Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-28
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4 that a man he didn't know ana
tneVer inquired the name of came
to him at 18th and Market hunt
ing a truck driver, offered him
$100 for job, paid him SIS down
and then took him to Frankfort
in touring car, put him on 4
ruck and had him drive to the d.
L. Moore distillery. He said he
! didn't know the men who welit
along in the car, and didn't hear
them say what they were going
to do or have him do. He got
a truck on a farm beyond Frank
fort ard the man who hired him
| gave him directions how to 90
out from Lawenceburg about ten
miles and wait. Two trucks were
taken from the farm at Frank
fort.
One met them, on the road. lie
was on the front truck. At the
/ distillery he saw eight or ten
men, none of whom he knew;
barrels OF whisky were out on the
|! ground. They were loaded on
the truck. He didn't get off. He
pulled out first and was told to
wait. He saw no masks or arms.
One man may have had a hand
kerchief around his neck The
/ Gordon boy and man got on the
truck with hm. Still l didn't
know anything was wrong, he
testified. Nor did he. see glY-.
one tied. He SAID he thought is'
was a "legitimate deal" IhGy|
were then told 70 90, and dove
! IS or 20 miles to barn where
the whisky was unloadcd. and.
told to take the truck back where
/ he got it. He said one truck.
was left in the ditch. lie was
sitting on his truck when the cf-'
icers got him. Norton said hci
had worked in Hum Collins %ar-I
age and knows him and the ne.
gro McCutcheon. He said he had
half a pint OF liquor, but no Labels
on ii. On cross examination he
SAID he never tried to find ont
who hired him. Norton denied
that he had told Sam Collins in.
the presence of Commissioner
Wizard and Officer Fields that
Hum Collins was the man who
hired him or that Collins was the
man who made all arrangements
for the robbery. He claimed-he
told them that if he knew any
thing he wouldn't turn them
up-that he wouldn't be a quit
ter" He made a complete deni-t
al OF Having told the officers any
thing in the way of a confession,
which the officers say he did, but
were not allowed to testify rel
garding. as Hum Collins was not
present when the officers say;
they were given the facts by
Norton.
Young Gordon, Lawreneebdrg
boy. said the way he got into the
deal was that he and Robert
Wash and Walter Adams were
playing pool in Lawrenceburg,
saw q couple Of trucks pass thru
town; figured a whisky robbery
was on foot; jumped into d CAY.
and followed them to the Moore
distillery- where armed men took
them captive. When the truck .
got mired, and the crowd was
busy, Wash and Adams. who also .
testified, said they beat i" in the
dark, but the bandits kept Cor
don with them, and pitt him ont
one of the trucks with several Of !
their men. Gordon swore he,
knew none of them, but Norton
was on the truck with him. They !
gave. Gordon some liquor ard heI
drank ii, and they drove to a :
farm he Didn't know. Gordon
said he wasn't promised anythin@l
for his work; had + seen none Of,
the men and knew none'of theln.t
Henry McCutcheon, the neg !
%Who works for Hum Collins, lives !
at OXmoor station OH the inter
urban Oft Of Louisville to Shci-i
byville He claimed to have bee
in Louisville Friday night Of the
robbery calling on a girl; that he
left at 9 o'clock met a negro nam
ed George Madison, went out on
the trolley car with Conductor I
Hill; got off at Eastwood June
ton; went home, was called in BY
Mrs. Collins, who told him Mr.
Collins was sick; got out the car,
at her direction, drove to town
got some medicine .and returned |
He didn't go in the house, he
said, but saw Mr.. Collins in be-
and another man with him. Nc
Cutcheon claimed he didn't have