“A 29 year old Vanceburg housewife has been charged with second degree murder of a 10 month old baby in what police term a ‘weird’ incident.” “The circumstances- Mrs. Norma Jean Smith had arranged with a friend, Mrs. Helen McKinney, Carrington Street, to help with wallpapering a room at the Continue Reading
Lewis County
Otto Osborne Drowns in Kinney Creek
“Vanceburg, June 17- Otto Osborne, 16, son of James Osborne of Red Bush, was drowned in Kinney creek near Records. He and a number of other boys were coming home and as they passed by the creek and the warm, sparking water tempted them, as all other boys, to try Continue Reading
Death of Captain John McAllister
“Captain John McAllister, of Springville, Kentucky, and well and favorably known as a steamboat captain, died last Monday morning at 8:40 AM. Captain McAllister had a host of friends on the river and shore, and his loss is one that will be felt by a large circle of friends and Continue Reading
Moses Givens Near Death After Patricide
“Moses Givens, who was shot by John J. Key, on Saturday last, is an old man more than seventy years of age, and a most excellent citizen and christian. He is a native of Lewis county, where his family rank among the most worthy and respectable of its citizens. We Continue Reading
Blood for Blood: Lynch Law in Lewis County
“Our reporter learned the particulars from a passenger on the Carrie, last Wednesday, of twin tragedies that occured in Lewis county, Kentucky, last Monday and Tuesday, in which a life for a life was given. Washington Lee, the chief actor in the drama, was a white man living near Tollesboro, Continue Reading
The Hard Life of George Royal
“George Royal was the name given to a stranger arrested by Henry Koger, special officer, Saturday evening. He claimed to be from Quincy, Kentucky. After being put behind bars on a drunk and disorderly charge the stranger tore down the electric lights and wires in the jail. He was released Continue Reading
The Sudden Demise of John McElhaney
John McElhaney, well-known in this city, where he resided for many years, died very suddenly at his residence, in Lewis county, Kentucky, six miles from Portsmouth, last Thursday morning, at seven o’clock, of rheumatism of the heart, in his fifty-ninth year. He had been in his usual health, and his Continue Reading
Acid Thrower From Vanceburg Thought to Have Come to Portsmouth
“Marshall Schmitt received a letter today from Robert Kress, of Buena Vista, stating that he brought a man to this city Tuesday night whom he has every reason to believe was the man who threw muriatic acid in the face of Captain Hoobler, near Vanceburg, Tuesday evening.” “It was about Continue Reading
Burns Fatal for Lewis County Child
“After having survived weeks of pain as a result of burns on her face and body from the abdomen up, little Margaret Ginn died unexpectedly yesterday at Haywood hospital. Margaret was 2 years old and the second youngest of the four daughters of Frank Ginn and Rose Ginn, who live Continue Reading
The Strange Hermit: Alexander Shaw
“Alexander Shaw, who met a horrible death by falling in the fire last week at his home, two miles east of Quincy, was one of the strangest characters known to Northeastern Kentucky. He was a hermit and had lives that secluded, unnatural life for more than forty years. He came Continue Reading