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Rager, Lyman

Drakesboro man to face charge of Browder slaying
Lyman Rager held in County Jail; Three others under bond as material witnesses.

Lyman Rager, of Drakesboro, waived examining trial at Greenville and was held on a charge of murder in connection with the slaying of Maxie E. (Red) Boren. Three other men, Johnny Arnold of Drakesboro, Paul Martin of Browder, and Wesley Baggett of Ridgetop, Tenn., who it is alleged were with Rager at the time of the shooting are under bond, being considered by County Attorney Russell O'Neill as material witnesses.

Boren was found critically wounded on the highway at Browder at 10:30 o'clock on Wednesday night of last week. He was taken to the Greenville Hospital where he died shortly before noon last Thursday from a bullet wound in the head.

Boren, whose home was in Russellville, came to Muhlenberg county with Baggett, a truck driver from Ridgetop, Tenn. They were unable to secure coal at the Willow Creek mine on Wednesday, and according to reports, were to remain in Muhlenberg county that night, loading up the next morning.

That night, the party of five, it is said, drove to Drakesboro, where they spent a short time. Several in the party, according to reports wanted to go from Drakesboro to Rochester. Boren, it is said, did not want to go. An altercation resulted. The shooting, it is said, occurred at the spot where Boren was found.

Coroner Lonnie Bryan conducted an inquest over the body and assisted County Attorney Russell O'Neill and Judge Kenneth Jones in a court of inquiry. As a result of information secured by county officials the four men had been taken into custody and lodged in the Muhlenberg county jail.

Boren was 26 years old. He was a son of A.E. Boren of Russellville. The body was taken to Russellville for burial.

Ragon, J.V.

J.V. Ragon had a very severe fall Monday.

Reno, Michael

Michael Reno Gets New Artificial Arm

Paducah - Michael Reno, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Reno of Paducah, formerly of Central City, has entered the Children's Hospital Child Amputation Center, Grand Rapids, Mich. for therapy and training in the use of an artificial arm. Mike lost his right arm last January as a result of gas gangrene. He will be in the hospital from four to six weeks. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gossett of Graham.

Rex, George Hubert

South Carrollton man's body found in Louisville fire
George Hubert Rex body found by fireman in living quarters in rear of grocery.

Funeral services for George Hubert Rex, whose body was found in a blazing room adjoining his grocery store at 2039 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Monday morning, were held at South Carrollton Tuesday afternoon. Death was attributed to third-degree burns.

Rex was a native of South Carrollton. Before moving to Louisville he was engaged in the grocery business at Greenville. He purchased the grocery store in Louisville about three months ago.

Rex was found dead in his burning store at 2:30 a.m. Monday by firemen. He was trapped in a room directly behind the storeroom. The building was a thirteen-room frame structure.

Coroner Keaney, Louisville, of the Fire Prevention Bureau, who investigated the fire, said that Rex, who was trapped in the room evidently had attempted to get out of the burning building. A broken window was found on the west side. Apparently Rex had used part of a bedpost to smash the glass, but was unsuccessful. Flames cut off his exit through the store.

Rex's face and hands were seared. He was clad in night clothes and had a raincoat on, possibly realizing his escape through the window was impossible and putting on the coat to keep the flames from his body while trying to escape from the burning building.

The flames were discovered by Mrs. Emma Delaney, who lives in three roooms over the store with her two sons and two daughters. Mrs. Delaney smelled smoke and awakened her sons and daughters, they awakening a family occupying rear rooms on the same floor. All escaped to the street.

Firemen found the rear of the first floor in flames when they arrived. Rex's body was discovered on the floor between the store and a room he used as living quarters.

His body was lying with the feet across the threshold leading from the grocery to a small room under a stairway.

Deputy Coroner M. Redfer Dougherty, who conducted an inquest, took a wallet containing $55 and a watch from Rex's clothing.

Entrance seen by clerk.

The last person believed to have seen Rex was William Lang, 19, a clerk at the store, who told police he saw the grocer go into the place about 7:30 Sunday night.

Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Lucy A. Rex of South Carrollton.

Reynolds

Postmaster Reynolds has put up a notice prohibiting smoking in his office. This is a thing that should have been done long ago, and now that the step has been taken, the notice should be respected.

Reynolds, J.E. & Charley Bradley

J.E. Reynolds and Charley Bradley killed a genuine wild turkey apiece last Thursday. Several persons have reported seeing signs of two drives in the Jernigan Chapel neighborhood.

Reynolds, Mollie

Greenville, Ky., Feb. 27. - Mrs. Mollie Reynolds spent the weekend with Mr. Charlie Parks and family, near town.

Rhoades, Delbert

Convalescing at home.
Delbert Rhoades, son of Floyd Rhoades, was brought to his home this morning from the Greenville Hospital where he had been for several weeks following the accident which left him with a fractured skull. He is slowly convalescing at the home of his father on North Second and Devine Streets.

Roark, C.E.

Mr. C.E. Roark was up from South Carrollton for two days this week. It is due to a great extent to his skill as a typo that we are able to greet you today. There is a world of worry and detail in adjusting things in a new office, and wind and weather have added no small amount of delay.

Robertson, Charles H.

Smallhouse. March 21 - Messrs. P.B. Taylor, Jas. C. Drake, Ben Ross, Herman Addington, Frank Tichenor and S.W. Bilbro attended the burial of Mr. Charles Robertson, of Muhlenberg county, March 15.

Roll, Andrew

Greenville, Ky., Feb. 27. - Andrew Roll attended the automobile show in Louisville, returning home Sunday.

Rose Hill Cemetery

New cemetery for city to be opened by E.J. Anderson. 13 acres of ground which will be converted into beautiful cemetery purchased on Route 62.

Thirteen acres of ground was purchased last week by E. J. Anderson on Highway 62 - the Central City-Rockport Highway - the tract to be converted into a cemetery and set apart for the burial of the dead. The parcel of ground is on the north side of the highway and begins at a point about one block from the city limits. Most of the ground at the present time is in trees.

A crew of men are now at work clearing the underbrush, stumps and undesirable trees. When this work is completed the tract will be surveyed. Driveways will be provided and plans in laying out of a modern cemetery will be followed. A blue print will show each lot and section. All lots in the tract can be viewed from the highway.

The cemetery will be maintained by a perpetual fund, Mr. Anderson said, adding, “in other words, when you buy a lot in the cemetery it will be taken care of.”

A Sexton will be employed at all times to see that the grounds are kept in good condition. The thirteen acres will be sowed in grass and suitable shrubbery will be planted. The sexton will carry out the beauty of the plan and see that it is carefully maintained.

A section of the cemetery, Mr. Anderson said, will be set aside for the burial of War Veterans.

“I want to make it the prettiest cemetery in this section of the State, or anywhere else,” Mr. Anderson said.

The ground was formerly owned by the old Central Coal & Iron Company, being a part of what was at one time known as the company farm.

Ross, Dal

An operation was performed on Dal Ross, 19 years old, at Jennie Stuart Memorial Hospital, Hopkinsville, yesterday.

Ross, a son of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Ross, Paradise street, Greenville, suffered a double fracture of the upper jaw bone in an automobile accident that occurred on the highway between Earlington and Morton's Gap last Friday afternoon.

Rosson, Ben

Ben Rosson, of Central City, who was given a 13 year sentence in the penitentiary for killing a negro woman at Central City, was taken to the Eddyville prison Tuesday by sheriff Roll, but he was served with habeas corpus papers on arrival, and delivered his prisoner to the county authorities, where he was put on trial for a test of his sanity. After examination Rosson was adjudged insane, and was delivered to the authorities of the western lunatic asylum, at Hopkinsville. It has been contended all along that Rosson was unbalanced, and this was his only plea in his trial here, but the judge and jury were not convinced of the truth of the plea. However, the matter evidently held weight with the jury, as the murder was an unprovoked one, and would have merited a heavier sentence, but for the idea that there was a possibility of mental deficiency on the part of the prisoner.

Updated April 8, 2024.

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