Show FIREBUGS GET IN THEIR WORK Captain Ewens Hotel at Jack Jeck sont Ky Destroyed C GUESTS GU MADE THEIR ESCAPE O OP THE PRO TES TS AGAINST JETT TT j T r om Ky June JURe 14 The L L I Early hotel at Jackson Jackso Jae a three I story building owned by toy Captain n nJ B J Ewes Ewen the principal witness against Jett and White now OB on trial r there for tor the assassination 8 of Lawyer La wyer I J B Marcura Marcum was burned to the I ground early this tills morning There were fifteen Alteen guests in tn the hotel but butaH aH all es escaped est escaped t without Injury There was no 11 insurance on oil the structure and the hotel together torether with the furnishings and also the effects of af the guests g ests is a atrial trial toss loss The Tile origin orl n of the fire Is iii I un Wt unknown known but the general opinion Is that the Are was wag of incendiary I n lary origin I Captain Ewes Ewen recently put up an ad nd addition addition dittos to ta the t fc tel This was just com corn completed pled pl and was as yet unoccupied u uple It was wae this part ef eC f the hotel In which the theAre fire Are was wag discovered dl e vered The TIle town of or Jackson has bas no fire de do department department and its citizens were ere awak awakened awakened ened sued by the tiring of or pistols and guns gun and much excitement prevailed A detachment of militia came on the I scene quickly from front its camp across the river and rendered valuable aid in as assisting asI I the guests ts to escape and pre pee preventing venting the flames from spreading I Captain Ewen Ewes has been kept at the t tI military camp since he testified last Monday that he saw sa Curtis Jett TeU fire lire I the shot that killed Marcum Nobody was seen to leave the hotel botel before the theAre lire fire broke out It was only two days ago that Jackson on was put under mar tsar martial martial law The fire has caused renewed apprehension Arson and Assassination I The burning of Ewens Ewess hotel this morn morning mornIng ing lag ia is set Mot only considered as incendiary but also amo oE as or to other acts of I intimidation in connection with the pend j ing tug trial of ot those e accused of the mur mu murder j der of ot J B Marcum who was attorney for contestants of county offices now held I by leaders leaden of the faction with which the i defendants were Identified It has been t openly predicted that fJ there would be the I II j I flashing of incendiary warning that ar arI arson I I son aon would go along with assassination as disciplinary di measures might be needed I in Breathitt county i It is now flow stated that other witnesses for the tile commonwealth were not prop property property property I erty owners but that the jurors who are farmers and witnesses who could not be found when detachments ments of ot troops were trying to bring them into court courten i are property owners The burning e of Ewes en a property rt has not ot only caused fees fear for lila life and property properly but also increased the general doubt of af conviction in either Cf f the tile pending cases casesI Policy Had Bad Been Canceled I The hotel and furniture had bad been in tn insured f suied but only s a week ago ayo Ewe Ewen was notified that en OR account of at threatening t g t had bad decided to W I I cancel his policy h us and fix fixtures I flirts tures were wee valued at 1 OH They were w re I I the savings of a lifetime and Ewen and family faintly are tonight homeless and de do dependent dependent 1 pendent upon n the hospitality of the troops in camp campI Gray and Jim Haddicks ek and Jerry g JD I Limbs Lunoe L workmen k n a at the Swann X Day ay lumber yards reported having seen Joe Joet Crawford and Ed Tharp for forthe forthe forthe t the Hargis Bros come across the bridge and return just before the blaze blazeI was discovered dl ered and Major Allen ordered I these men inca arrested They were taken into camp by b the soldiers and manacled in the guard house Hargis People Active Gray Haddicks was detained by the tIM pro provost provo yost vo t guard as a witness Soon the Har HarKis Hargis Ids Kis people were very vet active They The sent Joe lYN tI of Covington and B B Golden I of Barberville defending Jett and White and swore wore out writs of habeas corpus corms making them returnable at once o The I n ro i d di writs were e served on Major r Allen n and andi i h he be sent ent the prisoners prisoner to the court house under a strong guard commanded by I Captain Catin Maddox Judge Redwine decided to admit the themen themen I men to bail in 8 00 OI X each County Judge Hands and nd Sheriff Callahan had bonds I drawn ui uti U but after ate a consultation be between tween them and the lawyers Ja they the re refused reI refused I fused to sign th the bonds and the two men were taken by bJ soldiers inside their lines and are ht manacled in the 1 military guard b house with a heavy beay guard on watch and strong stron UI Identified Fully I The Haddicks boys and fully identified the men and claimed some seine members of the Ewes Ewen Tamil family saw sa them come Ome out of oC the house It is supposed they watched their opportunity op and while the family were In the dining room rushed up the back bock stairway and nd threw a lighted torch or a bell ball of rags satu saturated saturated saturated rated with oil into the garret and then made their escape The men mft evidently knew the construction c ef of the house e eThere There was no tire fire in any of the flues lues hi In that section of the How Howard Howan Howard ard an Fulke Fulkes a boarder bostder heard beard persons persona come upstairs hurriedly hurr ly and run down again Crawford and aDd Tharp have ban both stayed at Ewens hotel and were familiar with the building buDding and the habits habit of the fam fain The burning of oC Ewens Ewess house bouse fulfills h fA part th the threat at st made by the man who wea says called at his borne home last Sun Sunday Sunday day and offered to bribe him bim by bv Riving giving S i io MO If f he would alter his testimony |