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Hartford Republican.[Mued by the* Hartford rutdlfthtnir Company(iMCOKrORAVKO.)C. E. NJIITHEditor.TBLZFKOITSS. Cum1e«rlanJO,ovLgrfe. Tr®r22FRIDAY, MARCH 17.t(\REPUBLICAN TICKET.I!FOR REI’KESKXTATIVKCHARLES C. BEARD.\tFOR rot STY .II IMiEW. B. TAYLOR.FORCOrXTY COl’RT CT.EHKW. S. TINSLEY.FOR COt*.NTY ATTOItNKYE. M. WOODWARD.FOR SHERIFFR. B. MARTIN.FOR JAI1.EKOSCAR MIDRIFF.FOR SCFERISTEMDENT OF SCHOOLSJAMES M DF.WEESE.FOR ASSESSORSAM W. LEACH.FOR SERVEYORNATHANIEL MOXLEY.FOR CORONERJEROME ALLEN.FOR NAlilKTKATE,© art* itathorlx©lt;l to huuodd©© JOHN M. S Ilf LTZ na a oainllUnt© for the otfitv of Matrls trat© of the Cromwell dlntrlrt, *ubj©©t to th** «lt;•-tiotiof th© Repuhlit-an party.ous to mention, unquestionably inci-j dent to these assassinations, such as \ the chasing away of important wit- | nesses,the burning of a chief witness’ property, procurements of promises of silence under threats of death or exile.Curtis Jett, Tom White and BillBritton were arrested through agencies not connected with Breathitt courts, convicted and given life terms in the penitentiary on charges that they were the men who actually fired the shots that accomplished these dastardly crimes. And then rumor began industriously to |, circulate the report that others higher up than Jett or White or Britton and with more at stake and deeper motive were the real assassins, the men who inspired the bloody deeds and furnished the incentive by the payment of money and promise of immunity from punishment for past crimes. Little by little the terrible story was completed and at its conclusion Judge James Hargis. ex-Sen-ator Alexander Hargis, Elbert Hargis, Ed Callahan and others stood accused by public report of being the instigators of the crime.It is significant that these parties are now confined in the same cell of the Lexington jail in which Caleb Powers was incarcerated immediately after his arrest for alleged complicity in the Goebel assassination. They will he tried by a jury of Fayette county citizens impartially and fairly selected. That the crime, the instigation of which they are charged with being responsible, is as atrocious as any that marks the pages of the State’s history, there can be no question, but that is no reason why they should not be givencnaFUcfnnfoflt;tllcclt;hf!flh;ai01stt*nCCaias fair and impartial trial as any oth- 0fer citizen, regardless of political8€We (irlt;* nuthorized to annotwf** MACK COOK »»* a can did nt© for tli© offlc© of M«ffl«trali of th© • roiuwfll district. *ut»je©i to lb© artlnn of H©* j*utdk-iin party.faith or station in life is entitled to. (jtW« nr© Hijthorir©d to *nnoun©« W. I*. Mil.* I.ER, llorse Branr^. as h lt;undidnt© for th© of* tic© of Magistrate of th© Cromwell dintrh t. subject to the a©tion of th© Itepiihlh an party.IMPORTANT DECISION.The decision of the Court of Appeals which gives to Fayette county i name of our I proud CommonwealthIt will not be a miss to note that no $100,000 has been placed at the disposition of the prosecution to insure conviction*of these parties, neither should there be. If they are guilty j of the offense charged they will be|convicted without the corrupting I influences of money, and if not guil-tv it would be a blot on the fairthcoedththorthe jurisdiction to try James, Alex [ to punish them, and Elbert Hargis and Ed Callahan for the murder of James Cock rill, marshall of the town of Jackson,Breathitt county, in 1902, marks an important step in the progress of law-abiding citizens of the State to was comin* *homesk-v 'vlthout aIt is reported that the Czar was just about to start a telegram to Kuropatkin, summoning him home, when he learned that the Generalwlt;sairedeem from the depths of legal prostitution to which corrupt methods and clique rule has precipitated a growing and prosperous section of Kentucky. The facts concerning the crime for which a county Judge and member of the State Democratic Committee, an ex-State Senator, and a private citizen, all three brothers, and the sheriff of Breathitt county are in the Fayette county jail awaiting trial, are brief but without gpfllteiL James (‘ ckrill was shot to deathsummons.WA hill “to encourage matrimony” is pending in the Illinois Legislature. If the Legislature would only recall Johann Hock it would no doubt decide that such a bill is not needed.An Illinois College Professor is working on a substitute for tobacco. If it is not made of air or something about as cheap it cannot replace the real article.alFtH;BiBimcain the streets of Jackson while in a European Count and marries her the performance1 of his dutv as a lawyer, furnishes unmistakable proofAn American heiress who rejects 0d\lpublic official, the shots being fired I that the lawyer ‘.‘Argues his casefrom a wim 1 •»w by assassins concealed well.9 9w;Stin the court house itself. Whatever may have been the motive for the crime or whether it was in a measure ! justified h\ some previous act of the victim or his kinsmen against the!perpetrators, the fact that it was committed by murderers concealed in the one place that should have been a fr iwning fortress of opposition to all crime, sent a thrill of horror throughout the State and the Nation and in less than 21 hour* the telegraph wires had told the frightful story throughout the world; Kentucky was pilloried by public opinion as having confirmed anew her right to the unenviable name of th * “dark and bloody ground.” Hardly had the blood of this man dried upon the streets where he fell »vhen another, more eminent in the public mind than his unfortunate predecessor, but slain with equal cowardice, sank to death in the doorway of the same court house shotfrom belrnd. and the assassins walked from tne place unmolested and inPleasant Entertainment.In honor of her guest, MissNaneye Smith, of Fordsville, Mrs. Dr. Ford entertained the following young people at her home Saturday evening: Messrs. Will Moore, Jus. San-derfur, Ira Bean, Arch Lewis andycth2!ManJaa. M. DeWeese, and Miss Bennett, Martina Bennett, Marv-Belle Burnett and lt;arrie Wcerner. The evening was spent in a way that delighted all. Light refreshments were served at 11 o'clock.(witbinterwedis• iBANK ROBBERY.The Bank ot Bentor. Relie\eJ of $4,000 --Burglars1 Escaped on HandCar.Benton, Ky., March 1*3. Expert burglars entered the front door t- the Bank of inton last night, blewopen the vaui*ineriieha:open daylight; w file across the street sat the county judge and tic-high sheriff in plain view of tin* corpse and under the shadow of the very temple of justice that had been no damnably defiled.The feeling of horror that followed the death off' ekrill was crystal izedhdoors, used nitroglycerine to blow off the safe doors, and secured $4,000. They left a i*»t ot mutilated money in the vault.The burglars stole a hand car, went1 within four miles of Paducah, and left the car in the bu-hes covered with brush. Tracks indicated that one large man and om* small man • were the burglars. \They crossed the river into Illinois. a£( lt;hief of Police Collins, «»f Paducah,! ' telephone I this afternoon that hehad men on the trail and men to iHeinto one ofr when Marcum was assassinated uar that the saturnalia had but just begun with other victims marked for slaughter and no hoi e of redress or punishment in the courts of Breathitt,ilia ud tlp*m off, and that he felt ire -f capt * ig th • u At the point where the robbers left the cur iabels nf the Bank of I»enbrn w ere four* 1, having Ijeent un from the packages of money.TOther crimes foil nve 1, toonumer-• •»v hunk capture, insurance.* ■Oil clI •«d $800 for theii All loss is fully covetvd bv.corA14ftlclt; e vfedal$'BofHcui
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