Bourbon News, 1906 & 1907
Submitted by Rene Austin, 11/22/2007
1/6/1906 Bourbon News
On Monday , February 5, 1906, In front of the court house in Paris,
Ky about the hour of noon, I will expose to public sale for delinquent
sales and county tax for the year 1905, the following described real estate or so much
thereof as many necessary to satisfy said tax with penalty and cost of sale.
E.P Clarke-Sheriff of Bourbon County
Paris-Colored
James Arnold 3lots High Street $13.42
Eliza Batts 1lot Newtown $4.60
George Brown 1lot Newtown $4.46
Fannie Brooks 1lot Lylesville $1.90
Chas &Sherman Coleman 3, Brooks, add&Ruck $8.18
Russ Corbin 1lot Cypress $7.16
Ann Craig 1lot Newtown $2.70
Lucy J. Craig 1lot Newtown $2.22
Dr. C.A. Conrad 1lot Brook Add. $1.64
Sherman Coleman 1lot Winchester $4.10
Leah Darnell 1lot Newtown $3.24
Lyda Fields, est. lot, Marshall $2.06
Ann Ferguson est. lot Marshall $2.60
Jim French lot, Lilleston $3.60
Ellen Fields lot, Newtown $2.34
Lucinda Humble, lot Wm $1.90
Jeff Hayden, lot, Higgins $4.92
Francis Harris, lot, Seventh $2.36
Alfred Johnson, lot, Thomas $3.58
Mary Johnson, Newtown, lot, Wm $1.66
George Johnson, lot, Wm $4.28
Tom Johnson, lot , Wm $4.48
Lindsey heirs, lot, Lylesville $1.90
Martin Murray, est. lot 8 $2.22
Miller Morin, lot , Brooks add. $1.90
Sid McAfee, lot , Paris $2.98
Wm. Norris, lot, Newtown $3.88
Ed. Redmon, lot, Wm $3.12
James Reese, lot, Wm $4.02
Polly Riley, heirs, lot, Newtown $1.90
Dave Redmon, lot, Newtown $3.80
Nathan Steele, lot, Newtown $4.36
Riley Thomas, lot Wm. $3.58
Jane Turner, lot, Eighth $4.60
Horace Turner, lot Eighth $5.36
Tom Willis, lot Marshall $4.26
Henry Williams, lot Marshall $4.29
Bettie & Wm. Watts, lot Marshall $4.28
Tom Wheeler, lot Pearl $2.58
Bell Wheeler, lot Newtown $1.90
Eliza Wilson, lot Thomas $1.90
Millersburg-Colored
Margaret Armstead, est. lot M&LPike $3.70
Silas Amos, lot $1.50
Mollie Allen, lot, Shiptown $2.60
Sam Baker, lot, Shiptown $5.36
Walter Baker, lot, Shiptown $5.36
Ezek Breckinridge, lot, Millersburg $2.98
Maria Brown, lot, Millersburg $2.12
Esther Buchanan, lot, Millersburg $1.90
Mary Burl, lot, Millersburg $1.68
Jordan Conway, lot, Millersburg $3.80
Lena Clarke, lot, Millersburg $1.46
Lida Clarke, lot, Millersburg $1.46
Martha Ford, lot, Millersburg $1.90
Evelyn Griggs, lot, Shiptown $1.90
Bob Glenn, lot, Millersburg $3.12
Lizzie Hughes, 3 lots, Millersburg $2.80
Thomas Lawson, lot, Millersburg $4.92
George Mock, lot, Millersburg $4.48
Chas. Purdell, lot, Shiptown $2.82
George Robinson,4aT.McClintock $7.20
Ada Thomas, lot, M&L Pike $2.78
Jim Wilson, lot, Shiptown $4.92
John Wilson, lot, Shiptown $4.48
Henry Wilson, lot, Millersburg $4.02
Little Rock-Colored
Howe Allen, 28a, B&R $11.15
Gano Bramblett lot,L.R $2.70
A.J. Green, a, A.P. Bryan $6.93
James Holton,lot, Cane Ridge $5.20
Scott Hillman, 2 a. B&R $5.10
Phil Lee 3a, W.F. Horton $3.81
U.B. Lodge, lot L.R $1.90
Elisha G. Lewis, 5a, T.J. Redmon $6.07
Jane Mark, ¼ a Trans $2.24
Robert Neal, lot Stone $3.88
J.Ann &Lizzie Thornton 3a Thompson $7.04
Chris Williams, lot L. Rock $3.89
Mary E. Wilson. Lot, L. Rock $1.68
North Middletown-Colored
Dave Allen, lot N.M $2.12
Howard Brown, 2a, George Childs $5.34
Pauline Breckinridge, lot. N.M. $2.36
Jim Booker, 2 lots Claysville $4.02
Susan Bush, est. ,lot Claysville $1.46
James Burton, lot N.M. $3.58
John Coleman, lot, Claysville $3.58
Belle Current, lot, Claysville $1.90
Lottie Campbell, heirs, lot Claysville $2.66
James Denton, lot, A. Kerns $8.62
Mary Dickson, heirs, lot C’ville $1.90
Henry Fisher, lot A.W. $4.56
George Fields, lot Claysville $3.12
James French, 2 lots, Wm add&Lil Ave. $4.94
Howard Gibbs, 5a , bob Mack $5.52
Mary Green, lot Claysville $1.90
Tom Green, lot Claysville $4.04
Lizzie Holmes, 2a, Kerr $2.43
Marg. Jackson, lot, N.M. $2.80
Dave Keys, lot Wm add $2.50
Frank Lee, lot N.M. $4.94
Frank McClure, ¼ a $3.42 or $8.42
Bob Mack, 2 i/2 a, H. Gibbs $5.52
Lott McClure, lot Kerr $3.42
Ann Nuter, lot Claysville $1.68
Caroline Oldham 3 lots c’ville $2.80
John Rice, lot Evans $1.58
Jim Reed, 4a Kerrville $5.53
Mollie Richardson, est. lot Wm. Add $1.68
Jim Schooler, 4 lots, N.M. $8.04
Mary Stevenson, 2 ¾ Evans $3.87
Will Williams, lot, Kerrville $3.62
Clintonville-Colored
Judy Agreeable, lot ,Clintonville $2,26
Henry Biddle, 2a Kerr, 18 N. Cunningham, 1 Sidville $37.48
Isabella Blackwell, lot , Sidville $2.36
John Brock, lot Clintonville $5.29
Chas. Evans Sr., lot Sidville $4.04
Manda Fields, lot, Claysville $1.46
Charlotte Graves, lot , Clintonville $1.70
Floyd Jones, lot, Clintonville $2.96
Mary Jones, lot Claysville $1.46
Molly Lawson, lot, Claysville $3.86
Eliza Myers, lot, Claysville $3.50
Henry Miles, lot, Sidville $4.28
Chas Moore, lot, Clintonville $4.04
Ed Parker, lot, Clintonville $5.38
Allen Thomas, lot, Claysville $3.12
Lewis Thompson, lot, Claysville sold to Brauman $6.26
Huthcinson-colored
Ella McCann, lot, Dudley $2.30
Centerville-Colored
Chas. Armstrong, lot, Centerville $2.48
George Brent Sr. 7a, B’ville $6.97
Hannah Brown, lot, J’ville $2.36
Ike Coleman lot, C’ville $4.12
Henry Lewis, lot C’ville $3.11
Lewis Hall, lot, C’ville $3.58
Samuel Johnson, lot C’ville $4.92
Nathan Johnson, lot C’ville $4.04
George Johnson, lot B’ville $3.88
Zack Kellis, lot, Daugherty $4.04
John Porter, heirs 3a B’ville $2.70
Clara Sparks, ¾ Shrop. $4.22
Hop Tibbs, lot, Jacksville $3.58
Will Wash $3.12
Rose Wilson, lot Centerville $2.58
Ruddles Mill-colored
Rachel Fauntleroy, lot Ruckersville $1.96
David Davis, lot Redmon $3.86
Anderson Hayden, lot Ruckersville ,Dud Ewing $5.02
Warder Johnson, est. lot R. Hill $3.24
Newt Kenney lot, R. Mills $3.80
Fannie Parker, lot Ruckersville $1.82
Ed Rusk, lot Ruckersville $3.50
Turner and Mason, lot Ruckersville $1.70
Alf. Talbott, 24 a T. Munson $10.08
Minnie Wilson, lot Coulfhard Mills $1.50
Bourbon News-1907
January 1, 1907
In Justice Howell’s
court, Ed and Will Henderson, the two Negroes arrested
at Clintonville for disorderly celebration of the
holidays were each given a fine of $25.00 which they
paid and were released.
Mrs. Hattie Kenney,
aged 60 years old widow of the late Matt Kearney, known
as Black Matt” formerly of near Bourbon and Fayette Line
died in Kansas City Monday. She has a number of
relatives in this section.
January 4, 1907
Policeman James Burke
was assaulted by known Negro desperado Albert Clay.
James Burke was escorting as unknown Negro, when Clay
sneaked up behind him and assaulted him with a pair of
brass knucks, inflicting a severe scalp wound and second
blow breaking him nose. Both Negroes made their escape.
A posse was looking for him as we go to press.
January 8, 1907
Jim Mack, a Negro
residence of Winchester was arrested and brought to
Paris by Deputy Sheriff John Bedford of Clark County.
Mack is charged with selling liquor without a license at
Clintonville. Upon being arraigned Friday Mack plead not
guilty and his case was set for trial this morning at
10:00 am. The prisoner was unable to give bond and sent
to jail.
Will Harvey, a Negro
was hanged at Mayersville Mississippi, three minutes
before notice that his sentence had been commuted
reached the Sheriff of Issaquena County.
January 15, 2007
Wilson Batts, a Negro
was caught stealing form the main Street Salon, owned by
Mr. T. F. Brannon. Police man J.C. Elgin waited inside
the saloon after closing and caught Wilson Batts in the
act. Batts went to the cash register to take the change
and poured him a drink. Batts examining trial was held
yesterday morning before Judge E.T. Hinton and Batts was
held in the sum of $500 bail to appear at the March term
of Bourbon Circuit Court.
Tecumseh King, a Negro
man who has been smuggling whiskey into Millersburg
since the local option law went into effect there on
January 1st was caught with the goods on him
Saturday evening as he got off the train from Paris.
Judge Waddell on yesterday fined Tecumseh $100 and
costs. He is boarding with jailer George Judy until he
settles his fine or works it out.
Millersburg-Cumpsie
King, colored was arrested Saturday evening as he
stepped from 645 train by Constable J. H. Linville on
suspicion of dispensing whiskey. He carried a sack which
was searched and found to contain three quarts and two
pint bottles. It is claimed that King had been going to
Paris for several afternoons, returning on the evening
train loaded with booze bottles. His trial was set for
Monday.
January 18, 1907
Millersburg-Sunday
evening a free for all fight was indulged by some of the
colored people in the restaurant on James Maddon,
colored, Monday afternoon. Willie Chevis, Amelia
Mitchell, Will Cray and Charles Rufus were tried in
Judge Waddell’s court. Rufus, Mitchell and Cray were
given $5.00 dollars and costs and Willie Chevis $10.00
and costs.
Cards were found on
the door of several stores and trees Wednesday morning,
which read this: We won’t stand a hundred dollars fine.
We are going to sell whiskey. Don’t hunt us down, if you
do, look out, signed Negroes.
In Judge Dundon’s
court Tuesday, Corbin Miller, colored was given thirty
days in jail on charge of petit larceny. After the
trial, Policeman Elgin read a warrant to Miller charging
him with carrying concealed deadly weapons, a pair of
brass knucks on the latter charge. He will be tried
before Judge Hinton as soon as the thirty days is served
out.
“Possum” Macon one of
the best known colored men in this community , died
Wednesday night at his home in Claysville of consumption
January 22, 1907
Millersburg-Lou
Taylor, a highly respected colored woman, an old fashion
cook of the old school died Monday.
January 29, 1907
Sheriff E. P. Clark
and Deputy sheriff W. P. Talbott went to Hutchinson
Wednesday and arrested a number of Negroes charged with
crap shooting, they gave their names as Governor
Jenkins, Bud Scott and Bus Buckner, Jerry Morton, John
Williams and Sid Johnson all who gave bonds signed by
M.R. Jacoby, except Scott who brought by the officers
and landed in jail.
Sid Johnson, Negro was
given six months in jail at hard labor for the theft of
a hat. A few weeks ago Officer James Burke of the Paris
Police force, while on his way to jail with Albert Clay,
a Negro whom he had arrested was assaulted by Clay and
knocked senseless with a pair of brass knucks. Johnson
was seen to approach the prostrate officer and picking
up his hat made away with it. He was arrested and placed
in jail the case being transferred from the police court
to the county court with the above assault.
Albert Clay, the negro
desperado who made a murderous attack on Policeman James
Burke in this city, several weeks ago while Burke was on
his way to jail with him was landed behind bars of the
Paris jail yesterday about noon, having arrived here in
charge of Chief of Police Hill, Ex-Chief of Police R.O.
Hughes of Somerset, from Lexington. Mr. Hughes arrested
Clay in a dance hall near Winnville, Tennessee. He was
with a gang of Negroes working the Q & C railroad. Mr.
Hughes informed us that Clay was hired by an old Negro
man who goes after men for the railroad that he passed
through Lexington on route to Tennessee by locking
himself in a closet of the coach. He excited the
suspicion of the Negro who hired him and he told Mr.
Hughes his old friend of his suspicions. Mr. Hughes had
a description of Clay and rounded him up. Clay stated he
did not strike Burke, that it was another Negro who came
up from behind him, but as there are two witnesses who
saw him make the murderous attack his story won’t work.
Mr. Hughes will get the $50 reward offered by the city
for Clay’s arrest. (This story also appeared in the
2/1/1907 issue)
February 1, 2007
Meeting of local
option people held their second meeting Tuesday evening
in the office of Secretary J.S. Wilson in this Wilson
Building. The meeting was for the purpose of effecting
an organization among the colored people. They were in
consultation with the committee composed of colored
citizen. Petitions to be presented to the county judge
for the calling of election are being circulated in
every precinct in the county. They expect to have the
required number of signatures by Feb.15.
Lawson Holman, a Negro
residing near Hutchinson who several weeks ago emptied a
double barrel shotgun loaded with bird shot into the
back of Henry Johnson, colored was acquitted at
examining trial before Judge Dundon yesterday. The
testimony showed that Johnson had broken into the room
of the aged mother of Holman and had assaulted her. The
judge thought he had just cause for using his shotgun
and turned him loose. Johnson is now in jail under $1000
bond awaiting the grand jury at March Term of Court
charged with rape.
“I ain’t got nothing
agin the Judge or Jury but these niggers and poor white
trash who have testified agin me had better be in heaven
or hell when I get out or I’ll send ‘em there” was the
startling threat made by John Mallory, a negro who was
sentenced to five years in the penitentiary by Judge
Stout at Frankfort Saturday, for high way robbery. He
had just been asked by the court if he had anything to
say or why sentence should not be passed upon him.
2/5/1907
Auctioneer M.F. Kerney
sold yester for Judge Hamon Stitt, agent of Wm. Pollock
heirs, colored house and lot on Winnie Street to J.W.
Bacon for $610.
2/8/1907
Albert Clay, colored
who assaulted Officer James Burke and nearly killed him
was tried before Judge Dundon Tuesday and held to the
circuit court on $1500 bond in default of which he was
remanded to jail.
Sister Cook, a Negro
woman was shot in the back of the head at Frankfort,
Wednesday with a 38 caliber pistol ball and it fattened
against her skill without even knocking her down or
renders her unconscious. The shot was fired by John
Shelton at another Negro, named Ward and it accidentally
hit Sister Cook.
2/12/1907
D. Mitchell, alas
Powell, said to be the leader of an organized band of
horse thieves, who have been operating in the
surrounding counties for several years, was shot in the
head Saturday evening by Chief of Police Hughes at
Cynthiana. Though almost white, the man was mulatto and
is identified as a former convict having served a term
at Frankfort.
2/15/1907
The grocery stock of
the late C. M. Mason, colored, in Millersburg, deceased
was sold at public auction Monday and Tuesday. He ran a
department house and was well stocked. Everything
brought fair price. It is not yet over and will resume
Saturday evening promptly at 6 o’clock. There are yet
good bargains to be secured and this is a rare
opportunity that does not come often.
2/19/1907
Homer Wilson and Ed
“Pink” Macom, both colored became involved in a
difficulty Saturday evening about 7:30 on main Street
between seventh and eighth resulting in Wilson drawing
his gun and firing five times at Macom, inflicting a
fatal wound. One ball entered Macom’s abdomen,
perforating his bowels and one grazed the back of his
neck, three went through M.J. Woods show window,
breaking a number of bottles of liquor, and the one that
grazed his neck was lodged in M. Woods’s front door.
Macom was carried to Dr. Brown’s office nearby and
shortly afterwards taken to his home in a buggy where he
was operated by Drs. Kenney and Brown. He lingered until
yesterday afternoon about 4 o’clock when he died. It is
said that Wilson approached Macom and said,” If you beat
up my aunt again, you will have to beat me up”. Macom
replied “I can do that easily enough and made
demonstrations like he was going to proceed to do that,
when Wilson fired 5 times in rapid succession. Chief of
Police Hill was nearby and grabbed Wilson where he made
no attempt to escape and took him to jail. Wilson is
employed at the Link grocery Company and it is said he
took the pistol he used a 44 caliber from the showcase
at the Link grocery company where it was kept by Mr.
Link. The street at this point was as usual on Saturday
nights, crowded with Negroes and it is a great wonder
some bystander was not shot. In the scramble of the
crowd trying to get out the way of the bullets , someone
dropped an alarm clock and the owner can get same by
calling on Chief Hill/
2/22/1907
Brice Howard, a Negro
resident of Claysville, our colored suburb, was arrested
in Lexington a few days ago on charge of horse stealing.
Detective Jackson of Cincinnati, escorted him to that
city yesterday. He is well known here as a court day
horse trader.
The examining trial of
Homer Wilson, colored, charged with the killing of Ed.
Macom, colored was called in Judge Dundon’s court
Wednesday morning and was continued until Saturday
morning at 10 o’clock. Wilson is represented by Attorney
N.C. Fisher.
4/12/1907
Phil Botts, the negro
assailant of Miss Mary Prewitt at Mt. Sterling several
weeks ago, was taken from the Paris jail to Mt.
Sterling, Wednesday morning and presented in court where
after a short but impartial trial he was given the limit
of seven years imprisonment Botts made a confession upon
which the jury found him guilty and he was hurried to
Frankfort as soon as sentence was pronounced. Botts had
been confined in the Paris Jail owing to the strong
feelings against him at Mt. Sterling.
5/14/1907
Elder W.P. Richards,
pastor of the Negro Christian Church at Henryville, a
Negro suburb of Carlisle who was called to door and shot
three times Saturday night died Sunday evening at 7
o’clock from his injuries. Jessed Merchant and Edmonia
Twyman, the Louisville Negroes are accused of the crime
and must now face the charge of murder. They are in jail
at Carlisle. Richards identifies Merchant who is a
pharmacist in Louisville as the man that shot him, but
the Twyman woman declared that she had done the shooting
herself. The preacher’s action while on a visit to her
boarding house in Louisville some time ago are said to
have figured in the tragedy. As soon as the members of
Elder Richards congregation and other negroes of
Henryville hard that Richards had breathed his last ,
threats were made against the murderers . Inflammatory
speeches were made by the Negro leaders and crowd of
Negroes formed themselves a mob and swore they would
take the prisoners from the jail and lynch them. When
the Negroes learned that Sheriff Donnell was prepared to
meet them with bullets the mob dispersed.
6/11/1907
Ray Boardman and a
young boy by the name of Hunt became involved in a
difficulty Sunday afternoon with a Negro named Ollie
Hall at Little Rock, this county resulting in the two
white boys shooting Hall through the bowels. The wound
was considered fatal.
6/21/1907
Galloway Ford, colored
aged 50 years was found dead Sunday Morning in a
cornfield on the farm of Mr. Jesses Leach, near
Centerville. Four teeth were missing from Ford’s mouth,
one ear bore a split and a bruise was observed on one
side of his head. At the inquest held by Dr. Wm. Kenney,
coroner, a verdict was rendered by the jury that Ford
came to his death from unknown causes.
6/25/1907
During a thunderstorm,
Sunday at noon a steeple of the colored Christian Church
at Henryville, near Carlisle was struck by lightning.
Fire originating from the lightning damaged the church
$500 which was covered by insurance. The fire was put
out by a bucket brigade. The church seems ill fated as
its pastor Rev. Alexander Richards was assassinated
within its shadow less than a month ago. Jesse Merchant
and Edmonia Twyman charged with killing him are in the
Carlisle jail awaiting trial as they were indicted by a
special grand jury.
Police man John
Ballard of Winchester; early Sunday morning shot and
instantly killed Low Mason, colored and wounded Rob Mack
and Bev. Morris both colored in the recurrent of D. Rash
in Pack town a colored portion of Winchester.
7/2/1907
The case of the
Commonwealth vs. Green Jackson for the murder of John
Alex Rice was then called. The evidence showed
mitigating circumstances and a verdict for involuntary
manslaughter fixing his punishment at a fine of $240 and
costs which he paid.
7/5/1907
Within a week from the
time it is claimed they robbed a store at Cave City,
Harvey Thurman and Charlie Lewis colored will be wearing
stripes in the penitentiary. They were convicted at
Glasgow and given 3 years each.
7/9/1907
John Anderson,
colored of Claysville was Saturday adjudged insane and
sent to the Lexington asylum.
Deputy A.S. Thompson
will take the following prisoners to the penitentiary;
Julian Throckmorton, eight years, Albert Clay, five
years, Henry Johnson two years, Homer Wilson, 15 years,
Nat Gay, 90 years.
In its decision
yesterday, the Interstate Commission declared the “Jim
Crow Law” constitutional
7/16/1907
Deputy Sheriff A.S.
Thompson made an important arrest Friday when he landed
in jail Al Phillips, a negro who had been in the employ
of Dr. Wm. Kenney as a hostler and who is believed to be
leader of an organized band of thieves. He had secreted
in his bed clothes 2 new sets of harnesses, the property
of Mrs. Bertha Hosea and J. Walter Payne both residents
of Mt. Airy. An old Negro with whom Phillips boarded
made the discovery and informed Dr. Kenney who in turned
notified the officer. Phillips confessed his crime but
refused to divulge the name of his confederates.
8/2/1907
Tallow Dick, while
walking a trestle near Georgetown whither he had been
summoned as a witness in the Powers case. Tallow Dick
Combs, colored barber-feudist, was run down and killed
by a train. In addition to be implicated in the Goebel
murder cases, Combs was a figure in the notorious
French-Ebersole feud.
Mark Richardson, a
well known aged colored man was found dead in bed by the
side of his wife Wednesday night. His wife heard her
husband make a peculiar noise and got up and lighted a
lamp. When she returns to the bed she found him dead.
They resided on Williams Street.
8/9/1907
Rev. S.E. Smith,
Pastor of the First Baptist Church, colored at Lexington
is dead. Rev. Smith was one of the best known colored
preachers in the state and had just been called to
Columbus, Ohio.
Harrison Alexander,
who brutally assaulted a half witted white girl near
Greenville and nearly tore her tongue out to prevent her
from testifying against him be hanged today.
8/13/1907
In Judge Dundon’s
court James Kirley, of near Jacksonville this county and
Tecumseh King of Millersburg were adjudged lunatics and
order taken to the Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum at
Lexington. King who is a Negro was recently convicted of
a violation of the local option law at Millersburg and
given a heavy fine and jail sentence.
9/6/1907
The Negro who dropped
dead on North Limestone Street in Lexington late Monday
afternoon was identified Tuesday night at Wiehl and
Son’s undertaking establishment by C. H. Bishop of
Lexington, formerly of Paris as Lawson Butler, who was
employed by R.B. Huthcraft of Paris. He was a faithful
servant and had been with Mr. Hutchcraft for a number of
years. Jim Corbin, the colored undertaker went to
Lexington Wednesday morning and returned to Paris with
the body where the burial will take place.
9/10/1907
Claude Brown colored
was tried before Judge Waddell Friday morning for the
unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors and was fined #100
and costs. As he could not pay or give bond he was sent
to jail to board it out with Mr. George Judy. He will
return just in time for the Christmas trade.
George Grayson,
colored who accidentally shot Carrie Henderson, colored
on Saturday, Aug.30 was arrested last week in Maysville
and was brought her Friday by Officer Sentecey of that
city and was put under bond, his case being set for
trial next Thursday.
9/24/1907
The funeral of Rev.
Carey Smothers colored at Versailles Sunday is said to
have been the largest funeral ever held in the section.
A big tent had been erected for the occasion and the
assemblage is estimated at 2,500 people. Reverend
Smothers was pastor or the Colored Baptist Church at
Versailles for nearly 40 years. 75 attended from Paris
in a special interurban car.
10/1/1907
Speck Helvey, Andrew
Dale and John Henry Rankin, 3 Negroes indicted by the
last grand jury for falsely registering at the special
registration for the local option election in April were
arrested Thursday by Deputy Sheriffs A.S. Thompson and
W.F. Talbott and landed in jail. At the trial before
Judge Dundon Saturday Rankin was dismissed. Dale however
confessed to a charge of assault and battery and was
fined $25 and ten days in jail. Helvey has not asked for
trial and is still in jail
A Negro named Charles
Baley formerly porter at the Fordham hotel in this city
was run over and killed in a tunnel near Knoxville,
Tennessee Thursday on the L&N railroad. His body was
literally cut to pieces. He had but recently received an
appointment as porter on the Louisville and Nashville.
10/18/1907
Robert Hocker, the
negro who shot down Newton Drummond Neal at his front
gate last spring in Fayette County shall pay for his
crime with his life says the jury that tried him at
Lexington yesterday. After deliberating for an hour and
forty minutes.
10/25/1907
Chief of Police Hill
and Officer James Burke arrested Harrison Elmore, a
negro banjoist in Millard and Curry’s saloon, corner of
tenth and pleasant streets this city on Wednesday.
Elmore is wanted at Campbellsville, Ky on the charge of
murder. When arrested Elmore made no denial of his
guilt. He is in charge of Detective Thomas Helm of the
Detective Department of the Southern Railroad. He was
taken to lexington on an interurban car and from there
he will be taken to Campbellsville for trial.
10/29/1907
Sheriff E.P. Clark and
Policeman Ben Bishop arrested Highway Robbers George
Tiffy, a Claysville negro and Mag Clay, also of
Claysville as his accomplice. Deputy Sheriff Jones of
Whitley county arrested Richard Wade, alias “Cricket” a
bad negro from Cynthiana and Sam Smith Colred at Corbin,
Sunday Night and brought them to Paris on the early
train yeaterday morning . Their trial was set for this
morning at 10 o’clock
11/1/1907
Sam Smith and
George Tiffy, charge with robbing M. J. t. Hill in the
L& N yards last week, were tried before Squire Howell
yesterday afternoon and held in Circuit Court in the sum
of $250 each. Mag Clay, with being an accessory was
dismissed but held on charge of larcency. Richard Wade,
alias “Cricket” was also held to grand jury under $250
bond for receiving stolen property. All parties are
Negroes.
John Henry Trigg, a
negro, charged with maliciously striking and wounding
with intent to kill Dow Green, negro, residing in
Millersburg, this county had his examining trial before
Judge Dundon and was held to the grand jury in the sum
of $100 in default of which he was sent to jail. It is
alleged that Trigg struck Green with a pair of brass
knucks at the corner of Main and Tenth streets which
Green came near to dying.
11/12/1907
Cary B. Lewis, colored
special representative of the Courier Journal and
Louisville Daily Times was in the city yesterday. He is
very polite and intelligent young Negro.
Prominent Negro Bud
Logan, aged about 45 years, was a well known colored
barber of this city died at S. Joseph Hospitla Lexington
Sunday Night of gangrene. He was out buggy riding about
a week ago when his buggy broke down and he received a
severe scratch and bruise on one of his limbs. Gangrene
set in and he was taken to the hospital Sunday afternoon
for treatment and died in a few hours after arriving
there.
11/15/1907
the funeral of Bud
Logan, the colored barber, Wednedsay was the biggest
colored funeral ever seen in Paris. The procession was
several squares in length.
11/19/1907
mamie Coleman, a
negress was up before Judge E.T. hintion in Police Court
yesterday charged with drunkness. It appeared from the
evidence that Mamie’s troubles wre more due to the habit
of using dope than liquor and she wa given 24 hours to
take up her permanent abode in some other place.
A negro Charles (son)
Piper who has for several days been acting queerly, was
before his honoer and it appearing that his mind was
seriously affected, his case was transferred to the
county court.
12/3/1907
Will Letton, a negro
charged with destruction of property not his own, was
fined #300 and cost.
The following
indictment returned
James Sousley-House
breaking, Otis Evans-housebreaking, Will Warfield-arson,
Maggie Brown-arson, Dan Anderson-malicious cutting and
wounding, George Tiffy and Sam Smith-robbery, the later
was also indicted for carrying concealed weapon. Richard
Wade, alias Cricket, receiving stolen property and Mary
Nelson, a negro girl –grand larcency.
Julius Cook, a
thirteen year old colored by, who was shot at Lexington
some weeks ago by Mrs. Emma Gilbert, a white woman for
skating on the side walk in front of her house, died
Saturday moring form the effects of his wounds. Mrs.
Gilbert who has been under bond since the shooting
occurred has been arrested , charged with murder.
12/10/1907
Jesse Murray, a 16
year old negro boy, who escaped from a guard while
serving sixty days jail sentence for petit larcency,
robbing the house of his benefactor A..J. Skillman was
captured at Winchester yesterday and will probably be
sent to the reform school by Judge Dundon.
12/17/1907
Mary Nelson , 15 years
old, plead guilty of stealing jewelry from Mrs. Dan Peed
and was sent to the reform school at Greendale for two
years.
Newton Allen, the
negro who cut Ike Fretwell, colored several months ago
was given 2 years in the penintentary .
Will Warfield, colored
charged with burning the barn of D. G. Taylor was found
not guilty
12/24/1907
French Clay- charged
with robbery received 4 years
Richard Wade alias
Cricket charged with stolen property received 1 year
12/27/1907
Bob Thomas, colored
was shot and killed by French Brooks, colored on
Christmas day at Bunker Hill, a small negro settlement
in the Little Rock neighborhood this county. Thomas was
shot three times and died a few minutes after the
shooting. It was a result of a quarrel between a number
of drunken negroes. Brooks was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff W.f. Talbott and is now in the care of Jailer
Judy.
12/31/1907
Rick Brooks, the
negro, charged with the murder of Bob Thomas also a
negro near Little Rock on Christmas day was brought
before Judge Dundon and arraigned Saturday. Brooks
entered a plea of not guilty. The case was set for
hearing today at 10:00 am
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