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BLUE, John H,
Blue, a black man, had been committed to the Hastern State Hospital
for the Insane at Lexington, Ky., in May, 1889, for acute mania caused
by religious excitement and discharged as recoverd in June, 1890, He
returned to Louisville and in 1916 he was renting a house from Adam
Oster, an elderly carpenter. Blue was behind in his rent payments
and Oster went to collect, taking with him a carpenter's kit in which
there was a hatchet KXXKXK as he planned to make some repairs, Oster
entered the house and the two men had words for a few minutes and then
Oster pushed Oster out the front door, grabbed the hatchet and struck
the old man over the back and top of the head several times with the
blade, killing him instantly. Blee fled but was capbired shortly
afterwards, At his trial, he said that Oster had began cursing him
and had threatened him with the hatchet and that then he had taken ©
the weapon and kihled the old man in self-defense. This did not
agree with the material evidence even though a witness partially
corroborated Blue's story, and he was convicted and sentenced to die,
His case was appealed to the Kentucky Supreme Court because the trial
court had not ailoed XX an affidavit from the hospi ta) cgn=
cerning his mental illness of twenty-five years before to n ocnee
The higher court affirmed the conviction and Blue was electrocuted a
the Kentucky State Prison on August 10, 1917
BLUE, John H.
Blue, a black man, had been committed to the Hastern State Hospital
for the Insane at Lexington, Ky., in May, 1889, for acute mania caused
by religious excitement and discharged as recoverd in June, 1890. He
returned to Louisville and in 1916 he was renting a house from Adam
Oster, an elderly carpenter, Blue was behind in his rent payments
and Oster went to collect, taking with him a carpenter's kit in which
there was a hatchet HXEKXW as he planned to make some repairs, Oster
entered the house and the two men had words for a few minutes and then
Oster pushed Oster out the front door, grabbed the hatchet and struck
the old man over the back and top of the head several times with the
blade, killing him instantly. Blee fled but was capbtred shortly
afterwards, At his trial, he said that Oster had began cursing him
and had threatened him with the hatchet and that then he had taken ©
the weapon and kihled the-old man in self-defense. This did not
agree with the material evidence even though a witness partially
corroborated Blue's story, and he was convicted and sentenced to die.
His case was appealed to the Kentucky Supreme Court because the trial
court had not allowed an affidavit frag the hospi ta} can=
cerning his mental illness of twenty-five years before to n eer
The higher court affirmed the conviction and Blue was electrocuted a
the Kentucky State Prison on August 10, 1917
BLE, John He
Blue, a black man, had been committed to the Zastern State Hospital
for the Insane at Lexington, Ky., in May, 1689, for acute mania caused
afterwards, At his trial, he said that Oster had began cursing him
agree with the material evidence even though a witness partially
corroborated Blue's story, and he was convicted and sentenced to die,
His case was appealed to the Kentucky Supreme Court because the triaL
court had not allowed aX an affidavit from the hospital can-
germing his mental illness of twenty-five years betare to ES intrbatcer
The higher court affirmed the and Blue was 9.
the Kentucky State Prison on August 10, 1917
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