The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-07-28

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is credited with so many dark deeds
in addition 10 forcing my wife to
noison herself / will eagerly follow
| It.n said schuett yesterday. For me
10 attempt to go there alone or with
| friends would mean death and moth
ing gained toward his punishment
"since my wife left me 10 months
ago" continued Schuett, Il have learn
ed many facts had not dreamed OF
before. We were married in October.
llsl7, In Batavia, Ohio. My wife was
Amelia Mae Hamburger. Her mother
lives in Detroit, her father in Cleve-
| land; one sister lives in Amelia, Ohio.
and another recently was married 70
wealthy business man Of New York.
when we were married ! had a
store at Deer Park Ohio. In later
ycars her absences from home caused
auarrels. After she finally left me
| learned that a Kentuckian, whom
now know Is the man she iaccompan-
I led 10 the scene OF her death. was pay
ing attentions 10 her learned that he
was n moonshiner, as well as coun-
! ~ officer and directed the operations
| OF a clan of 75 members in the noun
:ains OF Eastern Kentucky and ship
led moonshine 10 Cincinnati In large
quantities for sale. This explained the
| frequency OF the leaders visits 10 Cin-
.anati and his meetings with my wife
who. finally left me and went TO live in
the West End.
Recently learned that she had not
been divorced from her first husband,
living Price
! M, when she married me, so in real
/ ity our marriage was &c: legal, az she.
committed biIamy,
Four men In the family drove TO
lean, KY. Saturday This little place
! hidden away on top OF a wooded
mountain. four miles from Webbville,
in county bordering West Virginia.
| The trail leading TO Jean was so steep
they were compelled to run the car up
backward.
Nearly every man and woman IN
! the little settlement they found car
ried a rifle or wore revolver strapped
around his or her waist. Even chill
! dren were armed. It was not long be-
fore they learned from friendly fam
| lilies among the law-abiding element
OF the feud being carried on by the
clan OF which the man who took my
wife away is a leader and rival clan.
During this feud a house belonging 10
member OF the rival clan was set
ahre and three children were burned
ITO death. They also learned OF the
moonshining activities carried on In a
wholesale manner, and openly. be-
cause the leaders OF che moonshiners
were also public officials and their
word was law in the community, My
! friends We're told that any one who
crossed them mysteriously disappear
| ed
Find Grave Of Anna Mae.
"Ny friends found the grave Of An
| ma Mae. II was Just newly made
mound. unmarked on the mountain
side on property owned by the clan
| leader. There only the rhododendrons
and trailing arbutus kept guard. My
friends were told this clan leader who
took my wife away refused TO have
even a kindly word said for her when
she was buried. There were nc ser
vices Some one nailed together
couple OF pine boards and made her a
coffin and she was thrown INTO the
mountain grave.
These friends of mine tried to find
some one in authority to. permit them
to exhume the body. They searched in
vain. So they decided 10 dig into the
grave themselves. They had emptied
a few spadefuls OF earth from Anna
Macs grave when the clan leader ap-
peared. He thrust his revolver against
the breast Of one of my friends and
said Another spadeful and you go in
there beside her. He ordered my
friends to get out of the county under
threats OF not returning at all,
"Thwarted In this attempt at iden-
tihcation my friends made quiet in
quiries among relatives Of family
they knew and thus obtained photo
graph of the woman who was buried
there. II was Anna Mae, my wife,
showing her and the clan leader to-
gether. ,ta tt
Then my friends were told OF the
suffering Of poor Anna Mae.
ut would not matter much II this
feudist should kill me, If only could
bring him TO Justice and make him
suffer. That is my mission now and
the best plan. and the only one that
seems open to me, is TO appeal TO the
Governor of Kentucky to wipe out this
foul nest In the eastern section OF his
state.'
schuett formerly was a member OF
l ri