Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-25

tu ana Killed deputy Snerlll
Green Watkins and Henry Noble
members of posse, and wound
ed Shale Allen, near the Knott
county border. Saturday night
The posse hunting the moonshin-
crs are headed by Sam Watkins
federal prohibition agent at Jack
son.
Failing into a trap after Il fu-
tile attempt to locate moon
shine still, reported to have been
i'll operation on the Breathltt-
Knox county border line, shortly
after 9 o'clock Saturday night, a
posse headed by Prohibition OF
ticer Samuel :. Watkins. with
headquarters d. Jackson. was FIR
ed upon from ambush and Green
Watkins, Il deputy sheriff. of
Breathitt county. was killed.
Henry Noble. another member
of the posse. was fatally wound
cd and died before he could re-
ceive medical attention upon
reaching the Good Samaritan
hospital in Lexington Sunday at
ternoon. Shade .\lcn. wounded
nine times. was brought to the
Lexington hospital on the same
train Sunday afternoon upon
which Noble arrived. DR.. s.
SWago. of Breathitt county. ac-
companicd the two men from
Quicksand.
The bloodhounds OF Capt. Y.
G. Mullikin. of Lexington, are
now in Brcathitt county. fellow
ing Il trail.
Receiving what were believed
to be live tips as tC the operation
OF moonshinc stills in the Buck
horn section of B1eathitt county
the posse was formed by Prohibi-
ton Officer Watkins. the deputy
sheriff. Andrew ana Shade Allen.
brothers. the latter a relative by
marriage. Henry Noble and Bill
Luvings as aides in the posse.
Through the hills above Buck
horn a march was made but al
though indications were found
that several stills had been in op-
Grafton. no evidence Of the pres
cncc of live still was found. The
posse then went down the noun
tain side and {Ollcwed the trail
along the Long Fork" of the
Buckhorn. At the mouth OF Cold
Fork at the boundary line be-
tween Knott and Ereathitt coun-
ties. the men had reached a patch
which runs along the side OF the
stream. In front walked LOvings
and the deputy sheriff, Watkins.
Behind three other members OF
the party and 4 short distance be-
hind them. delayed for some rca-
son was the prohibition officer in
charge OF the party.
AS they walked along the path
way, from the hillside and COM
ing from behind clump of pine
trees, there came vollcy OF
fire. Green Watkins fell immc-
dately. mortally wounded. Noble
also fell. Loving. who was be-
tween Green Watkins and the
clump Of bushes and trees from
which the ambushed group fired
miraCulouSly was missed by the
bullets. From the rear Samuel
Watkins, on seeing all members
of the posse fell, thought that all
had been killed. Immediately he
left the road and crossed the
creek branch, hurrying toward
the lumber camp at Quicksand
several miles away, in an attempt
to get AID.
Seeing all members of the pos
sc had fallen. the men from am
bush emerged. There were five
or six who came out from behint
the trees. They were armed will
ribes, shotguns and pistols.
Andy Allen, thought dead anc
overlooked by the members o
the body, raised himself up on his
elbow from under the fence. He
recognize members OF the band
he said, but has not given ou
their names as yet
The men approached, Aller
said later and first went to where
Green Watkins lay. They turn
ed over Watkins form to see i
he were dead. Dying, Allen said
the deputy sheriff lifted hi
feeble voice in pitiful plea to b.
left to die in peace Don't shoe
me any more, boys" Allen say
Watkins pleaded. you've go
me, anyway, Pm dying"
Allen asserts that the men
however, turned deaf ear to hi