Lawrence County KyArchives Obituaries.....Wallen, Crit March 1898
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Big Sandy News March 11th 1898
Murdered a boy:

Tom Halbert is on trial here charged with the murder of Crit Wallen. Four 
witnessed have testified that Halbert and John Hunter, who stands indicted with 
him for the murder came to the house of Dr Porter, who is the …….of the 
deceased… Halbert began kicking the door of the drug store, where young Ben 
Porter, son of the doctor went out and asked him to quit; that Halbert drew a 
revolver on him and Porter backed from him and being pressed, struck him on the 
shoulder with a hatchett and then went into the house to get a revolver. John 
Wadden, the boys father, says he tried to get Halbert and Hunter away, and while 
doing so, they held a whispered conversation in the lane adjoining the house and 
then walked to the gate in front of the house; that he saw the little boy go 
into the porch and saw Halbert present a pistol; the he told Halbert not to 
shoot as he would kill some children; that Halbert shot the boy though the 
breast, killing him instantly; that young Porter then fired from the corner of 
the house at Halbert as he ran. The defense is endeavoring to prove that Porter, 
the boy’s uncle, shot Wallen from the corner of the house. Wallen was killed on 
his 15th birthday.

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