Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-12-21
Keith Held To Grand Jury
Under $4,000 Bond


! Y els. "ficrcy then approached
me and said get in that car and
I III take YOU 10 her lie Jcrkcd
At me and | saw he had a pistol.
T. tried 10 grab the gun but he
iyelled 'g-n YOU. get IN there.
and hit nc on the nose with the
! butt oi the pistol. he also struck
me a couple of times over the
head; then they grabbed me and
threw nc IN the car yelled
two or three times a loud a.
could"
In response TO a question he
said that the blow on hi> nose
broke II badly; that one OF his
teeth WAS knocked on and ;he
flling~ knocked out OF others.
lie said that he didn't snow nc
was hit but once on the head.
but there were two bruises and
two large scars which nc show
e. To- Judge Price. He said that
ht was about halfway uncun>ci-
ou> by that time. lie said that
when hc yelled Piercy cursed
aim AMI told him to- hush tie
said that The two mcu VINO were
lut 81 tho car threw INN IN 10.
out that Keith had not gotten
cut ui the car.
lie said he could hardly re-
rcmber how the car turned
,round. but found himself sitting
a. ;hc back with his lace in his
hands and bleeding badly. There
.va> a blanket in thc bottom e..
the car. me SAID. He said the man
N his right told him to >it up.
This man." he said. ''indicat-
~ Keith. was sitting on thc
ront seat with a rifle Keith
,aid We got the d-n 81.
Wells declared. The witness said
that Piercy said: We'll make
hm marry her tonight"
Wells said that Keith then
crav led over the back OF the
front seat onto the back sea
with HIM and made Inn move
over. lie said that Keith anG
Nilsson then stuck pistol, in hi>
side and >aid that If he moved
ihcS would blow h.S brains uu;.
He said they kept this up Til
they passed through Richmond.
Wells said that on the way
tlcv talked To- hin. about some
whisky deal. lie says inc told
them nc knew nothing ui any
" msky. lie ~ d that Fec.
kept asking him it he wasn't CON
nected with stealing loo case or
-umcthing Ike that Wells said
;hat they declared they were GO
:ng TO put him in jail. They sai,
they had me and were going
land me in Jail soon.
Wells declared that the car
wasn't stopped again until just a.
they passed around the hairpin
curve on the Lexington pike. GO
NJ down the hill to the river
Then Percy asked him TO,
much money he had. He replied
lac hadn't cent. They searched
him hul found nothing. lie SAID
there was q watch in his inside
vest pocket which they overlook
Cd. One asked him to give hin
that d almond. but he told them
he didn't have it with him
Before they got To the bridge
Wells said that Keith told Wilson
To make him give up that knife
u ellis said he told them he didn''
have knife out but Keith insisted
that ne did and that he cut HI.
finger with it. He said Keith dc
clared You've almost cut thi>
fellows finger half way off. ="
Wells said Keith made him give
up small penknife he had in hi.
pocket and which he had not haC
out. He said he has not seen 3.
since. They took nothing els,
off him. however
Wells said that Piercy liglltee
match and looked him in the
eye. saying:
DO they sometimes call you
Petey?"
/ Wells said he told Piercy that
they called him Peter and that
Piercy replied You're the man
we're looking for" The witness
said that they then made him get
out. which he did. He said that
Wilson and Piercy also got ont
and one OF them said Il guess
you can find your way home
+. "As he did SO" said Wells. che
came down on me with his pistol.
| said Boys, you have beat me
~. j haven't done anything to
you and don't know you or what
irc., have done n for I af me