A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Muhlenberg http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2648 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=37489 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Record Article Date: April 1 1909 Article Description: Woman Charged With Malicious Shooting. Article Text: The examining trial of Miss Ida HARMON, of Central City, was held here yesterday morning before Judge PACE. She is charged with shooting at and wounding marshal J. R. WOOTEN and James HUFF at Central City last Monday about 8:30 a.m. Neither was seriously injured. Miss HARMON is a daughter of Mr. John HARMON, who was killed the latter part of last May by WOOTEN in a street duel at Central City. Judge PACE fixed the bond of the defendant at $250, to await the action of the grand jury, and the bond was made. The case is very unusual, and has created a great deal of interest over the county. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Muhlenberg http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2648 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=37439 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Record Article Date: April 15 1909 Article Description: Death of Mrs. Linda Faust JONES Article Text: Mrs. Linda Faust JONES was born in Lebanon, Tenn., Jan 1, 1854, and died at the Cumberland Presbyterian parsonage here April 10, at 8:55 a.m. She was converted at an early age and united with the Baptist church, living a pious, devoted Christian life. Mrs. JONES was a cousin of Rev. O. A. BARBEE, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church here. Upon the death of her husband some years ago she made Mr. BARBEE's residence her home, and continued a member of his family to the day of her death. Her funeral was preached by Rev. F. E. LEWIS, pastor of the Methodist Church, South, at the Cumberland parsonage Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and interment followed in Evergreen cemetery. At both services many friends gathered to show the last token of respect. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Muhlenberg http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2648 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=37437 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Record Article Date: April 15 1909 Article Description: Mrs. Peter VINCENT Dies. Article Text: Mrs. Peter VINCENT, Sr., died of consumption at her home near Mercer at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, after an illness of a year and a half from this dread disease. Interment was at the VINCENT graveyard, near Depoy, yesterday afternoon. Her husband and three children survive. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Muhlenberg http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2648 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=37436 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Record Article Date: April 15 1909 Article Description: POWELL-BROWNING Marriage. Article Text: Mr. W. L. POWELL, of Drakesboro and Miss Katie BROWNING of Central City, were united in marriage here at 3 o'clock last Thursday afternoon, at the home of Rev. G. D. MCDONALD, who performed the ceremony, a few friends attending. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Metcalfe http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2652 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=37432 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Adair Article Date: February 18 1903 Article Description: Ed POLLARD Dies. Article Text: Ed POLLARD, son of Robt. POLLARD, of Milltown, died near Edmonton yesterday at the home of A. J. BRIDGWATER. The funeral will be to-day, Wednesday, at Joe POLLARD's near Milltown. Mr. POLLARD was about 30 years old and a victim of typhoid fever. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Cumberland http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2708 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=37431 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Adair Article Date: February 18 1903 Article Description: Hon. J. H. C. SANDIDGE Injured. Article Text: Hon. J. H. C. SANDIDGE, of Burksville, who is 70 odd years old, and one of the most prominent citizens of Cumberland county, fell while walking on a side walk in his town Monday and received a serious injury. One of his legs was broken about four inches below the hip joint. We are informed that he stood the treatment of setting the broken bone with remarkable courage and at this hour is doing as well as his physicians could expect. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Christian http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2713 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=37430 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Adair Article Date: February 18 1903 Article Description: Barton HILL Shot By His Son. Article Text: Barton HILL, aged sixty, was shot twice by his son, Thomas M. HILL, a cropper on Robert HALL's farm, five miles east of Hopkinsville. The elder HILL resided with his son and the shooting followed a number of disagreements due to charges he had made against his son's wife. There is no hope of his recovery. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Caldwell http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2720 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=37248 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Grand Forks Daily Herald Article Date: December 11 1895 Article Description: Met and Loved in Prison. Warden's Daughter Elopes With a Pardoned Murderer. Article Text: Hylon L. SKINNER and Annie B. CURRY, daughter of the warden of the state prison at Eddyville, Ky., have been married under peculiar circumstances. SKINNER was received in 1892 for seven years for killing Martin BIGWOOD, and came near dying in prison. The warden's daughter nursed him, and interceded after his recovery with Gov. BROWN for a pardon, after which the couple eloped to St. Louis. The warden and Mrs. CURRY have forgiven them, and they will return to Kentucky. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

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A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Jefferson http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2681 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=35397 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: St. Louis Globe-Democrat Article Date: September 2 1884 Article Description: Panic in a Crowded Theater Article Text: Louisville, Ky., September 1.--A packed house attended the opening of Whallen's new Grand Theater to-night. During the inaugural ceremonies, which were being conducted by Senator Jo C. S. BLACKBURN, the lower floor gave way near the main entrance on the Green street side, and sunk about eighteen inches. A column which supported a wing of the balcony went down with the floor. Intense excitement prevailed in every part of the house. Somebody started a cry of fire, and men and women instantly left their seats and made a stampede for the places of egress. Several men jumped out of the rear window. In the rush several ladies were knocked down, but none seriously injured. Manager WHALLEN was on the scene, and in a commanding voice asked the people to be seated. Twenty minutes later the excitement was over and every seat in the house was occupied. In the hurry to complete the new building a series of unsubstantial plates, upon which heavy pieces of scantling were nailed, h! ad been fastened to the joists near the Green street entrance. The pressure was too heavy, and hence the accident. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Caldwell http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2720 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34987 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Lexington Herald Article Date: May 4 1920 Article Description: Caldwell County Farmer Arrested for Moonshining Article Text: Hopkinsville, Ky., May 3.--Charged with making liquor Joseph WINTERS, a Caldwell county farmer, was taken into custody by federal officials today, but waived preliminary examination before United States Commissioner here. He was released on bond. Federal agents seized a quantity of liquor at WINTER'S place, it is said, but found no still. The officers said WINTERS admitted making "moonshine," and said he hid the still under some bushes and the outfit was stolen by persons unknown to him. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=332 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34493 Submitted by: Barbara Article Title: Library of Congress Article Date: Article Description: “Chronicling America” Offers Historic Newspapers from Six States and D.C. in First Release Article Text: News Release from the Library of Congress March 21, 2007 Americans Can Read the News Before It Was History on New Web Site “Chronicling America” Offers Historic Newspapers from Six States and D.C. in First Release The Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities today announced that "Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers" is debuting with more than 226,000 pages of public-domain newspapers from California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, Virginia and the District of Columbia published between 1900 and 1910. The fully-searchable site is available at www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/. "Chronicling America" is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress created to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with select digitization of historic pages as well as information about newspapers from 1690 to the present. Supported by NEH’s "We the People" program and Digital Humanities Initiative, this rich digital resource will continue to be developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. Over a period of approximately 20 years, NDNP will create a national, digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 from all U.S. states and territories. Also on the Web site, an accompanying national newspaper directory of bibliographic and holdings information directs users to newspaper titles in all formats. The information in the directory was created through an earlier NEH initiative. The Library of Congress will also digitize and contribute to the NDNP database a significant number of newspaper pages drawn from its own collections during the course of this partnership. For the initial launch the Library of Congress contributed more than 90,000 pages from 14 different newspaper titles published in the District of Columbia between 1900 and 1910. "The Library congratulates all the partners in this extraordinary program to make historic newspapers available through our Web site," said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. "The National Digital Newspaper Program provides access to one of our best sources of information about what was considered important to Americans at a given point in time." "'Chronicling America' will allow students, teachers, historians -- in fact, all Americans -- access to some of our most important historical documents. It is one thing to read about historical events from the perspective of historians, narrated with the value of hindsight. It is entirely different to read the story as it was happening," said NEH Chairman Bruce Cole. "'Chronicling America' will be available to the American public for free, forever; and I hope Americans will visit the site and try to imagine the emotions and actions of their forebears as those stories went to print." The following six institutions received the first NDNP grants to digitize papers in their respective states from the first decade of the 20th century: University of California, Riverside, $400,000; University of Florida Libraries, Gainesville, $320, 959; University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, $310,000; New York Public Library, New York City, $351,500; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, $352,693; and Library of Virginia, Richmond, $201,226. New NDNP awardees will be announced later this summer. The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. Its more than 134 million items -- books, newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts, maps, photographs, films, sound recordings and digital materials – are accessible through its 21 reading rooms on Capitol Hill. The Library’s newspaper collections have grown to comprise more than 1 million current issues, more than 30,000 bound historical volumes and more than 600,000 microfilm reels. Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports learning in history, literature, philosophy and other areas of the humanities. NEH grants enrich classroom learning, create and preserve knowledge, and bring ideas to life through public television, radio, new technologies, museum exhibitions, and programs in libraries and other community places. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Calloway http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2719 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34483 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: New York Times Article Date: January 23 1883 Article Description: A Raid on Moonshiners. Two Illicit Distilleries in Kentucky Destroyed by Major BARNES. Article Text: Louisville, Ky., Jan. 22.--Major George F. BARNES, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, and a posse of four men returned this morning from a successful and daring raid on the moonshiners of Calloway County. Last week Major BARNES went to this famous moonshiner district with his gun and dog, ostensibly on a hunting expedition, but while there he discovered the situation of two illicit stills, and immediately returned and organized the expedition. The first still captured was a small one, and the operators had escaped. After a further ride of a dozen miles the party came upon the second still, the real object of the trip. This still was probably the largest crooked one in the State, and consisted of two large copper stills, with an estimated capacity of 40 gallons every 24 hours. The location is on a stream known as Yellow Spring Branch, about 300 yards from the Tennessee line. The still is surrounded by an almost impassable bamboo and buckleberry swamp. The operators were six men of desperate character from Tennessee, headed by two men named SMITH and WINN. The still was fortified by a stockade built of heavy logs. The officers approached it in broad daylight and found it in full operation. They got within 20 yards of the stockade before they were discovered by the moonshiners, who, thoroughly surprised, dropped everything and took to the woods. The officers gave hot pursuit, firing several shots after them,! but the natives were too nimble-footed, and reached the Tennessee line in safety. The posse then returned to the still and began to destroy it. They found 18 mash tubs, the stills mentioned above, 12 worms, 8,000 gallons of beer and 200 gallons of whisky, amounting in value, with other apparatus, to $2,000. The work of destruction was barely completed before the woods were echoing with the yells of the moonshiners and their friends, who had flocked from all quarters at the alarm to fight the officers. The latter, fearing they would be overpowered by superior numbers, began a retreat. An exciting chase ensued for several miles, both parties keeping up a running fire. But the officers finally cleared the woods and escaped uninjured. It is not known whether any of the moonshiners were shot. This was the first daylight raid ever made on the Calloway moonshiners, and hence they were taken off their guard. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Calloway http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2719 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34474 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: New York Times Article Date: June 24 1886 Article Description: Died of Hydrophobia Article Text: Louisville, Ky., June 23.--Miss Maude JETTON was bitten 80 days ago in Calloway County, Ky., by a neighbor's dog. Tuesday she had all the symptoms of hydrophobia, and today died in great agony. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Marion http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2662 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34424 Submitted by: Barbara Article Title: Lebanon Weekly Standard Article Date: August 6 1879 Article Description: Deplorable Accident Article Text: Deplorable Accident A private dispatch received here last night brought the painful intelligence that the wife of James M. Ballard, Esq., Sheriff of this county, was dreadfully burned yesterday afternoon. Mr. Ballard's house near Loretto took fire, but the fire was quickly extinguished. While Mrs. Ballard was engaged in removing some articles from a press , a powder horn exploded and set fire to her clothing. Her injuries were of such a character that they were expected to prove fatal. Mr. Ballard was in Lebanon yesterday and had started home about a quarter of an hour before the telegram arrived. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Bourbon http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2728 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34219 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Lexington Herald Article Date: September 12 1913 Article Description: Negro Child Burned to Death in Cabin. Article Text: Paris, Ky., Sept 11.--Cynthia VEACH, a colored girl, nineteen years of age, was horribly burned, and her nineteen-months-old child was burned to death Wednesday night in a cabin on the farm of Mr. William WOODFORD, on the Winchester Pike, near Paris. The woman, who was employed as house maid by Mrs. WOODFORD, poured gasoline on the floor of her room to drive away the fleas, after which she lighted a piece of paper to light her pipe and carelessly threw it on the floor. In an instant the floor was in a blaze and soon ignited the clothing of the woman. The flames quickly reached the baby, who was enveloped in them and terribly burned all over the body. He lingered in great agony for a few hours, but died at 1:30 Thursday morning. John BROOKINS, a colored man employed on the farm, heard the screams of the woman and rushed to her assistance. He succeeded in subduing the flames, but not before the woman and child were burned beyond help. The unfortunate woman is still alive, but the attending physicians say there is no hope for her recovery. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Caldwell http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2720 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34218 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: Columbus Daily Enquirer-Sun Article Date: August 28 1878 Article Description: Shot and Killed. Article Text: Louisville, August 27.--A special from Princeton, Kentucky says J. W. RIGGS and J. M. DUTTREL, in attempting to escape from court while being tried to-day for horse stealing, were shot and instantly killed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Caldwell http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2720 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34217 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: Little Rock Daily Republican Article Date: February 25 1874 Article Description: Wife-Poisoning. Article Text: Louisville, February 24.--A month ago the wife of N. EGBERT died near Princeton, Kentucky, under rather suspicious circumstances. Shortly after EGBERT left in company with a young woman named Alice CARTER, and a little girl for whom he was guardian. He was followed, and he and Miss CARTER were arrested near Blandville, under a warrant charging them with poisoning Mrs. EGBERT. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Calloway http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2719 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34183 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: Macon Daily Telegraph Article Date: January 31 1862 Article Description: Yankee Outrages in Calloway County, Tennessee. Article Text: A correspondent of the Memphis Avalanche, writing from Paris, Tenn., on the 22d, thus tells of the infamous outrages committed upon the citizens of Calloway county by the vile Yankee invaders: Many painful reports, from eye witnesses, are furnished of Federal outrages at Murray. They went into private houses and took any and everything they wanted. They stole $600 in gold from one citizen. They stole mules, horses, and all sorts of stock and fowls from the premises. They broke open the jail and liberated all the runaways, and gave them guns, and made them go with them. They also stole every negro man they came across, and around them. They then made the negroes break open a bar room, and they literally drank up all the liquor in the house, amounting to about six hundred dollars worth. They then encouraged the negroes to be insolent and insulting to their masters. They broke open dry goods and grocery stores, and helped themselves to all that suited their fancy. They went to private dwellings, and took blankets, jewelry, and everything they could use. They broke and misused furniture in private houses, not even excepting that belonging to poor, defenceles! s widows. They broke open the private residence of a Southern officer, and slaughtered hogs they had stolen on his carpets and butchered them upon his fine tables; and finally they went to a house where a young man, a soldier in the Confederate army, was lying ill, and they beat and abused him while unable to raise a hand in his defense, till even they confessed he would die. Such cruelty is on a par with the barbarous army under Siegel and Lyons at Oak Hill, where they captured our Southern ladies, stripped them naked, whipped them, and compelled them to cook for them. But I turn from the recital of such outrages with the simple remark made to me by an Arkansas soldier in the Oak Hill battle, that God will never prosper a people guilty of such wrongs against humanity and civilization. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com

A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > McLean http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2656 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34167 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Lexington Herald Article Date: May 22 1904 Article Description: Preacher Killed Son. Kentucky Minister Used a Wagon Brake with Fatal Results. Article Text: Owensboro, Ky., May 21.--The Rev. W. W. ARMOUR, of Sacramento, Ky., who killed his son by striking him on the head with a wagon brake, was arrested this morning and lodged in jail at Calhoon. He said that he struck the boy because he had left home and would not return, but did not intend to kill him. He expressed sorrow, and said that he was ready to pay the penalty, and would make no defense of any charge that might be brought against him. Mr. ARMOUR is about fifty years of age, and is a Methodist Episcopal preacher. He came to Kentucky from Illinois ten years ago, and has lived in Sacramento four years. He recently tried to join the Cumberland Presbyterian church, but was refused admission because he demanded a license to preach. The boy lingered until this morning, but he never regained consciousness. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com