
NO warrant mas been issued FOR Tn
negro. All Of the other convicts ar
said to have been accounted for.
Sheriff II. II. Howard, who wit
Captain Marcum. in charge of tn
convicts, did not put much faith to
night In the possibility that Ellor
had murdered the woman. Discover
Of pieces Of chocolate candy on tn
ground is regarded as an importan
clew.
Mics Parsons. who had taught In tn
Settlement School since June. returne
to her home, eight miles from Lancas
ter, August l, to assist the family I