Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-05-25


those drunk men somebody wa!
going to get hurt mighty quick
He testified that as they went ou
Lovett turned to Spurlock ant
Iasked "By G. do you want to
! fight" Witness said that Spur
| lock replied that he didn't ant
walked on to where his horse wa.
tied. Lovett followed him; thcr
struck and knocked Spurlocl
against the fence. Daniels also
struck Spurlock as he attempted
to rise, and knocked him down
then Lovett knocked him down
again and Spurlock shot. The
witness said he didn't see a pis-
tol holster on Daincls. He said
SpurIock was about half bent
over when he fired at Lovctt
! Witness said Bart Burns was try
ing to take Daniels away. He
! said Burns and Spurlock were
sober.
Thomas Guess told OF seeing
the crowd of men scuff1ing from
the school house door. He saw
one boy walk away from the
crowd and fall. He didn't know
who they were but went down
about an hour later
Spurlock made good witness
for himself when placed on the
stand by the defense. He said
he is married: that he was raised
in Clay county. He went to the
Rucker store with Bart Burns
about ESQ O'Clock and went in to
warm He didn't know Lovctt.
He had been there 10 or Is minu-
tes when Lovctt came in, cursing.
etc. He said Lovett jcrkcd Al
corn down and turning to him
said "Who i'll the hell arc you.
I'd as soon whip you as anybody"
81 said to him, Go away. /
don't want to have any trouble
with you or anybody"
Spurlock said that Lovctt fol
lowed him as he went after his
horse and knocked him down. He
said Lovett asked Daniels, if he
was with him and Daniels rcDlicd
that he had come with him and,
would go with him. When Spur
lock got up lie said Daniels had
joined Lovctt and struck him and
bnockcd him over. and as he start
ed to get up Lovctt ran his right
hand into his breechcs' pocket
and said "G-d-you; I'll kill YOU.
md Spurlock said Il shot him."
On cross examination Spur!ock
said he took thc pistol with him
Us he wanted to try to sell it. He
said he saw no weapon on Lovctt
or Daniels. He said that Dan
els and Burns were sculfling
When he shot Lovctt. Spurlock
aid he had the pistol in the left
hand pants pocket; and drew il
With his left hand as nc is left
landed. He said Lovctt seemed;
o be drinking. They had never
lad any trouble before. He saidl
-ovctt was bigger man than he.
lie saw no pistol holster on Dan
els. He said Lovett looked toi
be Is or 20 years old.
VIM. Rucker said he was fixing
% go to Sunday school when hci
heard noise over at the store.
He saw Lovett knock .Alcorn
lown and then told his son Oscar
he must close the store. Spur
ock was in there warming and
hen got up and walked out to his
lorsc. when Lovctt began ours
ng him. He said that Spurlock
replied that he was stranger
and wanted no trouble with him.
He said Lovett hit him and Spur
lock telling him not to hit him.
Mr.. Rucker described the ensuingl
scenes about the. same as othcrl
witnesses, except he said he saw
Lovett step back and run his
hand in his pocket just before
Spurlock shot. On cross exam
nation he said that Lovctt was
pretty drunk. Lovctt drew no
weapon though. He said after
he got into the scrap Lovett did
Mt act so drunk Mr.. RuckcrI
didn't see any weapon nor did he
find a weapon on Lovett after the
body was examined.
Mrs. VIM. Rucker told of see
ing the men lighting from her
doorway. She described the,
scenes up to the actual shooting
the same as her husband. She
said she had turned to call Off
GERS, and didn't see the shooting.
Orie Rucker said when he first
saw the men, Daniels was trying
to get Lovett to go home. He
said Spurlock was perfectly So