Six Face Charge In Feud Killing Near Breathitt County
Jackson KY December 27 Officers prepared to charge six men with murder in a Breathitt County feud killing of Chester Fugate 95 after he died from 13 pistol wounds and exposure. Five kin of Clay Watkins surrendered on malicious shooting charges. a sixth promised surrender. The slaying followed mob violence Christmas Day as Fugate was dragged from Breathitt jail and shot.
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Jackson
Breathitt
Chester Fugate
Clay Watkins
Fugate
P. C. Watkins
Commonwealth Attorney
Fulgate
Breathitt County
S. L. Combs
Moses
Amos Fugate
Green Watkins
Sewell Fugate
County Board of Education
Watkins
Hen Kilburn
Megro
Curtiss Jett
James Hargis
Kentucky
Jett
James B. Marcum
James Cockrell
Hargis
Bandits murder bank president in Kentucky holdup
Embattled farmers and officers guard highways and rail lines in a dawn search for three bank robbers who killed J Robert Kirby president of the Farmers Bank of Smiths Grove Kentucky. One suspect shot in the shoulder as pursuit continues with help from Tennessee authorities and a Bowling Green guard in a cave near Hays. A stolen Indianapolis bound Ford with Indiana license is found and loot recovered as the bandits fled toward the Dixie highway.
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Smith'’S Grove
Kentucky
J. Robert Kirby
Tennessee
Scottsville
Gallatin
Tenn
Kirby
Farmers’ Bank of
Smith's Grove
Oakland
Hays
National Guard
Bowling Green
Henry Usher
Dixie Highway
Indianapolis
Rawstern Last Rites To Be Held Saturday
E J Rawstern a longtime resident of Hitchcock died suddenly Christmas morning from a heart attack. Funeral services will be at the Methodist church Saturday afternoon at 2 20 p m. He is survived by his widow and 12 children, all but one son living nearby. The note about American Samoa lists major religious groups.
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Hitchcock
E. J. Rawstern
Wy. Rawstern
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