Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1920 — Realism His Downfall. [ARTICLE]

Realism His Downfall.

Danville, Ky.—Keith Phillips, who admits having attacked Willie Trimble, aged seven, whom he lured to a lonesome field, says he was alone when he committed the crime. He beat the Trimble child over the head several times with a hammer. “Movies” are blamed for his act. He had a passion for rough films and was so wild on the subject that his father a year ago desired that he be committed to an institution. In his confession Phillips exonerated Lucien X. Jenkins, a negro. who was in danger of being lynched..