Show Horrible Tragedy LOUISVILLE February 27 Informa tion has reached the CourierJournal tonight of a horrible tragedy in Union County Ky A farmer named Nose Caton living near Smiths mills Union County and his sons last Saturday hung his wife whom he married four years ago She was a widow lady before be-fore she married Caton and owned a small parcel of land which Caton wishtd her to I deed to him She declined to do SQ which enraged him Saturday with his sons he took her out and hung her after beating her terribly They put the corpse in a box and took it in the house The neighbors in dressing the corpse for burial discovered the bruises and I the broken neck They reported the matter to the authorities who had the body disinterred ana ordered the arrest of Caton and his sons Twenty men led by the county magistrate went to Catons house Arriving they met with resistance on the part of the Jatons whereupon they fired upon them wounding Hose Caton in the ankle and John Caton through the lung Catons daughter Annie in attempting to shield her father bypassing ng between him and the posse was shotin the bowels Squire Lilly finally shinned firin rind asked Raton to sur render He would not they told bliss they would kill him and burn the house down He decided to give up Squire Lilly started off with his prisoners Mote Caton Wesley Caton John Caton and Tom Caton and Joseph E Fritz and landed them safely in jail at Morganfield John and Annie are both badly wounded An attempt was made to take them away from the squire and posse and lynch them while on their way to Morganfield last night which was unsuccessful |