Owingsville outlook., 1921-06-23
KENTUCKY
NEWS ITEMS

CONDEMNED NeIDs Of Interest
From All Parts Of the State
GraysOn.-JOhn B. Jacobs, Of this
place, recently purchased from a man
named Hays at Kitchens, a half-game
rooster, said to be 22 years old.
Winchester. - Swallowing a false
tooth and a small piece Of plate, which
lodged in her throat, Miss Pearl vii
liamS is in serious condition here.
LcNinGtOn.-Mrs. Albert Holman is
I'm a hospital, probably fatally wound
Ell, and three men, including her hus-
band are under arrest as the result of
a shooting afTray in the north end of
the city in which the four are said to
have participated.
Sturgis.-OvPrheate and desiring to
cool Off. Clenan Williams, nephew of
Jesse w. Brown, of Stur-iS. took a
plunge into the Ohio River and never
came up. 1t is supposed he took
cramps in a cold undercurrent. His
body has not been recovered
LawrcnCeburg-ROy LeathCrs, 1G.
freshman in the KavanauSh High
School in This city, was drowned here
while bathing in the large Bowling
pond near the city limits. He was the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Bayless Leath-
erS, of SalviSa, Mercer county.
Pikeville.-C Charlie Case died before
reaching Pikeville on the way to a hos
pital, and his brother, James Case, was
instantly killed in pistol duel at Hell
lier, Ky, mining town - miles above
here. Two men Of the name of Elan
are alleged to have fired at the Case
brothers after some short words.
HickTan.-Miss Sarah Wynn Me
Connell, who has been teaching in the
High School here for the past year and
who was reelected recently by the
School Board. has resigned. On ac-
count of her health, Miss Mcconnell
will not teach this year hut return to
her home at Arlington, Ky, and rest
a year.
l. l.N,,
dent, of Franklin, Ind, drowned at the
mouth of Licking river here, being
seized with cramps when he attempted
to swim across the river. The body
was recovered half an hour later, and
firemen endeGvOred for more than an
hour to resuscitate Howe by the use
Of a pulmOtOr, but were unsuccessful.
LOuisvilla-W. Smith Russell, Sc,
was shot and instantly killed while
driving in Third street and his wife
was shot in the head by Walter z.
Stamp, real estate agent with of
fees i'm the CrutCher & StarkS Build
ing. Stamp drove his car alongside
the Russell car in front nf 31j3 South
Third street and fired five shots into
the bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell.
LexingtOn.-Richard A. Vanderveer
was appointed by Acting Circuit Judge
Richard 4. StOll as receiver for the
Mutual Oil and Refining Company.
The action was taken as the result of
suit brought by John A. GOfOrth, of
Harlan, KY, stOCkhOlder suing in
his own behalf and in the behalf of
other stockholders c. J.. Bell, of
Lexington, is president Of the concern.
FrankfOrt-The dairy barn Mt the
Feeble Minded Institute, which was
destroyed by fire some time ago, will
be rebuilt according to plans to be
drawn by the agricultural college of
the University of Kentucky. The
State Board of Charities and COrrec-
tiOnS will ask the college for plans
The value of the burned barn was
S9,335 and equipment, $1,072, accord
ing tn the valuation figures when it
was insured.
NewpOrt.-Dr. W. W. Anderson, of !
Newport, received notice of his ap-
pointment as district relief officer of !
the United States Public Health Serv- |
Ice for the states of Ohio, Indiana and |
Kentucky. His duties will he to look !
after disqualification work in caring !
for disabled veterans Of the World |
War. He will supervise reports made |
by physicians in charge and determine |
what hospital treatments are to be |
given and the best disposition of the !
patients.
Harlan-John NJ. Flannery and |
James p. Kennedy, both Deputy Sher-
IFS of Harlan county, were shot and |
killed instantly by II. &. Clark, au- |
thOritics said. The shooting took place |
at the head of CloverfOrk, near the old |
Keokee Mines, close to the Virginia |
border. The two officers had arrested !
Clark, who had been indicted by the |
April grand jury. As one of them was |
reading the warrant to him Clark |
jerked out his gun and fired. Clark |
escaped.
JacksOn.-Mrs. Marie Brown, wife |
of DIR. Bertram Brown, of Quicksand, |
this county, died of injuries received !
when her clothing became ignited |
while she was burning trash in the !
yard of her home. She died on a train |
while en- route to a hospital at Lex
ingtOn. Unable to extinguiSh the |
flames with her hands when her dress
caught fire, Mrs. Brown ran into the |
house inmnal intn q hath tmh and at