Son of Clinton Holt, I think.
Married Annie Speak in Clark County, IN in 1898.
Adair County News, November 14, 1906
James Holt, Russell County Man
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Arrested in Louisville--Police Think He Is Implicated in Murder
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James O. Holt, formerly of Russell county, has been arrested in Louisville and is being held as a suspect in connection with the murder of Mrs. Virginia Etly last Thursday morning [Nov. 8th].
Thursday morning about one o'clock Mrs. Virginia Etly, wife of Mr. Thomas Etly, a laborer, was discovered with her throat cut and skull caved in. The husband and daughter were sleeping in an adjoining room and three children were in the same apartments with the murdered woman. No trace of the person who committed the crime has been found, but the police strongly suspect Holt as the guilty party. He bears a very unsavory reputation in that section of the city and has been arrested more than twenty times on various charges. Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock Holt was released from the workhouse, where he had been incarcerated for driving his wife and mother-in-law from home with threats to murder them. Immediately upon his release he made inquiries for his family, who had moved to get away from him, and stated that he intended to kill his mother-in-law. About 11:30 o'clock he was seen in the neighborhood of the Etly home in a half-drunken condition; a few minutes later a man was seen running from the direction of the murdered woman's home hatless, and as Holt cannot give an entirely clear account of himself he is held as a suspect. During the evening he claimed to have lost his hat, but cannot remember where.
James O. Holt is a native of Russell county, and bore the reputation in that section of a very dangerous man. About twelve or fifteen years ago he murdered Milt Coffey, in a drinking house about two miles from Jamestown and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. During Gov. Bradley's administration* he was pardoned by Lieut. Gov. Worthington, and we understand that he has since served a term in the state penitentiary.
At one time Holt was a citizen of Columbia and he was generally regarded as a vicious, quick-tempered and a man who knew no fear. During his life in our town he was engaged in a number of quarrels and came very near murdering one of our citizens.
* Bradley served as Governor of Kentucky 1895-1899.
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Adair County News, September 25, 1907
James Holt, a native of Russell county, was re-arrested in Louisville the other day, charged with the murder of Mrs. Etly. It will be remembered that when the crime was committed Holt was arrested as a suspect, but turned loose. The attorneys in John B. Etly, who is in jail, charged with the murder of his wife, caused Holt's arrest. It looks like a play for sympathy.
Adair County News, April 14, 1909
Jim Holt, who figured in the Etly murder case, Louisville, met a tragic death Monday. He was driving a wagon in the city and was struck by a freight train, killing him almost instantly. Holt was a native of Russell county.
A death certificate for James Holt says that he died in Jefferson Co. 04-12-1909. He died from a railroad accident, fractured skull. Born in 1873.
Later, the husband of Virginia Etly admitted to killing her. Check out the information on his memorial John B. Etly
"Courier-Journal Marh 18, 1909: Two or three more witnesses remain to be heard this morning before all the testimony in the case of John B. Etly, charged with the murder of his wife, will be in. Then counsel for the defense and for the Commonwealth will be heard by the jury upon which will devolve the responsibility of deciding whether Etly is guilty of the crime with which he is charged. . .
"While yesterday gave the defense ita inning in the case it appeared to laymen who heard the testimony that there were some jolts administered both to the defense and to the prosecution. The Commonwealth feels that it took wind out of the contention of the defense that the murder of Mrs. Virginia Etly might have been done by James Holt, and the defense considers that it has impaired the credibility of witnesses who were counted as the mainstays of the case of the Commonwealth. . .
"Again the Commonwealth considers that it showed Holt could hardly have been at the Etly home when. the murder was committed even If the theory of the defense that Holt killed Mrs. Etly when he might have thought he killed his mother-in-law were tenable."
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Etly, found guilty, appealed the decision, and a summary of the case (link below, "complete" with an assortment of reader-scanner typos), including, in the closing paragraphs, more info about Jim Holt and why he might have killed Mrs. Etly.
Married Annie Speak in Clark County, IN in 1898.
Adair County News, November 14, 1906
James Holt, Russell County Man
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Arrested in Louisville--Police Think He Is Implicated in Murder
___________
James O. Holt, formerly of Russell county, has been arrested in Louisville and is being held as a suspect in connection with the murder of Mrs. Virginia Etly last Thursday morning [Nov. 8th].
Thursday morning about one o'clock Mrs. Virginia Etly, wife of Mr. Thomas Etly, a laborer, was discovered with her throat cut and skull caved in. The husband and daughter were sleeping in an adjoining room and three children were in the same apartments with the murdered woman. No trace of the person who committed the crime has been found, but the police strongly suspect Holt as the guilty party. He bears a very unsavory reputation in that section of the city and has been arrested more than twenty times on various charges. Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock Holt was released from the workhouse, where he had been incarcerated for driving his wife and mother-in-law from home with threats to murder them. Immediately upon his release he made inquiries for his family, who had moved to get away from him, and stated that he intended to kill his mother-in-law. About 11:30 o'clock he was seen in the neighborhood of the Etly home in a half-drunken condition; a few minutes later a man was seen running from the direction of the murdered woman's home hatless, and as Holt cannot give an entirely clear account of himself he is held as a suspect. During the evening he claimed to have lost his hat, but cannot remember where.
James O. Holt is a native of Russell county, and bore the reputation in that section of a very dangerous man. About twelve or fifteen years ago he murdered Milt Coffey, in a drinking house about two miles from Jamestown and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. During Gov. Bradley's administration* he was pardoned by Lieut. Gov. Worthington, and we understand that he has since served a term in the state penitentiary.
At one time Holt was a citizen of Columbia and he was generally regarded as a vicious, quick-tempered and a man who knew no fear. During his life in our town he was engaged in a number of quarrels and came very near murdering one of our citizens.
* Bradley served as Governor of Kentucky 1895-1899.
* * *
Adair County News, September 25, 1907
James Holt, a native of Russell county, was re-arrested in Louisville the other day, charged with the murder of Mrs. Etly. It will be remembered that when the crime was committed Holt was arrested as a suspect, but turned loose. The attorneys in John B. Etly, who is in jail, charged with the murder of his wife, caused Holt's arrest. It looks like a play for sympathy.
Adair County News, April 14, 1909
Jim Holt, who figured in the Etly murder case, Louisville, met a tragic death Monday. He was driving a wagon in the city and was struck by a freight train, killing him almost instantly. Holt was a native of Russell county.
A death certificate for James Holt says that he died in Jefferson Co. 04-12-1909. He died from a railroad accident, fractured skull. Born in 1873.
Later, the husband of Virginia Etly admitted to killing her. Check out the information on his memorial John B. Etly
"Courier-Journal Marh 18, 1909: Two or three more witnesses remain to be heard this morning before all the testimony in the case of John B. Etly, charged with the murder of his wife, will be in. Then counsel for the defense and for the Commonwealth will be heard by the jury upon which will devolve the responsibility of deciding whether Etly is guilty of the crime with which he is charged. . .
"While yesterday gave the defense ita inning in the case it appeared to laymen who heard the testimony that there were some jolts administered both to the defense and to the prosecution. The Commonwealth feels that it took wind out of the contention of the defense that the murder of Mrs. Virginia Etly might have been done by James Holt, and the defense considers that it has impaired the credibility of witnesses who were counted as the mainstays of the case of the Commonwealth. . .
"Again the Commonwealth considers that it showed Holt could hardly have been at the Etly home when. the murder was committed even If the theory of the defense that Holt killed Mrs. Etly when he might have thought he killed his mother-in-law were tenable."
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Etly, found guilty, appealed the decision, and a summary of the case (link below, "complete" with an assortment of reader-scanner typos), including, in the closing paragraphs, more info about Jim Holt and why he might have killed Mrs. Etly.
Son of Clinton Holt, I think.
Married Annie Speak in Clark County, IN in 1898.
Adair County News, November 14, 1906
James Holt, Russell County Man
___________
Arrested in Louisville--Police Think He Is Implicated in Murder
___________
James O. Holt, formerly of Russell county, has been arrested in Louisville and is being held as a suspect in connection with the murder of Mrs. Virginia Etly last Thursday morning [Nov. 8th].
Thursday morning about one o'clock Mrs. Virginia Etly, wife of Mr. Thomas Etly, a laborer, was discovered with her throat cut and skull caved in. The husband and daughter were sleeping in an adjoining room and three children were in the same apartments with the murdered woman. No trace of the person who committed the crime has been found, but the police strongly suspect Holt as the guilty party. He bears a very unsavory reputation in that section of the city and has been arrested more than twenty times on various charges. Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock Holt was released from the workhouse, where he had been incarcerated for driving his wife and mother-in-law from home with threats to murder them. Immediately upon his release he made inquiries for his family, who had moved to get away from him, and stated that he intended to kill his mother-in-law. About 11:30 o'clock he was seen in the neighborhood of the Etly home in a half-drunken condition; a few minutes later a man was seen running from the direction of the murdered woman's home hatless, and as Holt cannot give an entirely clear account of himself he is held as a suspect. During the evening he claimed to have lost his hat, but cannot remember where.
James O. Holt is a native of Russell county, and bore the reputation in that section of a very dangerous man. About twelve or fifteen years ago he murdered Milt Coffey, in a drinking house about two miles from Jamestown and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. During Gov. Bradley's administration* he was pardoned by Lieut. Gov. Worthington, and we understand that he has since served a term in the state penitentiary.
At one time Holt was a citizen of Columbia and he was generally regarded as a vicious, quick-tempered and a man who knew no fear. During his life in our town he was engaged in a number of quarrels and came very near murdering one of our citizens.
* Bradley served as Governor of Kentucky 1895-1899.
* * *
Adair County News, September 25, 1907
James Holt, a native of Russell county, was re-arrested in Louisville the other day, charged with the murder of Mrs. Etly. It will be remembered that when the crime was committed Holt was arrested as a suspect, but turned loose. The attorneys in John B. Etly, who is in jail, charged with the murder of his wife, caused Holt's arrest. It looks like a play for sympathy.
Adair County News, April 14, 1909
Jim Holt, who figured in the Etly murder case, Louisville, met a tragic death Monday. He was driving a wagon in the city and was struck by a freight train, killing him almost instantly. Holt was a native of Russell county.
A death certificate for James Holt says that he died in Jefferson Co. 04-12-1909. He died from a railroad accident, fractured skull. Born in 1873.
Later, the husband of Virginia Etly admitted to killing her. Check out the information on his memorial John B. Etly
"Courier-Journal Marh 18, 1909: Two or three more witnesses remain to be heard this morning before all the testimony in the case of John B. Etly, charged with the murder of his wife, will be in. Then counsel for the defense and for the Commonwealth will be heard by the jury upon which will devolve the responsibility of deciding whether Etly is guilty of the crime with which he is charged. . .
"While yesterday gave the defense ita inning in the case it appeared to laymen who heard the testimony that there were some jolts administered both to the defense and to the prosecution. The Commonwealth feels that it took wind out of the contention of the defense that the murder of Mrs. Virginia Etly might have been done by James Holt, and the defense considers that it has impaired the credibility of witnesses who were counted as the mainstays of the case of the Commonwealth. . .
"Again the Commonwealth considers that it showed Holt could hardly have been at the Etly home when. the murder was committed even If the theory of the defense that Holt killed Mrs. Etly when he might have thought he killed his mother-in-law were tenable."
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Etly, found guilty, appealed the decision, and a summary of the case (link below, "complete" with an assortment of reader-scanner typos), including, in the closing paragraphs, more info about Jim Holt and why he might have killed Mrs. Etly.
Married Annie Speak in Clark County, IN in 1898.
Adair County News, November 14, 1906
James Holt, Russell County Man
___________
Arrested in Louisville--Police Think He Is Implicated in Murder
___________
James O. Holt, formerly of Russell county, has been arrested in Louisville and is being held as a suspect in connection with the murder of Mrs. Virginia Etly last Thursday morning [Nov. 8th].
Thursday morning about one o'clock Mrs. Virginia Etly, wife of Mr. Thomas Etly, a laborer, was discovered with her throat cut and skull caved in. The husband and daughter were sleeping in an adjoining room and three children were in the same apartments with the murdered woman. No trace of the person who committed the crime has been found, but the police strongly suspect Holt as the guilty party. He bears a very unsavory reputation in that section of the city and has been arrested more than twenty times on various charges. Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock Holt was released from the workhouse, where he had been incarcerated for driving his wife and mother-in-law from home with threats to murder them. Immediately upon his release he made inquiries for his family, who had moved to get away from him, and stated that he intended to kill his mother-in-law. About 11:30 o'clock he was seen in the neighborhood of the Etly home in a half-drunken condition; a few minutes later a man was seen running from the direction of the murdered woman's home hatless, and as Holt cannot give an entirely clear account of himself he is held as a suspect. During the evening he claimed to have lost his hat, but cannot remember where.
James O. Holt is a native of Russell county, and bore the reputation in that section of a very dangerous man. About twelve or fifteen years ago he murdered Milt Coffey, in a drinking house about two miles from Jamestown and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. During Gov. Bradley's administration* he was pardoned by Lieut. Gov. Worthington, and we understand that he has since served a term in the state penitentiary.
At one time Holt was a citizen of Columbia and he was generally regarded as a vicious, quick-tempered and a man who knew no fear. During his life in our town he was engaged in a number of quarrels and came very near murdering one of our citizens.
* Bradley served as Governor of Kentucky 1895-1899.
* * *
Adair County News, September 25, 1907
James Holt, a native of Russell county, was re-arrested in Louisville the other day, charged with the murder of Mrs. Etly. It will be remembered that when the crime was committed Holt was arrested as a suspect, but turned loose. The attorneys in John B. Etly, who is in jail, charged with the murder of his wife, caused Holt's arrest. It looks like a play for sympathy.
Adair County News, April 14, 1909
Jim Holt, who figured in the Etly murder case, Louisville, met a tragic death Monday. He was driving a wagon in the city and was struck by a freight train, killing him almost instantly. Holt was a native of Russell county.
A death certificate for James Holt says that he died in Jefferson Co. 04-12-1909. He died from a railroad accident, fractured skull. Born in 1873.
Later, the husband of Virginia Etly admitted to killing her. Check out the information on his memorial John B. Etly
"Courier-Journal Marh 18, 1909: Two or three more witnesses remain to be heard this morning before all the testimony in the case of John B. Etly, charged with the murder of his wife, will be in. Then counsel for the defense and for the Commonwealth will be heard by the jury upon which will devolve the responsibility of deciding whether Etly is guilty of the crime with which he is charged. . .
"While yesterday gave the defense ita inning in the case it appeared to laymen who heard the testimony that there were some jolts administered both to the defense and to the prosecution. The Commonwealth feels that it took wind out of the contention of the defense that the murder of Mrs. Virginia Etly might have been done by James Holt, and the defense considers that it has impaired the credibility of witnesses who were counted as the mainstays of the case of the Commonwealth. . .
"Again the Commonwealth considers that it showed Holt could hardly have been at the Etly home when. the murder was committed even If the theory of the defense that Holt killed Mrs. Etly when he might have thought he killed his mother-in-law were tenable."
*********
Etly, found guilty, appealed the decision, and a summary of the case (link below, "complete" with an assortment of reader-scanner typos), including, in the closing paragraphs, more info about Jim Holt and why he might have killed Mrs. Etly.
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