Salt Lake Herald | 1894-12-26 | Page 1 | A Bloody Tragedy

i A BLOODY TRAGEDY A Man Defends Himself With an Axe and Kills His As nil ant Moorehead Ky Dec 250ne of the bloodiest tragidies in the history of Rowan county occurred a mile from Moorehead last night Jake Whitaker a laborer went home about 6 oclock and found Henry Tyree and William Cole at his house Cole and < Tyre threatened to Icih him if he did not leave Whitaker at last started to leave the house when Cole made at him withdrawn with-drawn knife Tyree saying kill him Tyree went out at the other door and met Whitaker and began cutting him with a knife Whitaker seized an axe and knocked I Cole senseless and chopped T > ree seven times with the axe killing him Whit1 I ker then helped Cole into the house I giving him some whisky after which he came to town and gave himself up to Marshal Day He was placed in jail to await an examination I