Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-27
Daily Register Afternoon February 1920
fines in court.

ll4ACo III NCuIl.
Returning from visit to Will Lock-
EFT in tie death cell at Eddyville Chap
lain Waiter Q. Vreeland, of the Frank
fort pen, says that the child murderer
from Fayette as one of the happiest
men he ever saw, ''his face wreathed
in pe-pe tual smiles" and he expresses
q great desire for the day of his exc
cution &c arrive.
At Wayfeld confscation of skates is
the penalty put on sidewalk skating
! By the Council in instructions to police,
this Juvenile pastime being held men
ace 70 pedestrians.
Three thousand dollars has been do
mated by citizens of Fayette county as
evidence of sympathy for Policeman
John Clancy, who had his pistol hand
shot Of II the riot of Feb. 9th, and it
IS expected that the fund will reach
5000.
Coming from her new home in Lou
isian2 20 jacksonville for what was
slammed az q happy visit to her hus-
hands parents, Mrs. Katherine Hatch
II eel i! upon arrival and died within
i've days.
The mail to ard from Crab Orchard
has outgIown the postoffice there and
bids Will be received March 18th for
new quarters for lease, to be ready for
occupancy July 1st.
Joe Jackson and Robert Sims,
! Youths convicted Of stealing a load of
.obecco in Grant county were brought
back from the Reform School under
Ih1baas corpus proceedings, proof be-
no that they were over II years old
Detachment of 5 cars of a freight
ain near Fenwick in Clark county
closed traffic on the L. G N. railroad
Tor Il hours, but trains were routed
rom Lexington over the c. & o. anc
! 5hcra was no delay.
The purchase Of three more pieces
| E property gave Graham Brown hold
'ags valued at S400, eco at Broadwa!
nd Fourth in louisville which will be
he site OF a new hotel in the Fall:
City.
Cries Of his baby daughter in fright
savad the life of Jack Baufe neal
! Berea, when fainting, he fell with hi:
! head under a CRATE. The hair wa:
burned from his head when his wife
pulled him out, and he was deliriou:
Tor hours.
When pneumonia claimed Simeon
Hunt, %, Of Marion, his wife and fv,
snail children were i'll, and the onl,
funeral service consisted of praye7
N the room where they lay bedfast.
Z stranger who had just alightet
from a train at Harlan snatched thu
purse Of Ms. w. +. Hall, then dartet
into the home of VIII Ward and es
capped with a pistol, A posse wa
. formed and he was chased for severa
niles, when the trail was lost.
Returning from The well, after al
ioscnce Of only q few moments, Mrs
E Charles White of Whitley county
found her 3-year-oid son writing i,
j. agony his clothing having caugh
j from 4 CRATE and been burned entire
ly OF. Death soon relieved his SUI
fefinEs.
Graves county has a bill of $500 TO
:-Nes against the French Consul To
bacco Co, but the sheriff can find NJ
property upon which to levy The claim
viii be filed in expectation that tn
J company some day may make a pur
chase Of tobacco there.
Alex Herald Of Owsley county Ia.
brought 4O-foot poplar log of larg,
diameter to the mill of Meyers
Moore at Bonneville and will have i
made into a boat.
Worry and restitution are held re-
sponsible for the mental brakedown Of
Mrs. William Burton at Maysville fol
a lunacy inquest. For the secont
zine her husband has been convicted
(of failure to provide for her and three
little children, who have wanted fol
food and clothing.