November 1878: 8th: H. C. McGee shot Jason Metcalf at Cynthiana; political quarrel. (Harrison) 10th: Edward Clark, colored, shot Henry Clark, colored, his brother, at Henderson, accidental. (Henderson) 11th: Owen Bradley stabbed Lewis Lee, colored, at Lexington; quarrel about money. (Fayette). Taylor Clarke shot James Osborne in Menifee County; old grudge. 16th: Matt Tuffes killed --- Hood with an ax near Riverton. Will Bartlett Love killed Thomas Jones in Pendleton Co., saloon quarrel. 17th: --- Berry killed at Flemingsburg. (Fleming) 18th: Rioters shot John Thompson and George Howard at Mt. Sterling. (Montgomery) 21st: Emmet Snodgrass shot Jim Bethuram at Mt. Vernon. (Rockcastle). 22nd: Thomas Parsons shot James Bryant in Spencer County; grudge. Wm. Porter shot Jas. T. Heal at Shelbyville because he was an important Witness in a horse thief case. (Shelby) 23rd: Joseph James shot --- Sanford, colored, at Uniontown. (Union). 25th: Frank Turner killed, with a knife, Samuel Todd near Williamstown, brutal murder. (Grant). 26th: Gang of outlaws shot Wm. Freeman and Daniel Freeman at Jackson; political quarrel. (Breathitt). 27th: Member of the Allen gang shot Judge I. W. Burnett at Jackson; trying to prevent the rescue of Jason Little, a murderer. (Breathitt). Mob shot Tom Little at Jackson. (Breathitt). December 1878: 1st: John Kimbrell killed his wife with a hoe in Estill Co because she wouldn't pick up potatoes. 3rd: James Tudor stabbed John Waremoth at Richmond, drunken quarrel. (Madison). 4th: --- Steffin stabbed Chancey Neil in Trimble Co; quarrel about a woman. 6th: A mob shot Jerry Little and Gambrill on Lost Creek. (Breathitt Co). 10th: Susan Randall killed her child at Harrodsburg. (Mercer). 14th: Harvey McCorn shot John Hall at Kelly's Station; private quarrel. 15th: Goddard killed Goddard, brother, in Robertson Co; quarrel. 16th: John Lillis shot Led Armstrong, boys, at Bagdad, accident. (Shelby). 19th: Jim Craig shot and cut the throat of Overton in Grayson Co; for gathering corn that Craig had attached. Charles Campbell cut James Hawkins' throat from ear to ear, at Nicholasville, Because he said the grass-widow Campbell wanted to marry had a husband. (Jessamine). 24th: Evan Vanmetre, in a difficulty at Glendale, received two slashes with a knife in the hands of an antagonist, one reaching from the right shoulder to the left hip; the other laying open the bowels. (Hardin). 25th: John Hester and Sam Ford killed Lige Short, colored, at Franklin, for threatening Hester's life. (Simpson). Wm. Collins killed Geo. Jones at Sharpsburg. Quarrel. (Bath). In an affray between John Suns and Wilson Miller, while both men were Under the influence of liquor, at Maysville, the former had his throat cut. (Mason) At Shannon, James Chanslor attempted suicide by shooting himself in the Head. He was intoxicated at the time. At Mt. Sterling, Joe Wyatt stabbed ---Gensis just below the first rib, making a Dangerous wound. (Montgomery). A Negro and a Mr. Williams got into a fight at White Plains, which the Negro Was getting the better of, when Williams son, a boy about 14 years old, came To his father's aid, and putting a pistol to the Negro's head, fired, blowing off The back of his head and killing him instantly. (Hopkins). 26th: John Smith, a Negro man, while drunk, crawled into a barn near Glendale, and when found, was frozen to death. (Hardin). Stewart Myers and the Carson brothers met at Crab Orchard, and after Exchanging angry words, drew their pistols, and commenced firing at each Other. Both sides were reinforced, and some 30 or 40 shots were exchanged, Shotguns taking a prominent part. Myers fell, his shoulder literally shot to Pieces. David Carson was also severely wounded, while a number of others Were more or less hurt. (Lincoln). 27th: At Elizabethtown, two Negroes, John Wallace and Bob Taylor, got into an altercation, during which Wallace used a pistol and put a ball into Taylor's stomach. (Hardin). This concludes the series and again, many thanks to the editor of Kentucky Explorer, Charlie Hayes, for permission to reprint this article. (c) Copyright 29 June 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com. Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios