Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-12-21
KEITH,s TRIAL

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/ store and saw 4 car coming
They stopped. He said that
/ Keith asked what they were 60
] ing to do with him and that NIi
son answered take him some
where and clean him up" Pier
Fsaid Wait till that car passes.
Keith asked again what the;
were going to do One answer
cd 1T don't make much differ
ence
Wells said that this fellow. IN
dicating Keith, said he would get
out and walk up the pike and he
did so. He said that Picrcy and
Wilson then got out and made
him get out after them He said
| there was little lane there ans
! Piercy told him to go on down
L. He said he walked two
three feet and Piercy told him to
!turn his head
Il had my back to them" said
Wells. and turned to ask them
what was that you said and
Percy replied turn the other
say and as / did so, he shot
me in the neck. 1t knocked me
down and lay there and he shot
/ at me again. | heard Wilson say
t. him be sure YOU get him.. and
Piercy replied i got him They
then went away.
Il lay there" Wells continued.
expecting to die every minute
| could feel the blood in my
niouth and 1t was nearly chok-
ling me. l managed to turn my
head and spit out the blood.
Pretty soon | could get up and /
staggered up the lane and down
the pike to the store OF Mr.. Rho
irer."
Wells closed his testimony with
this. Keith was given the privi-
lege OF cross-examining him. He
sought to make Wells say that
isc, Keith. had not abused him
and asked Wells ii he nadn't en-
| deavored to keep the others from
shooting him. Wells said he did
rot hear him.
Didn't | tell them L can't
stand for this =" Keith demand
ed OF Wells and wasn't | getting
cut OF the car" But Well, saio
Ii didn't hear him.
Keith Tells His Story
The defendant then took the
tand and told of making his con
fession here last Saturday night
sworn to. y copy of it was Civ
On the court. He said there was
no need for him TO testify NOR
than that.
| Attorney Burnam then took
him i'll hand for cross-examina-
ton Keith said that he haS
known Piercy for about 10 years
and Monk Wilson for four or II.
! years. He said that he had been
{ bartender since getting out
the army.
] He said that when he came
with Piercy and Wilson that he,
didn't know that they were COM
f, ing to Madison county. He said
he was standing on North Broad
way. Lexington, near the Mecca
hotel about four o'clock in the
afternoon when he saw them
across the street and they hol-
lowed To him and asked him If
he wanted to take "a ride He
+, said they had a Hudson car there
~hich he hadn't seen before lie
said Percy drove "all kinds Of
cars and named this Hudson.
Huick. Ford and Paige. He said
he got in with them and they
came out the Richmond pike
They had half gallon of moon
shine whisky.
| Keith said it was about dark
when they reached the bridge.
and he asked them where they
were going. Down here little
ways" one replied. He said he
aw no pistol until Piercy struck
Wells over the head with it. bur
saw the Winchester rifle in the
car.
! The car stopped in Richmonf
and they ale supper in a restaur-
ont here. He thought they went
UP some stairs to it. but couldn't
remember whether girls or boys
were walters.
Il couldn't see very far any
way. then he explained.
When they got into the ca.
after supper he said he again
asked them where they were go
ing and was told You'll see"
Keith then told of going ont to
the Wells house and pulling up in
| | front of the oate Percy told