Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-29
GUN BATTLE ON
PINEV|LLE STREETS
One Man Killed and Three In
GLIDING Police Chief, Are
Badly Shot Up
(By Associated Fress)

Jack Gilbert, mountain gun
man, was killed by chief Of po-
lice Duster Roberts, after Gilbert
according to witnesses, shot at
James Bailey. Bailey was shot
in the arm and John Stamper, 19.
d bystander. seriously wounded.
Roberts leg. was shattered.
Authorities said today, howev-
er, no further trouble is expect
i ed. The only arrival here today
of either faction was young
Stamper's father He is at the
bedside of his son, who is still
alive, but his condition is said to
be serious.
Pineville, Ky, July 29-One
man was shot to death and three
others were wounded during Il
battle in the business section of
Pineville, a square f1om the court
house Thursday night The shoot
ing, which came without warn
ing, was an aftermath OF the
White-Bailey feud, and one of the
wounded men is d brother of
John Bailey, who is charged with
the murder of Beverly White in
Clay county last fall and who re-
cently was held in the Jefferson
county jail for safekeeping.
The victims are:
| Jack Gilbert, 81. mine worker,
Knox county, near Clay county.
shot through heart and Instantly
killed.
Buster Roberts, chief Of police,
Pineviilc, leg shattered by pistol
shot
| Jim Bailey. IS. mine worker,
near Clay county. shot i'll arm.
! John Stampcr, II, mine work
or. Barbourvillc. son of Baptist
, minister and candidate for county
Judge in Knox county. wounded
seriosuly in the side. He may die.
Following the fighting, Corb
{ Lewis, Knox county was arrest
| ed and charged with carrying
: concealed a deadly weapon.
Gilber, and Lewis. Who were
charged with the murder Of Eli
! Lee. in Barbourvillc last March,
drove into Pineville Thursday af
tcrnoon About the same time,
Bailey and Stampcr drove in from
| Wallins Harlan county, where
they are employed.
1t is said that the interest OF
Beverly Whites brother i'll the
defense OF these two men led to
bitter feeling of these men
against the Bailey family and
famed the flames of the feud
which resulted in the deaths of
John and Beverly White.
Bailey was sitting i'll his auto
mobile Thursday afternoon alone
when. according to witnesses.
Gilbert began firing at him with
out warming. Gilbert emptied
the contents OF one pistol and
was reaching in his pocket for an
other when the police chief took
hand. Chief Roberts first shot
felled Gilbert with bullet thru
his heart ~
In the meantime. Bailey. arous-
ed by the firing and. apparently
not certain which OF the men had
wounded him, opened fire. 1t is
believed it was bullet from his
pistol that tore its way through
the leg of the Chief of police,
though witnesses were rot Ger
tain on that point
Stamper. who was in the auto
mobile, was on the operating ia
bic late last night, and it was said
his wounds may be fatal. 1t has
not been established whose bullet
struck him during the excitement
Of the unexpected battle. Stamp
er had always borne good rep
utation.
Lewis. the companion of Gill
bert. following the aifray. called
on County Judge VanBever and
asked for protection. He said he
wanted guard to accompany
him back to his home as he feared
trouble from friends of one of the
injured men. On searching him.
however. two loaded revolvers
were found in his pockets and he
was placed in jail.
Another killing, the police re-
ported last night, took place
when Lucy Denny. wife of Sill
Denny. shot and instantly killed
Mrs. Robert Bingham. The po-
lice took Mrs. Denny under ar
rest To iai1 Mrs Rinnha m 1n>s