Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-09-08
PROMINENT SCOTT
co. men ARRESTED
For Alleged Attack On Show
Man, Charged With Deta;n-
ing Little Girl

Georgetown, KY, Sept. 81.
r. Carrick and Lewis Finley were
arrested and warrants were
sworn out for Johnson Askews
and r. c. Davis in connect OH
with the alleged mob lttack Aug
ust 1 III @ck Eaton, circus Cor
net player, after his release from
the Scott county ja5i, where he
had been placed under a warrant
charging him with OBTAINING wo
man against her vii.
Bond for each Of the four men
was granted in the sum of $500,
which was furnished by Jeff Gro
yer, president of the FIRST Ma
tional Bank of Georgetown, and
father-in-law of Davis. The ex-
amining trials will be held Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock when
evidence gathered by Sheriff Ollie
Mcfarland and Deputy Ora Sla-
ter, of the Cal Grim Agency, Gin
cinnati, who was sent here by
Gov. Morrow, will be presented
Public sentiment has been run
ming high and requests were
made to Gov. Morrow to order 4
thorough investigation. Detec-
tive Slater's Investigations have
had as the principal object of de
ternining whether or not Jailcr
Sam Moss knew that a mob was
waiting when he re;vased Eaton
as has been reported, it is sail.
Askews, father of Emily Ask
ews, 8, to whom Eaton is alle@e.
to- have made improper advances.
was with his wife, who is i'll
the hospital. when the warrant
was issued, but later came to III
sferif's Office. He did not DENY
the charge in the warrant, VIII
was for being in a mob, takinc
part IN and with mob for tn,
purpose of doing violence to on
Jack Eaton, a person in the Gus
tody of the jailer, committed cn
or about the 29th day Of August.
1922"
Askews is a well known fam
er, Carrick. his brother-in-law
a wealthy farmer and race hor~
breeder, and Davis and Fn1e)
who was former circuit clerk. ar
in the Penn Lumber Company
Eaton was cornet player for NJ
/. Clark's circus which exhib ted
here Tuesday, August 29. Al
noon on that day he was arree'-
on Warran sworn out by Ioa'a
son Askews and lodged in S
county jail. Askews swore
The warrant after his little {
ter, Emily, told him that while
she was with Lavinia Davis. {
of r. C. Davis, one Of
the men arrested, Eaton invite
her to come over into sor
weeds by the roadside.
She began crying and as some
persons were approaching the lii
tie girls were allowed to go O,
their way, she said. Eaton was
kept in jail until about 9 O'Clock
when ia Ter Sam Moss released,
him on telephone order from
County Judge J. B. Ward, wllqe
said that the parents Of the little
girls had requested The release II
order to keep the two children
It is G Iallged, that Fat Eaton qsi'Si'& 81
seized outside the side door Of The
jail, taken seven miles out ON t.
Turkeyfoot pike, horsewh;ppef
and left at that place by his as.
sailants. 1t is not known how
he got away, as he was not sec /.
IN Georgetown again. KnoWleCg Sc
Of the affair was never concealed. |
and reports were made to- the gov
ernor and city and county Off
cials.
Garland Johnson and John RAJ
ston, farmers of Rogers Gan
near where the alleged 'attac1
took place. turned over to Sheriff
Ollie Mcfarland two red banda
Ia handkercfiefs, bottle of tur-
oentine bearing a label which
showed it had been purchased att
Arnold's drug store in George
own, two pieces of knotted rope
and an empty cigarette package.
A bloody and muddy scarf was
also found near the spot, and
1e ghbors reported that dogs IN
he neighborhood barked excited
y all night.
cep,fa Retains Pr.oxy;e:or