HISTORY: PARTIN, Dulcie - Her Killer Gets Death Penalty - Bell Co, Ky Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 09:35:39 +0000 Submitted by: Kimberly Bargo Riggins SURNAMES: MILLER, MIRACLE, JONES The Peoples News. A Democratic Newspaper. Published weekly by the Peoples News Inc. Charles Davis Editor May 17 1912 MIRACLE MUST DIE The Court Of Appeals Friday affirmed the Bell Circuit court in the case of Cal Miracle against the Commonwealth, in which the death penalty by electrocution was imposed. Judge Miller delivered the opinion of the court. Miracle was convicted of the murder of Dulcie Partin, a woman. The crime was committed on Sunday August 27 1911 on a public road on Straight Creek, Bell County. Following the murder Miracle fled the state. He was caught at Birmingham Alabama. It subsequently developed that thirty minutes before Miracle killed the woman he shot and killed Matthew Jones, at his residence farther down the road. A Point relied on for reversal of the judgement was that one of the Jurors was related to the murdered woman. The court holds that where a juror does not know of the kinship to the deceased, he stands in the same relation to the accused as a stranger, in so far as the affinity of blood might affect his verdict. ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by noncommercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format, or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit, or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative, and then contact the listed USGENWEB Archivist with proof of this consent.