Mrs. Charles Major Murder
The Leader, March 9, 1910

“Mystery”
For the fourth time in the past year the mysterious Broughton murder case will be taken up this week in the Garrard Circuit Court for consideration. In an interveiw Commonwealth's Attorney Charles A. Hardin said that the case is the most puzzling with which he has ever had to cope. On Christmas Day, 1908, a family reunion was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Major, nine miles from Danville, near Bryantsville. The husband, Charles Major, charged that the shot had been fired by Andrew Broughton, his wife's brother, and that the charge was intended for Major. Andrew Broughton, on the other hand, charged that the shot had been fired by Charles Major.