Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-08-22
|FEUD TROUBLE IS
FEARED IN R0CkCASTLE
When Trial of John Bailey, Jr.,
For Killing Bev White Is Call
ed At Mt. Vernon Today
lBx Associated Press

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don and 20 special deputy sheriffs
on guard, the Rockcastle county
courthouse today presented Il
martial appearance as the case of
John Bailey. Jr.. slayer of Bever-
ly White was called for trial. APP
proximately hundfed members
of the Bailey-Lee clan and the
Whites. opposing factions in the
most bitter mountain feud that
has torn eastern Kentucky in re-
cent year present for the opening
of the trial.
Mt. Vernon. Ky. Aug. r.
Nearly one hundred members Of
the rival factions ofFthe Bailey
Lee clansmen and the Whites are
under arms here in z anticipation
OF the beginning Monday OF the
trial of John Bailey, Jr., slayer OF
Beverly White.
. On the courthouse lawn a de
tachrent of the London cavalry
troops of the Kentucky national
guard. twenty-four strong and
commanded by Major James l..
Dillon. is quartered. and twenty
,rsc;~l deputies sworn i'll Satur-
i,ir also are on duty.
There were no outbreaks Sat
urtay but every train brought re-
Inducements for the opposing
forces and other feudists are er-
pected. John Bailey. Jr..Swho is
out on bond. his father and~two
brothers. are the leaders OF the
Bailey-Lee faction. while John G..
White. brother OF the slain man.
and three OF his sons are among
those in the other camp.
Following the arrival of the
troops Major Dillon went to the
headquarters of the clansinen and
personally delivered to the lead
ers orders against carrying wea-
pons. warning them that any
armed persons found upon the
street would be arrested and tax
en- into court. ~ -----r--- -
John Bailey was arrested the
night of April 9, voluntarily sur
rendering at Barbourville to sher-
if Ross p. Black Bailey had
been at large for two days fol
lowing the killing on April ! at
Heidrick's station. one mile from
Barbourville. of Beverly D..
White, of Versailles.
White was killed. according to
early versions Of the trouble, as
he stepped into a restaurant to
obtain valise he had left there
while he proceeded ln'o Clay
county to look after SOME timber
end mining lands he owned.
White had moved out OF Knox
county many years before to
avoid bringing up his children in
the atmosphere of the mountain
feudS. one of which then was rag
ing between his family and the
Bailey family. He had lived at
Versailles during that period.
making periodical trips into Knox
and Clay counties to look after
his properties.
The trip that ended in his death
started from Rochester. MIMI.
where White had gone for an OPP
Grafton Instead OF going home
he went to Clay county to- look
after his interests and was on his
way home when slain.
Whites body, according to re-
port from Barbourville lay where
1t fell for some time after the
shooting. Bailey. admittedly the
slayer, remained at Heidrick' s
station with his father and adj
herents Of the family, until sher-
iff Black arrived. The Baileys
refused to allow John to be taken
to the Knox county jail and the
sheriff returned to Barbourville
to get permission to take him te
Bell county. While the sheriff
was gone. the Baileys left the
scene, seized a motor car used by
| a railroad section gang and fled.
On the night of April 8 Bailey
under guard of his father, Viii
liam Bailey, his brother, Jane:
Bailey and Deputy Sheriff
Perry, an adherent of the farni
lily. He was taken to the Harlan
county Jail. In Harlan count,
Bailey was denied bail and late.
was removed to Mt. Vernon. Eff
forts to get bail were renewed
and the police judge of Mt
Vernon was going to hear th
lpetition when the prosecutin:
appealed to the State Court o
Appeals for a writ forbiddin'
1.-THE hearing. A temporary wri
was granted and Bailey was re
moved to the county Jail a