Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-08-20
Deputy Sheriff Reed and George
Estes Rushed To Hospital
Here Badly Wounded

killed and three other men per
phas fatally injured shortly be-
fore one o'clock Friday morning
i'll gun battle at Irvine.
The dead
Chief of Police X. G.. Philpot,
chief of police of Irvine, shot thru
the heart.
The injured-Deputy Sheriff
Henry Reed, shot through stom-
ach ami hip and also through
back.
George Estes, p, shot through
stomach. believed to be fatally in
jured.
l.. * N. Railway Detective Spi-
Wy, shot through side, believed to
be slightly injured.
Although believed to be fatally
injured. both Reed and Estes
suffered until their arrival in
Richmond Friday morning when
they were brought by train to the
Pattie a. Clay inhrmary. The
life of both men is said to be
hanging by thread, and the con-
dition OF Spivy, who was later ar
rested, and who was placed III jail
at Irvine, is said not to be of Il
dangerous character.
The shooting is said to have
follow a second attempt OF Phil
pot to search grip carried by
George Estes, who was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Reed. at Ra-
VIENNA, where Estes and his broth
er, operate Il pool room.
1t was when Reed was passing
over the bridge leading to Irvine
with Estes, VINO had been placed
under arrest on charge Of intoX-
ication. that he is SAL 40 have
been stopped by Philpot. The lat
ter demanded he grip Reed ce-
fused, according to the ltttcr's
statement, after tt trouble.
Philpot is said u ravc rr.'"Cd-
ed TO the depot, where nc net
Spivy, and later approached I<Ced
and his prisoner, before they had
reached the Jail. Estes, be lore
losing consciousness. Statcd thar
it was while he and Officer Reed
were in front III The new E,u'iing
being erected ty James Durbin on
Main street, that they were again
held up by Philpot and :Spi"v.
"Are you going to give me that
grip now ;" is the query Philpot
is credited with addressing to
Reed.
The latter replied that he would
die first. stating the officer had no
right to search the GRIP 1T that
time He claims that lppn being
refused, PhiIpot s'cu;tl, hun.
knocking him doWI.
Reed admits that when St-ucl;
in the face by Philpot. he reached
for his revolver, and SHOT lie of-
Ger.
Philpot fell to the sidewalk and
Reed into a gravel screen at the
new building. At this junc,ure.
both Reed and Estes declare,
Spivy turned loose with his gun
and Shot the fallen Deputy Sheriff
That he shot twice is evidenced
from the fact that Reed sustained
two probably mortal wounds. one
in the stomach and another in the
side. The fore and second finger
of his right hand, and the two last
fingers Of the left hand, as well as
the handle of his pistol, were car
ried away by the bullets from
Spivy's gun.
Despite this, Reed was on the
ground, or rather against the
screen in lying posture, regain
ing hold of his gun and fired a
shot at Spivy, who was fleeing
iniuring the detective slightly.
Later, Spivy is said to have
gone to the railway station and
told of the shooting, stating that
Philpot had been killed, and add
ing there is another man lying
there"
Upon the arrival of Spivy and
spectators who had been attract
ed by the shooting. Reed had
managed to get up and walked to
Hobson restaurant. Before Reed
had raised to his feet and during
the shooting between him and Spi-
w, Estes, the prisoner, started to
run away. He was shot, it is
said by Spivy, as Philpot was ly-
ing dead in the street.
Reed and Estes were taken care
of by friends, meanwhile Sheriff
Robert Powell, Of Estill county.
was notified. He soon appeared
on the scene and found Estes and