Newspapers; Adair County KY The Adair County News    10-Nov-1897

Submitted By: Laura Frost Wright   lsllwright@fuse.net
Submission Date: 25-Feb-2000

Bloody Were the Tragedies of Election Day.
Twenty Men Killed and Mortally Wounded.

Twenty men were killed or mortally wounded with a good portion of the State
yet to be heard from in the election fights of Tuesday. It was one of the
bloodiest days in the history of the State. Frankfort led off with five
killed and mortally wounded in two terrific street battles, one of which was
a continuation of the other. Monday night, the Republicans and
single-standard Democrats discovered that the silver Democrats were hiring
negroes to remain away from the polls on Tuesday by sending them to a
bull-pen near town. The Republicans and single-standard Democrats thereupon
sent out a force of armed men to stop the work, this party led by
Frank EGBERT, a desperado and a bad man generally. In the edge of town,
they met two wagons which were returning from conveying a lot of negroes
to the bull-pen. The two wagons were driving rapidly when a man armed with
a Winchester rifle ordered them to halt. As both wagons moved on they were
fired into by the party led by EGBERT, Howard GORE was killed outright,
driver John SMITH was shot in both legs, one of which has since been
amputated. He will die. Charles GRAHAM, colored, the other driver, was shot
in the right lung. Warrants were sworn out for EGBERT and those supposed to
have been with him and about 4 in the afternoon, Deputy Sheriff DEAKINS and
six other deputies met EGBERT and his cousin Walter GOINS on Main Street.
When DEAKINS informed EGBERT that he had a warrant for him, he was answered
by a shot in the abdomen but returned the fire before he fell. EGBERT fell
dead, GOINS was shot in the foot and leg and was taken to jail.
DEAKINS lived four hours.
At Crooked Creek, Rockcastle County, Chesly PAYNE, John LAWRENCE,and
Henry LONFIELD were killed while resisting a Sheriff's posse.
In Lexington, Robert DUGAN was shot four times by Wm. McNAMARA.
In Paducah, Jesse PATTON and K. BEAGLES fought and both died.
In Junction City, J.C. WRIGHT and Jase BLACKERTY shot each other to death.
In Sulphur Springs, Ohio County, Lewis FRANKLIN was killed by Frank SMITH.
In Jamestown, Russell County, Merrill TARTER cut William REDMON's throat
killing him instantly.
In White Lick, Garrard County, Thos. GREENUP shot and mortally wounded
Thomas ROYSTON.
In Louisville, three men were killed.
-Glasgow Times

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