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WERE HOT STIFF., IMPORTANT WITNESSES ARE f AFRAID TO GO TO JACKSON, KY.Lexington, Not. 11—Two of the most sensational affidavits ever filed in a Kentucky court have just been placed on record at Jackson, Breathitt county. That county is the scene of the Hargis Cock rill feud, and within its borders thirty men have been killed during the ]*st year. A number were assassinated and are credited to one or to the other of tho factions, while several men are exiled ftuiu the county because of their fear of assassination. The affidavits are by Attorney J. B. Marcum and Moses Feltner, his olient, accused of the r killing of Jesse Fields. The purpose of the affidavits is to secure a continuance in the case of Feltner. They fol-8 low on the heels of sensational statements contained in a letter written to * Circuit Judge Red wine of Breathitt by John Patrick, an exile living in 8 this city, in which he said he knew who killed James Oookrill, being an eye witness, but declines to return to Jackson to testify unless the governor will send a oompauy of militia to protect him, alleging that a deputy sheriff attempted to assassinate him and that the persons who desire his death will kill him if he returns without the protection of troops.(u his affidavit Moses Feltner tells in detail of alleged plots to kill Attorney J. B. Marcum. »/•
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Paducah Sun
Paducah, Kentucky, US
Tue, Nov 11, 1902
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