A CENTURY OF WAYNE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, 1800-1900 by Johnson,
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Letter dated March 25, 1977, from Alice Eller Coffey, Jabez, Kye
THEWAYNE COUNTY OUTLOOK, Monticello, Kentucky
Artigle from A CENTURY OF WAYNE COUNTY, 1800-1900, by Augusta
Phillips Johnson (Louk&sville: Standard Prinking, 1939) bound in
KENTUCKY " = LOCAL HISTORY EXCERPTS,
A CENTURY OF WAYNE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, 1800-1900 by Johnson, ‘Pages
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Letter dated March 25, 1977, from Alice Eller Coffey, Jabez, Kye
THEWAYNE COUNTY OUTLOOK, Monticello, Kentucky
Artigle from A CENTURY OF WAYNE COUNTY, 1800-1900, by Augusta
Phillips Johnson (Loussville: Standard Printing, 1939) bound in
KENTUCKY " = LOCAL HISTORY EXCERPTS,
ITURY OF WAYNE _COUNTY, KENTUCKY, 1800-1900 by Johnson,
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Letter dated March 25, mal. fro Alice Eller Coffey, Jabez, Ky.
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PREWITT, Grandville ("Grand")
Prewitt, a young white man, lived in Wayne Co., Ky. In 1886, a far-~
mer named Garvis Buck who Lived in the eastern part of the county
sold a horse for $30, receiving cash in payment. Prewitt knew of
the sale and that night he went to the Buck home while intoxicated
and, while Buck was on his knees building a fire in the fireplace,
Prewitt bludgeoned him to death with a stick of wood, He then killed
Buck's sister, Mary Ellen, in the same manner and was going to kill
her 6-year-old son when the family's dog attacked him which gave the
boy an opportunity to flee, Prewitt followed him into the night,
but bhe boy hid in a briar patch and he was unable fo find him. ‘then
it was safe to leave his hiding place, the boy reported the murders
and named Prewitt as the killer, He was promptly arrested, convicted
and sentenced to hang, Around 11,000 persons gathered in Monticello
on January 13, 1887, to witness the execution though it was carried
out behind an entlosure and only 60 official witnesses were allowed
inside, Tickets for this sold for as highk as $5,00 each, He made
a speech from the gallows in which he blamed whiskey for his predica-
ment. The little boy was on the scaffold and Prewitt begged his for-
giveness and asked him to shake his hand but the boy refused.
PREWITT, Grandville ("Grand")
Prewitt, a young white man, lived in Wayne Co., Ky. In 1886, a far-
mer named Garvis Buck who Lived in the eastern part of the county
sold a horse for $30, receiving cash in payment, Prewitt knew of
the sale and that night he went to the Buck home while intoxicated
and, while Buck was on his knees building a fire in the fireplace,
Prewitt bludgeoned him to death with a stick of wood, He then killed
Buck's sibter, Mary Ellen, in the same manner and was going to kill
her 6-year-old son when the family's dog attacked him which gave the
boy an opportunity to flee, Prewitt folldwed him into the night,
but bhe boy hid in a briar patch and he was unable fo find him, then
it was safe to leave his hiding place, the boy reported the murders
and named Prewitt as the killer, He was promptly arrested, convicted
and sentenced to hang, Around ),000 persons gathered in Monticello
on January 13, 1887, to witness the execution though it was carried
out behind an enblosure and only 60 official witnesses were allowed
inside. Tickets for this sold for as highk as $5,00 each, He made
a speech from the gallows in which he blamed whiskey for his predica-
ment, The little boy was on the scaffold and Prewitt begged his for=
giveness and asked him to shake his hand but the boy refused.
PREWITT, Grandville ("Grand")
Prewitt, a young white man, lived in Wayne Co,, Ky. In 1886, a far-
mer named Garvis Buck who lived in the eastern part of the county
sold a horse for $30, receiving cash in payment, Prewitt knew of
the sale and that night he went to the Buck home while intoxicated
and, while Buck was on his knees building a fire in the fireplace,
Prewitt bludgeoned him to death with a stick of wood, He then killed
Buck's sibter, Mary Ellen, in the same manner and was going to kill
her 6-year-old son when the family's dog attacked him which gave the
boy an opportunity to flee. Prewitt followed him into the night,
‘but, bhe boy hid in a briar patch and he was unable fo find him, hen
it was safe to leave his hiding place, the boy reported the murders
and named Prewitt as the killer, He was promptly arrested, convicted
and sentenced to hang, Around 11,000 persons gathered in Monticello
on January 13, 1887, to witness the execution though it was carried
out behind an entlosure and only 60 official witnesses were allowed
inside, Tickets for this sold for as highk as $5,00 each, He made
a speech from the gallows in which he blamed whiskey for his predica-
ment, The little boy was on the scaffold and Prewitt begged his for-
giveness and asked him to shake his hand but the boy refused,
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