Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1901 — Marshal Kills a Prisoner. [ARTICLE]

Marshal Kills a Prisoner.

Marshal Wilder of Corbin shot and instantly killed Andy Cox at Williamsburg, Ky., who was resisting arrest. The marshal was probably fatally wounded himself by Cox. He attempted to arrest Cox, who was engaged in a quarrel with Thomas Branam, whom he shot twice before he could defend himself. Cox lived in Knox county and was a desperate character when