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h THE HARTFO Subscription $1 Per Year in Advance. "' Comt, Ht HtraH of a Xij irriJ, HiQw of All xaiiom Lnmbtrjii? ajMjgjck: All Kinds Job Priulinu Ideally Exeuuiv.d. 9th YEAR. HARTFORD, KY., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER. 3. 1H18. NO. 3(5 RD HTTP A T r DEFENDS ITER KILLS HIS FATHER Deplorable Homicide At Narrows, Ky. FAMILY ROW CJjUSES TRAGEDY Witnesses At Coroner's In quest Relate Facts Re garding' Killing. r IS OXLV 15 YEARS OLD A deplorable homicide occurred at Narrows, this county, last Thursday morning when Estill Wlnchel, need 1 "., shot and killed his father, James "Wlnchel, aged 47, at their home. Evidently a family brawl was th'o eause of the tragedy. It Is said that such home disturbances In the fam ily had occurred 'before and that v there had been a separation between whe wife aud husband preceding the Killing some weeks' or months. Coroner Dr. A. II. alley, of Ilart- ford, was summoned and went out to the scene of the tragedy. He summoned witnesses and held an in - quest "over the remains of James Wlnchel. At the close of the In - quest Coroner Riley took young Es till Wlnchel in charge and brought hlni to Hartford. The examining trial of young Wlnchel was set for Saturday before County Judge R. 1 It. Wedding, but for more evldonce. jwas postponed until next Saturday fat 10 o'clock a. m. in the mean time the accused has been under guard of Mr. Henry Nail. The alleged facts leading up to and including the tragedy, are best told In the language of tho witness es who testified at the Coroner's In quest, and ure as follows: t - . .-.Jiiniiest'" -' Held over the body of James W. "Wlnchel at the residence of James "W. Wlnchel, in County of Ohio, State of Kentucky, by A. 11. Riley, Coroner of Oho County, Ky., on s August 28. 1!13. The following jury were sum ' tnoned and sworn: W. M. Maple, T. S. Boswell. Life Grant, Geo. Hrown, J. T. Miller, Charlie Carter. The following witnesses being' summoned and sworn testified In substance as follows: WITNESSES: Estill Wlnchell. Martha Wlnchel, W. I. Allen, n. O. Ford. W. ) Mitchell. ESTILL1 WINCUEL states In sub stance that he Is 15 years old and the son of James V. Wlnchel and ho ...1lTi l.lfi ., 11 .ttlc. HI n.i t .. n n .1 nnl. Ted mo If I wanted a drink of whis key and him and mother were-fussing and I told him to lot mother alone aud ho said a certain party, K. O. Klrby, could not come through the yard and I told him he could come when liu ot ready and he then got a piece of stovewood and lilt me over the head, also hit moth er. I got tho pistol, 32-calibur, nnd i-plie hit me. Then 1 told' mother to get out of the wuy aud I shot first and missed him. Then 1 shot again and he fell and 1 left the room. He had hold of mother and a knife In ins naiui wi)cn i snot mm. MRS. MARTHA WINCHKL states In substance: The deceased, James V. Wluchel, aged 17, Is my hus band. Wo were married 17 years I a so December last and ho accuses two or lliroe men of 'Narrows of being Intimate w.HU me. Tills morn ing he got up mnd anil had been that way for two or three weeks. "Mje hud not been good to his family fdr 15 or lti year, but when at home he bought groceries, but, me and Estill made tho money to buy our clothes and when away from home ho Aid not provide oxcopt on'. two occasions he sent fS.UQ Homo to buy underwear for the children nud said I could use the rest as I ploas etL Then ho sent $3.00 at another time. This morning ho hit me over the head and then hit Estill with a piece of stovewood. Then he grab-. Jelled me by the wrist and shoulder alid got out bis knife and said he was goli'g (o cut my throat, I hud the baby In my arms nud put him down and oiled for Estill. Kstlll came to tho door and said "Mainiuu, get out of the way.'1 .Then he shot film; think twp or'Uiree shots were fired. Then be fel and .1 ran out and put the baby over the feaco and (bra rau, bak aad put pllwws un- der his head and told romo men out side to go after the doctor. P. ALLEN states he lives at Narrows. Ky., and Is tho closest neighbor to James W. Wlnchel and states: "I was standing nbout 30 steps from his houso and heard a family "Jar" going on this morning about r.:30. I saw Jim hit Ks tlll over tho head and then Kstlll come out In the yard and (he blood wns running down his face. Then 1 heard three shots and looked and saw Kstlll standing near the door and smoke was between him and the door. I was standing nbout 10 feet froip the door. n. C. FORD 3tates ho was nbout thirty steps front the residence of James Wlnchel this morning be tween 5 and li o'clock and saw the man strike the boy over the head with a stick of stovewood. Heard him say he would , kill somebody. Don't' know If It was ,hls wife or son. Heard gun fire three or four times and saw a pistol In the boy's hand. I went Im the house and found n knife half open and two sticks of stovewood, 2x2x1 S Inches, lying beside him. MR. W. W. MITCHELL states: I t was ts steps from residence of James W. Wlnchel and he and wife and boy were In kitchen door and it seemed he wns trying to get at the boy. I heard him say: "I will kill you." He had a stick of stovewood In his hand, drawn back over his head, In n striking position and saw , him hit the boy on the head, over ', his wife. Saw blood running down i tho boy's face. Then I saw Kstlll 1 at tho front door with a pistol In h's hand and ho fired the first shot outside the door, then stepped In- side and lired again. Then I went over to the house and found the man lying on the Moor on his back. I found two sticks of stovewood and a half open knife lying on the lloor, three or four feet from him. We, the Coroner's jury, find that the decenscd, James W. Wlnchel. 47 year3 old, a resident of Narrows, Ohio county, Kentucky, came to his death at fJ.'SO a. m., August 2S, Imp. - from-a gun shot wound through the neck. Said Wlnchel was shot by Kstlll Wlnchel and we recommend his arrest. C.EOROK DROWN. LAPK OR A NT, WKSLEV MAl'UKS,- '- TIIOS. ROSWKLL. J. T. MILLER. CHARLIE CARTER. A l!l; MKTKOIt FALLS' WITH TKIUMFIC SPLASH Tiverton, R. 1 Aug. 29. A me teor fell into the Scaconnett river here to-jlay, churning up the waters In a spoctacular manner. Oreat volumes of steam arose and tlie ac companying explosion sounded UKe!gress of tho I'nlted the discharge of a twelve-inch gun. (give it power to act. The meteor fell during an elec trical -storm. The crash, resembling thunder, was heard for a distance of twenty miles. In the immediate vicinity win dows wore broken and crockory sha ken from shelves, while at Island Park, nearly two miles away, a. nier-ry-so-round was Jarred Into motion. Persons who saw tho meteor as sert that It was of unusual .size and traveled so rapidly os to appear from :i short distance almost like a Hash of lightning. A FAMILV LAWSUIT TRIED IX lOKDSVILLK The Fordsvlllo Argonaut says: Last Thursday Frank Whlttler and wife and Mrs. Livers and son, nil of near Narrows, were tried in Squire Pollard's court here for a breach of the peace. The trouble started over Mrs. Livers picking, blackberries on the farm of Frank Whlttler. After tho evidence, was ; liwmi in tb oik., ..l'mI.ihi wii'itMnr ! and wife, und there being writs out for the prosecuting witness, Sirs. Li-1 vers and son. by an ugreemont the I , cases aguliiBt all four were submit. , ll5 ,. ,,. fl.nn, , ,.,,, , , aKun8t Whlttler. and wife. I After the attorneys liad niadu able j arguments In tho case, the Jury re-: tired to the jury room nnd after) about 30 'minutes a .verdict was brought in assessing a fine ot $11) agulnBt 'Mrs. Livers and $1 against yhlttler, Tho parlies are all brother-In-laws, uncles, aunts, etc. FOR HALK. . comntlwdou or beforo any comiuls- One of the nicest and best built 'slon or claims, that Amurlcin cit- houses In Hartford for sale at Justizen. loft Mexico on orders of tholr what It cost. Has live rooms, bail, front and baok verandas, llutll lit . lOAfl .. .....1 ha HnMAl . li,. n 1909t w u rotwiio. ur tlcuUrs, call or address "Herald.". TPAY In That Country, Says the State Department. MOUNT ABOUT $500,000,000 So-Called Commission Sitting In Mexico Is Making Slow Progress. AMERICAN FLIGHT COXTIXCKS 1 Washington, Aug. !10. Mexico will have to settle to tho last cent, millions of dollars damage done to property owned by Americans In the Southern Republic when the reign of rebellion begun three years ago ends. During the present lull in the ne gotiations between tho I'nlted State3 and the Huerta government, the State Department is turning its at tention to the Immense Indebtedness that Huerta Is piling up to bo set tled by his successors. ME IS AMERICANS OSS An Internationa! commission wlll;aeneiat situation. Those reached ascertain mis ninenicuiiess, it was definitely stated to-day. Officials of the State Department 4ni iu-uuj mat uj i uaeuii ui iiiu Alnclero rebellion and the present til lil rtlnt Ji. 1.. unnnn.. V il. ' ! disturbance Americans already had sustained n loss of 5..00.000.000 The international commission will charged with ascertaining: be First The original value of the property. Second Its depreciation. l lilrilt-What would have been Hon of tills (lovcrnnient. as un its present value. I ,l0unced in his message of Wednes- The same officials say that the, day, to "sink In." International Commission in deter-1 Excitement subsiding over the ex niinlng a claim would take these j change or proposals and replies three items at their full value for Would'. It was believed, lead to fur the reason that both Madero and theregotlatlous between tho ofll Huerta were given full opportunity, clnls , Mexico City and "Mr. John to make some move In the restora-; Llnd. the personal representative of county In the State. Hon of peace In the country. this Covernment. j The Institute is attended by a There Is now a so-called comiuls-, Mr. Llnd, It was assorted to-night, large number of educators from slon sitting 'at Mexico City but It is had been Instructed from Washing- other counties as) well as the resl composed entirely of Mexican olfi-lton to continue to act at his own dent teachers, and Is growing In in- ciols and ..they sayt Is making tho minimum or progress; in othor words, that very few claims have reached the stage of settlement ami a settlement except on a promissory note appears to be now an lmpossl- billty with the Huerta government. The Commission which tho State Department has In mind would, hdwever, bo composed of Mexican and American officials and Its de-i cislon would be final because both the Congress of Mexico and the Con-Iliad States would It might bo that Mexico would be J enabled by the flotation of bonds guaranteed by a friendly United States Oovcrninent to pay off Its enormous claims. The most disa greeable means Is one that has some times to bo enforced compelling J Mexico to hypothecate her revenues for the payment of tho claims. Rumors apparontlv oninuntlns from responsible sources In clrcula-Llng tlou at the State Department are to the effect that tho Mexican situation shall bo allowed "to rest" nut II af tor the return of tho President from his week-end trip to Cornish, N. H. Secretary Urynn was at the State Department this morning. He sent dispatches to the President giving Itltl tit... .I.H.. .1,.(W. .. . .. .1.... ' llllll il3 Very few developments of to-day. , telegrams arrived from tho consuls during the day. j Officials say there is no Immediate t necessity of communicating with v,., Cruz from the Southern lna ! Premier Oumboa, and least of ull ' ror States to uwalt embarkation. ,umoy ,'m"' ,,,tJ a8Hert tm,t s,r- L,"d ,s b' t,llH "'N" Probably aware of 'J10 ,le,8ln' of tho ,,rw,dent that al1 io I resident has said will bo h" " " " '" " l"ul""K'" ki- ed, not only by Huerta. but by tho rural population of Mexico, who I m hoav r th" ''r'Hldent's message Viii .. .. .7 . ;"""" . While the lllgl.t of Americans from Mexico continues, Huertu Is fi-nfii iinnuiild thKAimliniil 1ivliin said . I. ik tUi'nMjMno1 lifiin.tfiiut tlti.' " "'-" " "" v nam that It s entirely useless for Amerean id.lrens to leave. The iviiicricaii oiiiciiiid uuiiersiniiti, now. ; ever, that he Is making this state- ment to lay 'tho fpiiudatlon for in argument before uu International own President and that the Mexican Government could not be held ..... . I1.1-... .. It... I.. .1 ,.. jjr-.syuusiuie mr repuruuuu in wie vaiuo4ni of their property. WILSON GOES TO ER CAPITAL Is Hopeful Of Favorable Outcome In Mexico. ! SEEMS TO BE UP TO HOERTA For Next Alove Many Amer icans Leaving Alexico To Live Elsewhere. WII.SO.VS MKSSAGI PRAISKD Washington, Aug. 2!. President Wilson left Washington late to-day for the summer capital at Cornish, X. H still hopeful of favorable cul mination of the negotiations under taken by this country to bring nbout peace in .Mexico. Although no affirmative action on either side had been reported up to Oil the time of the President's depart- from the county. There are seven- urc.encouraglng dispatches wereilJ' schools in tho county, though recelved from Xelson 0'Shauglnies-,sonie employ several teachers, By, in charge of the American Km-1 Each school was thus represented, bassy at .Mexico City, bearing on the J the President a few hours before ; train time and led him to determine ' upon a short rest over Labor Day. Nothing in the advices from Mitxtco City gave the Administration officials cause for particular anxiety, niid It was the irolieral conviction that a lull in the diplomatic ex- 'changes would be beneficial to all i concerned. The President, It is declared at once their yurpose to j known, feels that good may comoj'Iear Fleming county of Illiteracy. from an opportunity for the posi- A model night school was a'onduct- discretion as to Whether ho should await developments at Vera Cruz or return to Mexico City. , , Mr. Llnd, it was reported, probab- ly would make the next move in the negotiations, which the President , eniiiliatieallv asserted in ills nies- sage had not been closed, and could 1 - be resumed on the initiative of elth- 'or nation. Tho fact tint h Mnxlcn Cltv nf- ficlals in tholr second nod. of innlv receded from the demand for an,II,I(;ei1 thlH f'!'0"" brothers had a ' 'exchange of accredited Ambassa-1 dors, It-was' pointed out. left an op-, citing for future moves. Ilefore deciding to go to Cornish1" ,uo "" H vwmi iinu ropo.iieiuj President Wilson discussed th sit- iiatlon at length with Cabinet ofil- cors, and arrangements were mado wheieby he eotijd bo notified at once of any developments. Hundreds of telegrams and let- ters reached the White Houso to-day I rmm nil ni. ,f th., ;nmt,-v nvm-na. . approval of President Wilson's i message. on Mexico. These were not!sl,,,u'v ,I,U U,,J """ ",s "-'" Kv """ made publle, but the President is,so ba,ll' 1,,'ro'1 ,llu sl'ht was iW' known to have been highly KsiH(i- , t'oy1-!. ed at the sympathetic reception his ' course has received. , Reports to the State Department . to-day continued to tell of the eo- dus of Americans from Mexico. From Tamplco came news of largo numbers ' gathering from San Lu's ,tosl and adjacent States and It was said hundreds were expected at While many probably will go to vow Orleans and C.nlveston. It Is ex- VVvtvt that not a Tew will seek safe- ty In Ojiba, while some will go to Kinope. l.liitl Won't lUtiiin. Vera Cruz, Aug. 20. John Llnd ,, ,t b,,. understood to-night that he nil no rotu'" '" Mt,xuo u" ex- cot 011 ,,, ulul ,nvltatlou of President , Huerta. He probably will . i i. . sail on me next warn i.uio steamer Hnlllng from this port to the United states. .. jr- lltH'llj l Its. .MAIIV E. .MAPLE .HIES AT EARLY I Mrs. Mary E. Maple, widow or the late George .1. Maple, died about 2:3ft o'clock Wednesday morning at the bonio of her son, T. ro-.M. Maple, tit l"l Trlplett street, -. .. . ... ine ago ot soveiuy-eigiii years, j Liver Ironblu wus attributed as the ! cause of her death, she liming been a sufferer for ovr d months or ' this nlHiient. Sho hud been confin-! , od to her bed for about two weeks. The decearod was born In Shelby county. January 1, 183.", and before i lur niarrlano was a Miss Hryant. She wfs married on December 23, ISM, and was the mother of six . "iu. i ran iulimiI is suntvlng children, who are Mrs.; Hello Ralley, of lievlor; S. O. Ma-, Sweeping Mexico. I pie. of Rockport, Ky.; Mrs. M. I). ' ! Reese, of Louisville; C. I,. V. Maple! nn n... , ,.,., ,,,,-,.,. UndT. I, Mnple of nioomlnMon.lSO SAY LATEST DISPATCHES i III., mill T. M Maple, of Owens- boro. The funeral waa conducted from the Red Hill Ilaptlst church at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Xorrls Lash brook. The Inter ment was made in the Red Hill i church cemetery. Owensboro Mes- s.engor. "MOOXLIGIIT SCHOOLS" i-Oll ll.KMIM! ror.TVOf patriotism appeals to be sweep- i ing over .Mexico, nnd from many Flemlugsburg. Ky., Aug. 2S. States and from all classes, It Is an Sevrnty teae'ers In the Fleming iiouiieetL assurances of allegiance County IiHtllit' volunteered tills and offers or service are being re-afte-noon n romluo ' uioan'.ii.iit" , celved dally by President Huerta schools In t!i' ni'-al di.triris L)r tho and his .Ministers of War. purpose of wiping out Illiteracy , Plans are being made for as large Enthusiasm on the subject ran high. and the teachers responded with an earnestness that was most Impres- sive. Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, the Instructor of the Institute, in her address on "Moonlight Schools" stated that Fleming county had 1,- '!- llllterati- men and women, ac- cording to the last census report, This aroused the teachers and they ed by the Instructor at the' request of the' teachers, nnd a uniform program made. Septembei l." was tlie date set for beginning the "moonlight schools," and Fleming county has the distinction of liav- lug more tencbers engaged In tln night school service than any other terest and enthusiasm each day. II SKS SI o.()0( FOR IXJl'ltlKS TO MIS SON llopkinsvtlle. Ky.. Sept. I. Dave and lien Cranor. prominent 1 1 . - . ",UBlness mLU- "l """ "' !"-' defendants In action brought here for $10.00(1 damage, by M. L. Trot ter, of that vicinity, for an Injury to ,,,'5 nine-y?ar-oId son, Albert. It Is ' m.iitfnnt f,.. .,;..., II. ... .. ..... .1 -.!. co,ltrai;t for fading a road JU1 christian county, and wore working near me i roller noun1, u is cinim- r i .. i , . i . rwarneu mo (loien.ianis noi to per- ' m,t tholr so" l0 r,(,l " ,Iu K'"ider j "03,",C! w11"'" ''ley iillcge lie was l'"-"'ltl,l Kt " Hie niiichlne on .way .... ..-..... ami mu uii.cu.ne , mi:!, under a and tht! machine thorn tree. It Is I ' Mhsi" claimed the driver brushed in over- hanging limb, and saved himself, 1,,u afler tM" "ml1 was rcdeahed It 1. .1... I I I.I.. ,... ';osi:TTOK I.ODCKD IV Wll, AT MADISOXVILI.K Jim Craynor. who but recently filed a sensational suit for five thousand dollars ngalust J. K. Cur tis, or Hartford, Ky., In the Lyon Circuit Court, for alienation or his wife's affections, was arrested here by Deputy Sheriff Munllff Tuckev and conveyed to Miidisoiivllle and lauded In jail to answer seven charges for bootlegging lienor. It appears that Crayner Is out for the mooy ,i f,.oni the way he ha couductud himself here, cares little how ho gets, it. Hon. Kruest Woodward, a prom- 1PIlt attoniov of Hartford. Ohio county. Ky., Is attorney for Curtis , tho nvo-thousaml-dollar suit ..., i.,... ikl. n, ........ r .,Uon of Ula wifo.b affections, Mr, Woodward belongs to a prominent Inw ttt ,Iar,fo,, .,,, , ., to mnke friends wherever known, C'OMIXC! The Ohio County Fair. Sept. 21. 25, 20 aud 27, 1013. Now Is the opportune time to commence pre- paring your stock. Don't put It off. You can not feed them on uny better feed than Arab Horse Feed, .. v. ...n . . I eoiti oy v, w, I'li.uia, rrotiucoi Merchunt, Hartford, Ky. 33t4 RE RALLYIN6 TO FLAS OF HTA - - A W.iw (t r ..:: t All Hands Seem To Be Pre paring For War. Of Some Kind. quit: . oxi:.siim:i i:i:i'okt Mexico City, Sept. 1. A wave a display as possible of military strength on September Id. lude- peni'ence day, when it Is proposed to hold a big parade In which 2u.- 000 people are expected to march. The War Dcpiirtnioiit has !i! called upon to furnish military In- structors to a dozen cities, where the fear of being Impressed for ser vice against the revolutionists has given away before a later patriotic ardor. Thousands of all ages ar asking to be drilled in the use of arms. Nor is the aid afforded the (iov ernineiit confined to offers to servo In the ranks. A delegation of plant ers from the State of Morelos litis waited upon the President aud ten- dered a subscription of ::.000,(i)0 pesos. In addition to the students of thu preparatory schools, where military instruction has been enforced for some weeks, the manual of arms la being taught workmen, who are at tending night schools and the em ployes of the tax department. The employes of several banks are alno said to have organized a company nnd proffered their services. The newspapers continue to -devote their editorial pages to the-1 subject oi tlie late diplomatic e- cimug ,iw,.uins ,, the alleged 'sympathy and encouragement Mexl- co ls n.t.t,ivlng from the press of Kra.1(. (Jormanv and Croat Hrlt- i aln '., , followers ot lien, lelix Uiaz ex pect him to return to .Mexico City not later than October 1 to lfush hjs campaign for till) presidency. Se nor fiamboa said to-day that no further Instructions regarding the Japanes mission, to which Oen. Diaz was appointed, would be issued ,,y h,8 lk,l):ll.tmell, ,,, aftor No vember, tho mouth In which tho cIcctlon8 ..,. , ,, ,.,.,, ( Tll() oxcn,,nu.t lxmonK American n,H,0n(s over President Wilson's rot.ont wnril,B sbslded to i large degree over Sunday. A limit ed number of persons left jhi trains to Vera (Truss to-day. Consul Oener al Shaukllii spent most of the day In his olllces, but locelved fewer vis Its than on previous days. Tho opinion Is growing that the warning, to far as regards the large centers, will not be generally obeyed, unless further Information of a definite character Is forthcoming. Ministers Cnmboa and Prrutla, of Foreign Affairs aud the Interior, respectively, to-day Issued denials of the declaration from the War Department concerning the shifting of army division headquarters from Interior points to the coasts and frontier. It Is now explained that If these shifts are made it will be 80,ol' tnr ll,, Purpose of guardliiK against rebel operations. Appreciate The Herald. Cleaton, Ky., Auk. 2K, IV 1 3. Editors Herald, ll.i-'foid. K'i: -As my ituu is about ojt lot Tho Herald, I enclose check for $1.00 for renewal. The II era Id Is tro much like a leitir Irom homo f.ir mo to "'" " "ei man ail of inv II lug an OIilo county life and supportei' of The Herald from Its birth. J. M. CANA.V. WAX'J'KI), Fifty thousand crosstlos on Green and Rough rivers. Also 25 tie makers wanted. For further par- Hculnrs, apply to O. T. O'RANNOX & CO., Hartford. Ky. 28tf ' m - For clatety Job pilntln: The HeruUI I