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C O V I N G T O N J O U R N A L
New Series--Vol. II, No. 29
COVINGTON, KY., AUGUST 28, 1869
Whole No. 81
Shocking Outrage.
Correspondence of the
Enquirer
Demossville, Ky., August 26, 1869
A shocking outrage was perpetrated near the
dividing line of Pendleton and Grant counties on
yesterday morning. The particulars so far as I
can learn them, are as follows;
Three young men, at the time and place referrer
to, seized three ladies, two of them married,
and a child of twelve years and violated their
persons, causing the death of the child. This
diabolical outrage has caused a great excitement
in this county, and a party with ropes have
started in pursuit and you may imagine the scene
that will be enacted in case of the villains
capture.
I think the young men are known to the citizens
in pursuit, but I have not learned the names or
other particulars, all of which I will be able,
I think, to give you at an early date.
Hastily,
Con.
New
Series.--- Vol. II. No. 16.
COVINGTON, KY., MAY 22, 1869
Whole No. 68
Homicide At Falmouth
Singular
and Distressing Affair.
Falmouth, Ky., May 22, 1869
At Falmouth, Pendleton county, on Wednesday
night last, about 12 o’clock, A. J. Hall, Esq.,
a young lawyer of that place, was aroused from
his sleep by a noise at the front door of his
dwelling, as if some one were endeavoring to
break in. He proceeded to the hall into which
the door opens and had just got there and
demanded who was making the noise, when the door
was burst open and he was confronted by a man in
the door way--- Mr. Hall fired a single shot but
with fatal effect. The man dropped dead. The
body proved to be that of James Jones, a young
man, very recently married, whose father, a
farmer, in easy circumstances and of good
repute, lives within two or three miles of
Falmouth. Young Jones, when sober, conducted
himself with propriety and was generally liked;
but he had got into the habit of drinking to
excess at intervals and when under the influence
of liquor was wild and reckless. Gentlemen who
were in Falmouth at the time and who knew Jones,
do not believe he went to Hall’s house with a
malicious intent; and this opinion is
strengthened by the fact that on a former
occasion when under the influence of liquor, he
entered a dwelling in town at night, laid down
on the floor, and slept till morning. Mr. Hall
did not know who had broken into his house until
after he fired the fatal shot; and although
justified in the act by the jury at the
coroner’s inquest, and indeed by the public
voice of Falmouth, is sorely distressed and
deeply regrets the occurrence. Mr. Hall is well
known and highly esteemed in this city, he
having read law in the offices of Messrs.
Stevenson & Myers.
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