The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-07-28
WOMAN SUICIDE
NEAR WEBBVILLE
BIG SENSATION
Cincinnati ewspape er
Prints Lurid Story OF
Mountain Clan.

Just now Lawrence county 10 kel-
ting some unfair advertising. The en-
einnati Enquirer, noted for sensation
Al features, gave the frst column OF
Its fifst page TO the opening OF q wild
story involving the suicide OF n Sin-
oinnati woman al Jean. this county, a
native ,'clan leader" Is given as the
chief actor In the tragedy. His name
Il not mentioned, however.
From what we can learn II seems
that A woman who first came Into the
webbville and Jean neighborhood a
few months ago suicided on July by
taking a biohlorlde OF mercury tablet.
She went into the home OF Mrs. HICKS
and told her what she had done, Death
resulted soon afterward. The woman
was given very decent burial. II Is
said, in fine casket and a nice out
fit generally.
II Is said she claimed 10 be married
10 Cecil Hicks. but we are Informed
that he denied this and aent note 70
his mothers home telling her TO leave
II IL said he was working In the oil
fields.
II is presumed he Is the man refer
red 20 az the "cian leader" In the En-
qt1trsF story. He is not an officer Of
Lawrence county. but is said 10 have
been policeman In Ashland for
time. Neither has he ever been ac-
cused OF being n moonshiner so far
as we can learn. He has brother
sherman Hicks. who IL a deputy sher-
IN (and a good one)
II IL reported that some Cincinnati
people visited the neighborhood last
week and claimed TO identity the wo-
man by means OF photographs From
the story the Enquirer worked up opi
OF their report we print the foHowine
extracts:
Tho Newspaper Story.
xItyh an Kentucky mountain side
,,,here \ rhododendron' her only mour-
ner, bows lis head above her lonely
mound. there sleeps in a rough pine
box Mrs. Anna Mae Schuett ~ years
old. the wife OF Carl G. Schuett, Seo'
Trimbie avenue, evanston, musician
The veil OF uncertainty which mao
shrouded the identity ana past OF An
na Mae" the young woman OF mys-
terry, who ended her Iie with poison
July In the tiny hamlet OF Jean NY.
hidden away In The Wild border re-
gions OF Eastern Kentucky, mas been
lifted,
This stranger, whose torlon eno
aroused the sympathies OF mountain
folk, TO most OF whom she was known
only as Anna Mae, was luenuneu
yesterday as Cincinnati woman who
left her home several months age.
With the establishing Of her iden-
sllfV there WAS unfOl0g0 DN neT NUS
band q strange story outdoing hction
In which the unhappy end OF pight-
ed romance ~ blended with tales oi
dark deeds by teudist eiansinan,
who Is declared 10 RUE IKE teuaal
baron oi OLD over clan OF % moon :
sinners in the mountain tastnesS oi
Lawrence county,
Husband Accuses Clansnnan.
This clan leader. who schuett de-
ciarrs +, tibs leader IN widespread a.
I,c,t iio1or operations. though he is a
public official OF the county, is the
An who, ho charges, took his wife
from Cincinnati TO his mountain
stronghold and, he declares, forced her
70 end her lie with q siow-acung al
Tentative TO being killed oy him when
he Tired OF her.
This official and feudlsb schuet'
declares, on last sunday droVe away
from Jean, al the point OF ms reVol-
ver Tour iriends OF schueu VINO inhue u,
their way there IN an autoinophe WIN
the intention OF having the oouy eA-
humed IN order tnat they might seen
TO identity II however, iuehtlncation
was estapnshed lhrough . photosrapi'