News Articles - Jefferson County, Kentucky
The Centinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania),
Wednesday, February 3, 1808
Louisville, December 22
Within the last week the Ohio has experienced an extraordinary rise, (nearly
12 feet) and is still rising. Sunday night the ships Rufus King and
Tuskarora, which had struck and moored among the rocks on the falls last
spring, floated off without receiving further injury. The former, having her
crew on board, is secured at the mouth of Silver Creek, the latter was not
missed until Monday morning, and is supposed to have drifted a considerable
way down the river; a boat’s crew has been sent in pursuit of her. [Contributed
by a Friend of Free Genealogy]
Illinois State Democrat, 9-26-1860
Fort Smith,
Arkansas, Sept. 15.
A man who gave the name of William Owen, late of Louisville, was arrested
yesterday for horse stealing and committed to jail. Last night about 11
o'clock, he was forcibly taken from jail, and attempted to hang him to a
tree. While the noose was being adjusted to his neck, he suddenly cast off
the rope and fled, a volley was instantly fired at him by the infuriated
crowd, brought him to the ground; he was then carried back to the calaboose,
where he now lies in a dying condition. Another horse thief was brought in
to day and will doubtless share the fate of his companion in crime.
[Contributed by Candi H.]
The Oklahoman 9/12/1907
Discovered
Son in Chain Gang
Father Locates Missing Boy In El Reno, Charged With Vagrancy
Special to The Oklahoman
El Reno, Okla., Sept. 11 – After having considered his son as either dead or
lost for several years, Clayton Williams, Sr., an old man from Louisville,
Ky., unexpectedly found Clayton Williams, Jr., in this city today.
Williams had been searching for his boy in Oklahoma for more than a month
and had stopped into the police station to telephone to Ft. Reno to see if
he had enlisted as a soldier. While waiting for an answer to the call, the
city prisoners were marched through the room to court and the father saw his
son in the chain gang.
Along with several others he had been arrested as a vagrant. The father paid
the fine and two left for Kentucky this evening. [Contributed by Dale
Donlon]
El Dorado Daily Republican,
Saturday Evening, January 16, 1909