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POND GIVES UP GHASTLY SECRET' ti»e futlie r ot Jairiea Mriys, ;■ ^jir,;Bud • ■' ] Mays.'.af' Glatborne couhty,-fenpes^:-^ sec/batrie to Middiestorp,;Vnformin|'. the pbiice'thai iiis soil'wk'missing,; had coin’e to this city on the: night-'Boys Find Body of Jas.§SfeEMays in Pond Nea- J *- .[days searching'■■foryliis^n/ pmcuig;;-P81 SSCIl^ftr DfipOt* I one hundred :lt;Jaliara* in-a- jbank^s a 5'reward for -the-' finding;; of-v. I ilsv^aoiiV r! iv*•I Neck- Broken—Robbery1 lt;lead prNot Motive for the Crime. 'from the start that Ms ton had’ met£,;'-. witli fouhplay, and, vWhiie '- there’-.is.!: •' -• I no point blank praiC there' is.-.yeiy;Strong circuVnstantial evidehce.that'V_- ;• i Idle did:the killing.. From.the' fact:', 1. . 1 : i • •. -i i •. .■ *. • * i. i • • ■ i*r. I .•Thc mystery, Uiat has baflled the ] that robbery' was not - the ‘.motive,.., police of Mlddlesboto’. for'.the' lastI the chcunistdnc^leadin^upitor:the;i‘f: tinny;dayti was solved/late, y'ester** niystcry/ and’;'Mays'. relation' .with- '% dayevening wliqi^ John Idle's wife makes”the’^eyWence .:.v;/Himley, two small hoys,'were play-; 1 more’sironUerii^aiiisLhinK'. V- .■/*W--; intj.around a pond neur thelr^ resl1.].. There is. hot: dence - and ’ discoyerbtl . tlie,..body against Bolllrip, qiily/ that; he/was: flouting • tin' the -pdnd .. t)ml ' later in: coinpqny’vyitli- Idle proyecTto he tliat of-James Nlhysjj^. None of the parties, are-:really.' citi-.;- -.'May’s body.was’'brought .to :.the Izens ofr-Middlesbora;-.-: idleisfroin ■ ^.. Gibsbn TJros. Undertaking establish*' Fayette county, near Ltixiugton/ands*/.-inent, ydieVe.nn inquest; was held has rinly .been 'here a . short;:tijne^iby Curontir Eyaiis aitd. oilier 'doctors 1 He .had’no' known I pupation‘Vpnd -r/ aiul: it was found ■ that .Mays was was seen.around saloons. M^ys..was ... killed ty .a lick on the'back of ■ the] 28 years!old.-urinmrriedand the;son ’ ■ head that severed Lhe neck vfrom of; .a fanner..: flying .in. CUuborne ; the spinal coin inn; ,j /;'!' I cg’imly»' five miles/ from Tazewell.;.: i; Soon’ nfter- the' discovery' of;tlie Tehh.- • •*/; [./••;/: ’ -; HeV Can’t|body of Mays’ Charley BplUrij^yas ;; $..taken in ciustpdy hy.the Micldlesboro|; • ■ Reifeatns Taken Home.jxilrce, Roy Idle has /been held-.,inIDDER.i •/eeper.;'inayvhave Piheyille jo’il sincp Hie'.' tody hf 'Mnxs’-'fjither::ihdsl^tWra^.y|te;';j i’m . going -Mays was first missing;r-. to .Imils-:Wil!son to/,i Who had4;.New Motive For the Crim^.here -.yesterday j ^and.his.reiriaihs were taken home on tHe Southernyesterday evening and will lie burieu in tlie. family .cemetery. :rii'.-the cook; .Wgs;thought nl: the; start'-.that'at the Mari- Mays, had been :-killed and -.'.robbed,1brit ns.tliere was fourid.on -hisi'per-: ; ,;.s1 V “' :» ' . ' * * Ij’L* ' ■■ w-ame'. bouse-1S°n cUecksvuEid -uttier:: vnlu-!f;:bLliatGheV,:tprieaid4nt'-'6:ft'.tK'e; - continued ablcs,'there^epms -; to be another E(1^Wtod fen'solkldtto GoaiCd.^rid ' has been too mptiye.toJlifl.Rrmie., -v--.-iet go: And, M/.*Idle: niarriLHl; nwoinanpf ~ ^ ‘derworld^.iThis woman^’prithe' Capitol,has Been top | mdtiVe.fe.:the crime... 1 ^Q;'?..... ........pahy, ‘and'6f 5iject.; Site is)wed tlie let-TING.ateil with Mnya and it is . oehevveu: i'■ v : . :• • • ; / =v :-J4' /x-V^ r - * ■% • *thatjealpusywas.theV.'chuse:--!iter ;4thVf At itre;'ies; of; priioiispices of thenttee^pvdl'-betre; next Sun-. rbeginning. ote marked bya number .of, * - - . ♦.*nal men. ;, ns' movSemcnt f a new epdeh f Middlesboro;Vivemerit that liiion; physicalId at the Man-of interest and ‘ting promises lasL Rev. I, istian Church,mi Hi’o ctiKipcfand .Dalltrip were the:jjakt^partie? s^eii; With Mays;- tofqrey._hi9;; death, arid. Idle' was -..heard;;.to 'say -beWre ’Mays'was’':'rriissiug 'that ytttf • wouldkiihliini, and lie'was heard;.- to -say, after he.Wos missing, : tlia.t:. he . hadkilledJiiiTi;Cf.:.The:pond,' or; bite; Where tlieliody was. found'' is'' inV tlieEast; .end •. of Middlesboro. just hack of the' ;Mid-dlesborp. I .umber'Co.; and about t^P hundred yards from the'Union Pas-scriget-depot, anii close-to; a; streetwhere h'iiiiclreils.pass'each.day arid'•* ' •,*lt;•••• • '• * ...**• • * .the. police; ;in their search, - gave little thought to the probability that the body had been hidden, therein! One clue. afte£ another was run down to no' avail by the police. It was thought at one time- that the body was shipped away in a trunk, but it proved to be a, drummer's outfit. ., Reward Offered By the F*ther.(luya; lliese mine? will r^pen again.; Thiar tomp ariy^jn ru. i1a. f.au ihi.A'guirist; v ‘the Sriuthefri:Raii:rt'iiid.^^^forlfaiiure.to comply with ayroal ;co^ ’ ;f C*i '-iiV'-i^g^qity :^lias. f.becfl formed’ by -MessrsJobn'Miller,. ■W/j; Kirin nifii/mui : Geo;,Gu_JenarL v withva;.capitaU=' of^0*000;. ; Tliis 5s a'Koldin^-compniiy anil .has; considerable\property in..Afiddlec-' boro to'dispose1'of; -rf;’ * • V-.fl^1 vr-y.‘.Elks lnitiite Quite. A' Bincfct.Soon after the body was missing ,..;- ; Tiie;:«or2er-; of ' Elks had XquiteX'%}; buiicix. for initiation.of its ; tafeetin^; last Mdridaymigbt. ..The new;HeBq -Bili are Frank;'Lub'a3, - A.-:;J.;‘Gririd^; friend,YGia's \WiiitfieId, Dr. Gibson, Mr. Carritlte:rs and •Henry. Johnson!'.* ' . * • * • • * * i + ... .r • * • • ' ■’ «They gave o ’game supper consisting■ of turkey; quads, rabhits; arilt;£ Kog’s head, substituted for. . o^possu'nivAtou t'two hundred .of the members* ► '* - w • * .were in'attendance. . . .•,'
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Thousandsticks
Middlesboro, Kentucky, US
Thu, Nov 30, 1911
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