The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-09-12
PUBLIC WILL COM
mend when The
FACTS ARE KNOWN
Georgetown Men Waive an Examining
Trial-Conslderable Interest and
Excitement I'm HOrsewhlp-
ping Case.

Georgetown, KY, Sept. IL. - j. r.
Carrick, Lewis Finley, Johnson
Askews and II. c. Davis, the four
prominent men arrested here last
week on a charge of being members of
mob" alleged to have seized Jack
Eaton, circus employee, as he was re-
leased from Jail, and to have horse
whipped him after taking him several
miles into the country, waived pre-
liminary examination Monday morn
ing and were held to the Scott county
grand jury by County Judge ]. B.
Ward.
The four defendants were allowed
to execute bond for $500 each for their
appearance when the grand jury meets
October 2. This was the same bond
fixed when the warrants were served.
! More than a dozen prominent men
asked to be allowed to sign the bond.
Judge Ward limited the signers to the
first nine men who applied. They were
]. NJ. Haggin, Eugene Riker, w. r.
Hickey, John A. Gano, E. b. Wiley, W.
II. Gatewood, r. c. Ware, Sr., ]. II.
Wilson and j. d. Grover.
Every available foot of standing
room in the circuit court room was oc-
cupied and the corridors were crowd
ed with men and women when the case
was called at 10 o'clock. No evidence
was offered and the whole proceedings
had been completed and the court
room practically emptied within twen-
ty minutes.
The prosecuting witness, Jack Eaton
who lives in Detroit, was not present
and was not represented except
through County Attorney Church Ford
who was on hand to prosecute the case
for the Commonwealth.
Eaton, cornet player for the NJ. l..
Clark circus, which showed here Aug
ust 20, was arrested on that date on a
warrant sworn out by Johnson Askews
charging that he had addressed insult
daughter, Emily, and to her compan-
ion, Lavinia Davis, s, daughter of r.
G. Davis, another one of the defend
ants in the present action.
Eaton was released that night by
order of County Judge j. b. Ward
when parents of the children requested
that the matter be dropped to keep the
little girls from having to appear in
court.
A moment after Eaton was released
at 9 o'clock at night, it is alleged that
he was seized by the four defendants
taken seven miles from town on the
Turkeyfoot pike, horsewhipped, ant
left on the spot.
When the case was called Monday
morning, Colonel John X. Allen, o.
Lexington, one of the attorneys repre-
senting the defendants, addressed Tho
court, saying in part:
Counsel for the defendants In this
case have concluded to waive the eX
amining trial. l deem it proper t.
state that it is with no fear but tha
the ultimate result of this case will b,
a complete yindication of each of thu
defendants that this step is taken.
when the public knows the rea
state of facts and the motive tha
actuated their conduct, instead of con
demning 1t will heartily approve, ant
conclude that the punishment inflict
ed upon the offender was inadequate
for the crime attempted to be commit
ted. When 1t realized that a dastardly
outrage was attempted to be commit
ted upon an innocent little girl o.
eight years of age, the daughter Of one
Of the defendants and related to the
others, 1t will wonder at the restraint
of the defendants in not inflictine
greater punishment"