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:I), KY„ TUKSDAY. OCT(mes the that iup de was hat )ne but I be iin-Kn»9 IDi teahatTonorme1)6ght'iiyrillro-ilt;«i*r*iri| Mn Offtc* Benpt With Danger.It would seem that the man who fills the office of city marshal in Ken- f tucky doea so at a great risk of life; and yet the office doea not often go lagging. fn illustration we cite a few jmm Vi *'lt;'lint. Butts, city marshal of Covington, in the discharge of his duty, had his right arm so badly shattered by a riHe hall, to save his life, ampu-Cation at the shoulder was resorted to. John Thom peon, who succeeded Butts in the office, was shot and killed in the dusk of the evening, at the Covington approach of the suspension bridge. There was no clue to the murder, and the mystery which surrounded the11 tragedy has never been unvailed.Some eighteen months since the city 1 marshal of Mt. Sterling was killed while making an arrest.A Uut three months since I). L. Lane, marshal of Augusta, was shot irit | sand killed by a man whom he had at ind | oue time arreeled.A few days since city marshal Geo. Cole, of f ieorgetown, while attempting ad to arrest some parties who were having a*e a difficulty on the streets, was savage 1 y set upon by George and John Dovers, and, in defending himself, was net compelled to shoot the former, ere Oa Sunday night, Sep. 10, Jerry 'he Lee, Chief of Police of Frankfort, was lec- shot while attempting to make an arrest. He lingered until the 18, when he died from the effect of the wounds.—[Covington Commonwealth.Iomleysotento,aid
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Stanford Semi Weekly Interior Journal
Stanford, Kentucky, US
Tue, Oct 03, 1882
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