Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-12-22
PERCY PROBABLY
TRIED ON SATURDAY
Federal Officers To Finish With
Him At Lexington Before
He Is Returned Here

w N IlCG .odtui usiy dllCI IliOOI
at 2 o'clock
L. 5. Commissioner Charles \.
Wiard telcphoned Wednesday
night that he would bring Piercy
ever at once as he had promised,
ii the local officials desired il
He told Special Prosecutor \. X
Burnam that ne would have to
return Piercy to Lexington inn
mediately after his trial here.
however, in order to tinish with
;hc government cases against
liim there III connection with the
d:stillery and other such ofTcnses
cf which he is accused. 1t was
then agreed that Piercy should
DC kept in Lexington until the
federal officials are through with
him ON those cases. He VIII thcu
be brought back to Richmond and
have his examining trial and b,
kept in jail here unless he Is ablC
% furnish whatever bond thai
Judge Price may hx for his re-
ease pending circuit court action
II February.
Following the trial oi keith
Wednesday conjecture over tn
motive which prompted Piercy
md his associates To endeavor L,
ill Mr.. Wells continues keen q,
II sides Keith declared when
II the stand that Piercy did u.
ell him ut any time what it was
II about" Keith declares /
ocs not know " hat Percy
lotivc was. He said that l.
vent along with them because
hey had two quarts oil m,oon-
hine. He told this u oficers al
he time he was arrested and nol
= his trial. Many believe how
yer. Keith has rot told all h
,OnWS.
MIR. Wells continues to~;lsscrI
hat he knows OF no earthly rea-
'on why he should have been Sc
ected Is the victim of such
IurderouS attack. Rumors th1t
was a subtle effort to obtain his .
property were branded by. him Il.
Utterly worthless. He said III 2
II the event OF his death what
:ver property he might have (
would go to his mother. Sipte (.
md brothers and no way that .
ne could imagine would any one
)encit by having him killed
Talk OF a woman's jealousy, he .
aid, was laughable. What wo-'
nan. he asked. would benefit b /;
having him killed: Even ii some !
one was jealous OF him. he failed /,
40 see what could be accomplish s
eel by having him murdered.
Mr.. Wells Is inclined to the be- /.
belief that Keith did not tell all !
le knows OF the affair He say I
ne feels satisfied that Keith knew .
lust the reason that Piercv wa /
going to bump him off."
Some believe that in the event !
OF his conviction that Piercy may /
confess and tell the whole story /
but others are inclined to think /
that he will keep his mouth clos
ed. Few believe that Piercy will
even take the stand in his own
defense. when his trial Is held. un- /
less he thinks he can make some-'
one else be the goat"
In the federal examining triall
at Lexington Piercy has been
positively identified as the leader
OF the gang that robbed the Ty-
rome distillery of a large amount
oi whisky. y dispatch from Lex
ington said about it:
Lexington, KY. Dec. 22-Ex-
amining trial of Lawrence Piercy
former Lexington policeman; An
drew Settles. Covington machin-
ist; w. ]. Wilson. real setate deal
er; II. {. Fain. truck driver;
w. Draker, cafe owner: Thomas
{. Barnes, cafe proprietor, and .
Walter Griffey. and II. Y. Lowen.
Anderson county farmers. chare- i
ed with completely in the raid on
the L. B. Ripy distillery at Tv-
rome December 8. was resumed
this morning before United States
T, Commissioner Charles NJ Wizard. !
after having been adjourned from
Tuesday afternoon.
L. +, Tnsley and Carl Cooper.
guards at the distiIIery. positively |
identified Piercy and Settles as
two of the men who kept them
covered" in the Office while the
distillery was being looted. Coop |
er was certain about Piercy and
identified Settles by his cock
feye" the rest of his face having
been concealed BY high coat