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Domestic News
January 27, 1890
The Big Sandy News
Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
Reuben Stewart, a notorious Pike County desperado and fugitive for murdering two Ratcliff men in August 1882, committed suicide with a pistol at Hall's residence on the Cumberland mountains last Sunday.
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Rube Stewart Dead.
A private letter from Paintsville informs us that on last Sunday, Reuben Stewart, a notorious desperado of Pike county, committed suicide at the residence of one Hall on the Cumberland mountains in that county. There was no one in the room at the time, and when the family heard the report of the pistol and entered the room, Stewart was lying on the floor dead, and his pistol beside him.
Readers of The Courier will remember that in August, 1882, this man Stewart murdered two men by the name of Ratcliff. Since that time he has been a fugitive from justice. His death rids Pike county of a very undesirable citizen, and saves the State a large sum of money that would have been expended in his prosecution should he have been captured.-Paintsville Courier.
A private letter from Paintsville informs us that on last Sunday, Reuben Stewart, a notorious desperado of Pike county, committed suicide at the residence of one Hall on the Cumberland mountains in that county. There was no one in the room at the time, and when the family heard the report of the pistol and entered the room, Stewart was lying on the floor dead, and his pistol beside him.
Readers of The Courier will remember that in August, 1882, this man Stewart murdered two men by the name of Ratcliff. Since that time he has been a fugitive from justice. His death rids Pike county of a very undesirable citizen, and saves the State a large sum of money that would have been expended in his prosecution should he have been captured.-Paintsville Courier.
What sub-type of article is it?
Death Or Funeral
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Rube Stewart
Suicide
Pike County
Desperado
Fugitive
Murder
What entities or persons were involved?
Reuben Stewart
Hall
Ratcliff
Where did it happen?
Pike County
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Pike County
Event Date
Last Sunday
Key Persons
Reuben Stewart
Hall
Ratcliff
Outcome
stewart committed suicide by pistol, found dead on the floor; rids pike county of undesirable citizen and saves prosecution costs
Event Details
Reuben Stewart, a notorious desperado and fugitive since murdering two Ratcliff men in August 1882, committed suicide alone in a room at Hall's residence on the Cumberland mountains; family heard the pistol shot and found him dead with pistol beside him