Show COWARDLY MURDER MARKS COURSE OF KENTUCKY FEUD VA J curtis jett charged with the murder ot of james B marcum in the courthouse at jackson in breathitt county ky hy may 4 was arrested at the home of bis his stepfather linville hagan near doylesville Doy lesville madison county brought to winchester and placed in jail the arrest was made by sheriffs mccord and stokeley accompanied by bait halt a dozen other men the warrant had been sworn out by samuel jett uncle of the accused man who bow how ever Is his sworn enemy the sheriff and his posse left win chester secretly at midnight at jack eon s ferry they put away their bug agles and crossed the kentucky river to madison county in canoes they proceeded on toot foot to the hagan home six of th posse were stationed around the dwelling and sheriff mccord and deputy stokeley approached the front door and knocked jett s mother an and after some parley admit ted them they found jett awake but still in bed lie ile shook hands with the sheriff and said that he would give no trouble beaching reaching dundei his pillow he drew out his pistol and timed ti arned it over to his mother to keep he ile made no show of resistance in the jail curtis jett was comment canive on all matters save the killing of marcum III get out of this all right vas was the only statement he would make that could be construed as a reference to the charge he said he wanted to be tried in breathitt county he was iwas bitter in denouncing his uncle who had him arrested and said that the score would be evened up when he was at liberty when asked in reference to the statement that five men will testify that he killed marcum he simply j 7 orr coar AL sneered and replied what s that to youa jett is 28 years old athletic in build with deep set keen eyes and has bushy busby red hair that he submit ted to arrest was a sur prise to the officers who feared an en counter three men now openly accuse jett of killing marcum and now that they have spoken no doubt the lips of oth ers will be unsealed besides samuel jett and tom cockrell who each swore out warrants capt B J ewen who was at marcum s side when he was shot accuses him of the crime ewen after telling how he stood with his hand on marcum s shoulder when the assassin fired said I 1 turned and saw the murderer and recognized him it w was is curtis jett he held his pistol in both hands and had advanced two steps I 1 thought he was going to shoot me marcum had fallen to the floor I 1 stepped out of the door to save my life and heard a second shot A cou pip pin of or minutes later I 1 saw jett ap pear at the side door facing the post office he cautiously walked down the steps and turned into the crowd which was forming about marcum I 1 swear before god I 1 saw these things judge blanton the county attorney also saw jett fire the second shot ewen also names former sheriff W M combs J J C back attorney for the Hargis es floyd hagins and county clerk S S taulbee as having seen the assassin all are men of character sufficient to carry a condic tion if they swear to what ewen says although jett must be indicted in breathitt county it is certain a change of venue will be ordered so that he will not be left with his friends who control the judicial machinery of the county A messenger who left the interior of breathitt county at dawn may 4 to bear a warning to attorney J B mar cum that a plot to kill him bad had been formed the night before reached jackson a few minutes after an as sassin s bullet had crashed through marcum s brain and heart as he stood in n the courthouse door the night before the murder ed ward strong a friend of marcum s was informed that a conspiracy had been een entered into at a meeting of sev eral desperate men at a blind tiger three miles from jackson to assas ansas sinate marcum on monday at day ight light he sent a messenger to convey the information to the attorney who lay dead when he arrived several families are preparing to follow the example of over fifty peo pie who during the last six months have bave fled fleo the country male members will leave immediately and when hey they have found a home the women and children will follow it is expected that the contingent with which marcum was allied which includes the influential family of post master hurst marcum s father inlaw in law ire are uniting against the cockrell family with a view to precipitating a fight |