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Heard this story several times but never found anything in print or in court records till now. The Pooles [Pool/P'Pool] involved were sons of James M. P'Pool and Mary Masey. The Alexanders were children of Hardin Alexander and Amy P'Pool. They were all relatives.... in-laws and cousins....great story!!! John Poole is my great grandfather. He and his brother Charles are said to have left for Texas the next day after the shooting. Story came from newspaper microfilm from U of KY Library: Tragedy in Breckinridge An Elopement that resulted in the Wounding of the Bride and One Brother and Another Brother's Death [Breckinridge News] Intelligence reached this city Sunday afternoon of a shooting affair near Buras, this county, resulting in the instant death of Elisha Alexander, the serious wounding of his brother John, and the severe wounding of Mrs. Chas. Poole, the sister of the Alexanders, and wife of the shooting party. The Particulars, as they reached us, are as follows: Several months ago Charley Poole, a young man of the neighborhood, whose attentions to their sister were displeasing to the young Alexanders, ran away with and married the young lady. On the return of the young couple to the home of the groom the Alexanders sent their undesired brother-in-law warning that if he ever set foot on the Alexander place again it would be at the peril of his life. Last Saturday young Poole and his wife, accomplied by his brother John, attended a picnic in an adjacent neighborhood, and when returning home that afternoon, in order to cut off some distance, they turned into a field on the Alexander place and were riding across, when the two young Alexanders espied them from the house and ran down to intercept them. The Poole party saw them coming and having no doubt but they were about to put their threat against Charley's life into execution, drew their revolvers , and when the Alexanders came up and began abusing them for coming on the place, opened fire. Elisha Alexander received three balls in his neck and was killed instantly; John was seriously wounded in the hip or lower part of the body, and Mrs. Poole, their sister, was struck by a wild bullet and severely hurt. One report is to the effect that both of the Pooles engaged in the shooting, while another version credits Charley with all the firing. The Alexander boys, as we understand, were both unarmed, and only intended to remonstrate with the Pooles for trespassing on their property. Hon. Green Beard arrived in the city about 10 o'clock last night, and says that he passed through Garfield yesterday afternoon, and there learned that the Pooles had neither surrendered themselves nor been captured, but were evading arrest. Owensboro Semi-Weekly Messenger, Tuesday, August 5, 1884. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.3/530 - Release Date: 11/11/2006