Show JAMES JANIES LAG Y WHO'S DEAD DEADA A Joke loliC that Haunts tine tin of or I Indiana X W I Indiana n man luau each year eOl III in long obituaries record th the cl death ath of or a U l man nian who sIno never nl existed His Ills name James Lace Laccy and the tine supposed sup sup- posed place of or his i cho KnI Jim If Ky lv which Is IN not on th the map hat ha become household words ot vi Ii- Ii standing f the tIne fact that thai tine thC of Lacey's Laceys 8 demise appears appeals In inn tho thi r regular lentil c column lumn folks al mi v a lau laugh haugh h wh when 1 th they I lead cad all It H Col CO William I nn ll-nn of ut Tone Terre IIi Hau a railroad man amid former I J k It- It lan Ian introduced J lCY t lii mom men Cial C years I a ago agu It Il tumid cunie about I this h i L way 1 Col CuI Penn Was as hilling at al his Il h one aunt nl tta Ta day reading tine the comic sect seel Ion o of ofa r f a n paper in an fin Imaginary illar Kentucky Ken 1 tu tucky k duel was as described Three J Kohl Ken cn- cn us were vero J as is i playing hig poK- poK or CIS 1 Suddenly a Of 0 shuts shots wa was wa s hoard ln Trouble It seems said s-ald nun no noYes 5 Y Yes s. s saId Bald raising hi bus o P 01 os S 'S S annul and glancing out of ui the but hul t not missing hi his card 3 reI pia play inlaY Mat Ma t Downs of Bowling Green Grcen annul and J Jim JimI I acoy of Echo Knob are arc ti up p 00 some Seine In 1 Th Tine The game gainie proceeded and after a alime line lime 1 iu e mute hin tiring hiring was waN haLlS haLl to hove have blown over u sai sanI d tIne Iho S Ih st curd player Fact said 1 the tho lie second again n glancing out of tine thu Howd it conic out el ed tin tho th e ii II a r. r Lucys Lacys dead deall replied the tine other Cu coolly at II The Flie cart card alel game ganie was as continued flit another word Th The toly amused l' l Penn Ienn nl and andas wa was as s around to tu ii his associates li 1 He e had hael hardly resumed when a i t CU cub uh reporter brushed up iii lo to hIm hint saying Any Aily ny news nC tOlla today colonel Yes replied Penn James Lace of oC if Echo Knob Ky h Is ibo doad ib Who ho is he inc he asked the Inc reporter r. r eu ea eagerly ge lII r I y A former c of this mis railroad d hero said the colonel He 11 C Wl was murdered The reporter r ha hastily tl drew out hi his s note 1100 note pad ii anti and alli to o th the IntI Intense amusement amuse uncut ment of tho time office force Corce the tine Joker jokel i ro- ro rf- rf hated cl tilt Iho tw killing of oC Lacey as tol told tl in 11 time the funny sheet carefully omitting g the card carl V Ji ho WR nus Oil 1 n an flu al even e In Jg i hY nt In t oC of I hi caugh t his liis edition and soon the town wa was a arca S rca reading 1 lug ing o of f t the Ii e cold blooded colel ii ed in murder r of C the Uw S r li l Loul 1 I I he for or more 10 n ii la im is IH a and t nu net b ero 0 Info med I that hat no inn In such town tOWI CX o. fX- fX l IsU-d. IsU tc They took tool no chances s of or bein being g hl beaten I by hy their rivals ri however Cr an and ant d tine tho tl Stat an anyway anay ay On Inv investigation thc they found that tha t th the sLoe story was a hoax and anel it was waH quiet quie quietly t- t I ly Iy dropped The he cub reporter nearly nearl ty y lost his job and time the tale talc leaked o out ut hut but was H SOWn soon Cor forgotten After ACel thai lint every vy line lime a new ler l- l er em I came caine on omi 01 the time railroad run mu rUI h he lie was dial the tho tal tale lale of o James Lacks Laces death but the time murder features were cut cul ot otto out outto outto it to a avoid ic attracting too loo much m- m ion llon Editorial forces Corces were small stimuli and nin th Chal changed cc frequently and from flom Unie tinie lo to time time the account of Laceys Lacey's dent death in would slip sUp by a new editor or a hu hur- hur hul- hul r- r CUP Col copy reader The FIne hC lal laugh h wa was vas a al always 1 l- l Wf ways a at l Iho hi expense of or t the tho hI pap paper 1 o oits or r i its green reporter Tho ho joko spread among the railroad d nell men tine ine state stale and arnol aur tim e es story Y s was repeatedly printed h by unsuspecting s- s editors One nfl la lust last sSt St week devoted nearly half haI a column t to o the thc KU sad 1 incident |