Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-12-03
MYSTERIOUS ATTACK
ON MADISON FARMER

y missing the luSu!ar Nclil- y IldC-
tion of an inch either way and
he would have been Instantly
killed.
Wells tell 10 the ground He
/ had already been severely beaten
/ and he lay a if dead. One OF them
! shot at him again and
; thought he was Z adj. They then
got into their car and drove has
lilly away toward Lexington.
Although weak from los, oi
| blood and his injuries. Wells man.
aged to drag himself down the
( hill to the store OF William Rhor
cr. where he was taken in and
given every attention possible.
! lie requested them IL have him
taken to the Gibson hospital here
rather than - Lexington. Wells
asked Mr.. Rhorcr To notify his
bruthcr-in-law. Dave Bogic OIL
the Barnes Mill pike. by phone.
Cars were loon sent for the
wounded man and hc wa, brought
to the local hospital.
Sheriff PEI Whitlock. Deputy
Sheriff SAINT Bush and other OIL
iiccr> had been aroused and had
trlcphoncd to- Lexington Officers
They went TO the home OF. Mrs
NCCrcary there. bt't She told
them she was unable tu >hcl ANY
light ON the mysterious affair or
the identity OF the men who lad
cndc-vurcd to Kill Wells. Mrs.
Met rc1rV SOON CAME to- Rich
mond in ta<i to- see Wells. She
can'c to- the local officers ana re
manned NJ the rest ui the night
with Patroluan Jack Hardin and
other officer waiting for an OP-
pnrimity To see Wells at the rn
pital.
Shc said that ~hc he'd last ,ccn
Well, in LeN.ngtur "Wednesday
morning. Officers Said Wells had
been in Lexington for several
days. Cucstiuucd - To her &c
qlraintanCc with Wells. she said
they were not >wccthcarlS. but
mere aCquaintancc>. Oinccr> >aid
tina, Mrs.. NcIrcary his been IL
>nrocI from icr husband They
said >lc Ia, two children She
arpcarod to be well provided with
money. handbag the taxi driver
- couple OF large bills from which
to make charge for his fcc. She
appears about 30 or B wears nf
age. and iS well ircSscd. Wells
aid the thrc- men " no abducted
him were ali well drcSsCl and in
q high powered car. The man
declared crnDilaticaliv that Sic
knew oi no reason why anyone
should Shoo; Well, ou her ac-
count. She laid further She had
No idea who they could have
been.
Officers too; her to the hoSpi-
tai about o o'clock to see Wells.
Dr. Gibson rcportcd that Wells
was resting easily and appeared
q, have - good chance to recover.
Sheriff Whitlock. Deputy Bush
aui the nurse accompanied Mrs.
Met Crcary to the bedside OF W ellis
She began to crv when She saw
hiW - She told him she hal come
't,,' SO II he could describe the
men So that they might be idcn
titled. Wells said that it was
- hard for him To describe them.
One was short and chunky. Inc
said. lie could only see them in
distinctly. or when they would
light cigarette. They had whis--
Ky in the car. he said. and tried
To- get him to drink some
BE sure to give him the right
bottle, one remarked, when the
others were trying to get him to
. drink Wells. however. refused
to drink He said ne thought
/ they were going 10 force it down
HIM once. however.
; Mrs. McCrcary and Wells talk
cd iqr quite a while Neither
could throw any light OH the
identity OF the men. however. and
both said that they knew no rea-
son why the assault should have
been made.
[ Wells told how the whole thing
happened. He said that the men
earched him as they made the
"hairpin" turn on the Madison
county side of the river. and
b found only 10 cents ON him. He
said that he owned very valua-
BILE diamond ring. which they ask
ed him about. Wells said he had
taken off his best clothes and had
lett the ring in one OF his pockets
The men then drove across the
J river and it was when they
reached the top OF the hill on tine
Fayette county side of the river