The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-08-13
BAYLESS' ASSAILANTS HELD TO
GRAND JURY IN $1,000

County Court room in the court
house at ten o'clock Wednesday
morning, in anticipation of devel-
opments at the preliminary hearing
of Charles Martin and Raymond
Fryman, grew so large that an ad-
5ournment had to be taken to the
Circuit Court room.
When the case was called for
trial by County Judge George Bat
terton, the warrant was read,
charging the two men with cutting
with intent to kill, in an assault
committed upon the person of j.
Lyle Bayless, of Louisville. The
cutting took place on the North
Middletown pike. near Paris, last
Saturday evening, as detailed in
Tuesdays edition of THE NEWS.
Martin was represented at the
hearing by Judge Charles A. McMil
Ian. Of Paris, while Fryman had as
his attorney A. B. Thompson, of
Lexington, a former resident of this
county. The prosecution was rep
resented by County Attorney D. D.
Cline, Oscar T. Hinton, of Hinton,
Bradley e Bradley, and Wade H.
Whitley, of Talbot & Whitley.
Both Martin and Fryman entered
plea of not guilty and the case
went into trial. The first witness
called was Mrs. Bayless. wife of the
| injured man. She related the
story of the attack practically as
told in THE NEWS of Tuesday
She said they realized that both
Martin and Fryman were intoxicat-
ed, and consequently they begged
them to get back into their car and
go on to Paris without any further
trouble
Fryman, she said, remarked,
Pay us for the damage to our car
and we will not do anything to you"
This was refused. Martin, she said,
struck the first blow, and was ioir-
ed by Fryman. They knocked Mr..
Bayless down three times, and he
knocked them down twice. Martin
threw several rocks at her and her
husband.
Seeing a truck coming, she ap-
pealed to the driver for help, and he
came to their assistance Martin
threatened to shoot the driver of the
truck she said.
The bloody clothing of the in
jured man was introduced. Mrs
Bayless said her husband was still
in serious condition from tho
wounds and loss of blood. Cross
examination by attorneys for the
defense failed to weaken her story
or cause her to deviate from the
original.
Mrs. Clay Lyons, sister of Mr.
Bayless, was the next witness, her
story of the affair being practically
the same as the preceding witness.
The court then adjourned until
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Among those present were Mrs.
Bayless, wife of the wounded man,
his aunt, Mrs. William Hemming,
Of Shelbyville, and his sister, Mrs.
Clay Lyons, of Anchorage.
The court room was filled almost
to the limit when court reconvened
in the afternoon, the testimony ad-
duced at the morning session whet-
ting the interest of the big crowd
10 a high point in anticipation of
interesting developments. A
number of witnesses were eXamin-
ed, all giving their testimony in a
clear, convincing, straightforward |
manner, tending to show the nature |
of the affair, as witnessed by them.
The evidence in concrete form. |
was to the effect that the two men |
backed their machine into the one |
driven by Bayless and tried to eX-
tort money from him in payment |
for damages sustained to their ma
chine; that on his refusal to pay |
such damages they blocked their |
machine across the road, causing the |
Bayless party to stop; that both men
and that Martin struck /
Bayless in the face, knocking him |
down. and afterward threw rocks at i
the members of the party, and that /
after this Fryman assaulted Bayless |,
with knife, which was found in
his possession by the arresting Off
GER. Fryman confessed to stabbing
Bayless, but said that he had done
so after Bayless had cut him. In
support of this contention, he ex-
hibited small cut on his thumb,
which he alleged was caused by Bay
less in the scuff1e. No testimony was
offered by Martin and FWman.
At the confusion of the hearing
County Judge BattertOn said thai
the evidence showed clearly a case
calling for the maximum penalty of
five years in the penitentiary, and
hat he would place the bond at 4
figure commensurate with the
crime. He accordingly ordered the
men held in the sum of $4,000 cash
bond, to appear before the grand
Jury at the next term of the Bour-
BON Circuit Court. Late in the af-
ornOon Martin furnished tho |