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THE HARGIS TRIAL.Th« trial of tliu Margins and Ed CaHtilmu i* in phigraaa in tin*Kuywtto Circuit at Luxitig-ton. Tin* Commonwealth having,elected to try .1 udgn Jam*** Margin)first, liis trial Began Monday. Two! wittie»ao8—Charley Itobhiuw andRilev (oddirou—t®stiflnd thut at’|t?n*| throe men wen* in th * second story of the Court Homo when Cockrell wan ■find, two of whom they recoRtiirinl an Curt Jot ( and Rill Britton, hut they 'ailed toidentify the third man. Curt Jett1 whad a pistol, hut the other two were armed with gun a, A witni*#« named Green was called, hut didnot answer. Dr. Barclay, who was¥ 1with Cockrell at the li■ spitni, t*'s« tith'd fis to tli*' nature of wound.*,nnd other wiln***-■ * wereexniniin d. Bbut the only evidence I if i I * t! thatwas germane to the case Monday,wax the identity of the two and¥the avowal that three were in theCourt Home,Tuesday several Commonwealth witnesses testified. Anne White stated that Judge Hargis gave himu pistol and told him to kill Attorney Vaughn, Jim Cockrill, Mc-Kinlev Coekrill, 1 r. Cox and one•fother man, whom witness thoughtwasJ. It. Marcum. Hardin Childers said Judge Hargis told him he was glad Coekrill was killed, and ho was a friend of the man who killed him.
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Hazel Green Herald
Hazel Green, Kentucky, US
Thu, Apr 20, 1905
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