Obituary of Cullom D. Cantrell 1896 Monroe Co., KY

Glasgow (KY) Weekly Times, 2 Dec 1896. "Killing at 
Tompkinsville. Walter Leslie, a young man about eighteen 
or nineteen years of age, is in jail at Tompkinsville 
charged with the murder of a fruit-tree agent by the 
name of Cullom D. Cantrell, of Smithville, Tenn. The 
killing occurred at the notorious resort of a woman by 
the name of Ret Jackson, about a mile from Tompkinsville.

"Tuesday of last week, Cantrell was in Tompkinsville, and 
was going around town with young Leslie. About three o'clock 
in the evening the men left for the house of the Jackson woman, 
and about an hour afterwards the killing occurred. Leslie 
immediately went to town and surrendered himself to Sheriff 
Patterson, claiming that Cantrell was approaching him with a 
knife at the time the fatal shot was fired. Cantrell died 
instantly.

"It was not at first known who Cantrell was, but investigation 
developed the fact that he was a fruit tree agent of Smithville. 
When he first came to Tompkinsville he claimed to be a professional 
gambler. The body was claimed by the father of the deceased and 
taken to Smithville for burial.

"Young Leslie is a son of Mr. Emerson Leslie, who 
was at one time jailer of Monroe county, and who is 
a brother of Governor Leslie, of Montana, and Hon. J. 
Rowan Leslie, of Tompkinsville. Walter Leslie is 
regaraded as a wild young fellow, but worthless rather 
than vicious. He is hardly more than a boy.

"Ret Jackson, the woman in the case, is one of most 
notorious women of her class in this section. Years ago, 
she was well-known in Glasgow, but for the last decade 
she has lived in the vicinity of Tompkinsville and has 
been a constant source of worry to the officials and to 
decent peoople. There were more or less, suspicious 
circumstances surrounding the killing, and she was 
arrested and placed in jail, charges withc omplicity 
in the murder, along with young Leslie.

"The examining trial is now in progress. 


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