KENTUCKY STANDARD ARTICLE - 08/24/1978
FORMER POW BEAN IS CHARGED IN SLAYING MATTINGLY, 33
James E. Bean who spent five years in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp, is charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of his neighbor, Donald G. Mattingly, 33, the past Friday night. The retired Air Force Colonel was arrested by State Police after Mattingly died at Flaget Memorial Hospital. Bullet from a pistol which struck him in the chin hit his jugular vein, causing him to bleed to death. Bean, 55, was released from the Nelson County jail late Saturday morning under $25,000 bond, pending a hearing Monday in district court. Bean did not appear for the hearing but was represented by his attorney. Both the Commonwealth and Bean's lawyer asked for a continuance. District Judge Whelan set the hearing date for September 11, at 10 a.m. and allowed Bean to continue free on $25,000 bond. The shooting took place about 11 p.m. Friday, August 18, at the Mattingly home on Harrison Fork Road in the Samuels area, a short distance from Bean's property, during an argument over a tractor. Mattingly, a mechanic, had been working on Bean's tractor at his repair shop alongside his home. He telephoned Bean at his home about 10 p.m. telling him to come get his tractor. The dispute reportedly concerned the tractor parts. Several persons besides Mattingly and Bean were at the scene of the shooting, among them Bean's adult son and Mattingly's cousin and his wife. A call came to the Bardstown Police Department at 11 p.m. from a woman saying there was a fight and asking for the police. The dispatcher told the Standard that he had notified State Police, when a moment later, a second call came, saying that Mattingly had been shot and was on his way to the hospital in a van and that an ambulance was on its way. The ambulance operator radioed to the dispatcher asking for the State Police to meet him at the junction of the new KY 245 and the old 245. There Mattingly was moved from the van to the ambulance and sped to the local hospital. Bean, who was in the van with Mattingly, got into the auto of the State Police and was taken to the City Police Department for questioning. He was arrested there. State Police Detective Tilford of Leitchfield, made the investigation. Mattingly was employed by the Shamrock Construction Company in Louisville. Bean, now a Nelson County Constable, was shot down Jan. 3, 1968, about 30 miles north of Hanoi and was in prison until March 14, 1973. He and his son live in a mobile home on his farm where he has a log house under construction. His home and the Mattingly residence are about a half mile apart. Mattingly is survived by his wife, the former Linda Mae Spalding, and five children, the youngest six months old. They are the one son, Donald Gene Mattingly, Jr., and four daughters, Sherry Lynn, Rhonda Jean, Susan Lee and Sandy Renee Mattingly; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roby Mattingly, also of Harrison Fork Road; two brothers, Robert Mattingly, of Cox's Creek, and Houston Mattingly, of Bardstown; five sisters, Mrs. Margaret Spalding, Mrs. Geneva Durbin, and Juanita Mattingly, all of Bardstown; Mrs. Linda Heath, of Boston, and Mrs. Betty Heath, of Shepherdsville, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, August 21, at Mann and Greenwell Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Dickman, pastor of St. Gregory Church, Samuels, officiating. Burial was in St. Gregory Cemetery. Pallbearers were David Mattingly, Kalvin and Michael Durbin, James and Mark Heath and Rick Spalding.
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)
FORMER POW BEAN IS CHARGED IN SLAYING MATTINGLY, 33
James E. Bean who spent five years in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp, is charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of his neighbor, Donald G. Mattingly, 33, the past Friday night. The retired Air Force Colonel was arrested by State Police after Mattingly died at Flaget Memorial Hospital. Bullet from a pistol which struck him in the chin hit his jugular vein, causing him to bleed to death. Bean, 55, was released from the Nelson County jail late Saturday morning under $25,000 bond, pending a hearing Monday in district court. Bean did not appear for the hearing but was represented by his attorney. Both the Commonwealth and Bean's lawyer asked for a continuance. District Judge Whelan set the hearing date for September 11, at 10 a.m. and allowed Bean to continue free on $25,000 bond. The shooting took place about 11 p.m. Friday, August 18, at the Mattingly home on Harrison Fork Road in the Samuels area, a short distance from Bean's property, during an argument over a tractor. Mattingly, a mechanic, had been working on Bean's tractor at his repair shop alongside his home. He telephoned Bean at his home about 10 p.m. telling him to come get his tractor. The dispute reportedly concerned the tractor parts. Several persons besides Mattingly and Bean were at the scene of the shooting, among them Bean's adult son and Mattingly's cousin and his wife. A call came to the Bardstown Police Department at 11 p.m. from a woman saying there was a fight and asking for the police. The dispatcher told the Standard that he had notified State Police, when a moment later, a second call came, saying that Mattingly had been shot and was on his way to the hospital in a van and that an ambulance was on its way. The ambulance operator radioed to the dispatcher asking for the State Police to meet him at the junction of the new KY 245 and the old 245. There Mattingly was moved from the van to the ambulance and sped to the local hospital. Bean, who was in the van with Mattingly, got into the auto of the State Police and was taken to the City Police Department for questioning. He was arrested there. State Police Detective Tilford of Leitchfield, made the investigation. Mattingly was employed by the Shamrock Construction Company in Louisville. Bean, now a Nelson County Constable, was shot down Jan. 3, 1968, about 30 miles north of Hanoi and was in prison until March 14, 1973. He and his son live in a mobile home on his farm where he has a log house under construction. His home and the Mattingly residence are about a half mile apart. Mattingly is survived by his wife, the former Linda Mae Spalding, and five children, the youngest six months old. They are the one son, Donald Gene Mattingly, Jr., and four daughters, Sherry Lynn, Rhonda Jean, Susan Lee and Sandy Renee Mattingly; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roby Mattingly, also of Harrison Fork Road; two brothers, Robert Mattingly, of Cox's Creek, and Houston Mattingly, of Bardstown; five sisters, Mrs. Margaret Spalding, Mrs. Geneva Durbin, and Juanita Mattingly, all of Bardstown; Mrs. Linda Heath, of Boston, and Mrs. Betty Heath, of Shepherdsville, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, August 21, at Mann and Greenwell Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Dickman, pastor of St. Gregory Church, Samuels, officiating. Burial was in St. Gregory Cemetery. Pallbearers were David Mattingly, Kalvin and Michael Durbin, James and Mark Heath and Rick Spalding.
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)
KENTUCKY STANDARD ARTICLE - 08/24/1978
FORMER POW BEAN IS CHARGED IN SLAYING MATTINGLY, 33
James E. Bean who spent five years in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp, is charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of his neighbor, Donald G. Mattingly, 33, the past Friday night. The retired Air Force Colonel was arrested by State Police after Mattingly died at Flaget Memorial Hospital. Bullet from a pistol which struck him in the chin hit his jugular vein, causing him to bleed to death. Bean, 55, was released from the Nelson County jail late Saturday morning under $25,000 bond, pending a hearing Monday in district court. Bean did not appear for the hearing but was represented by his attorney. Both the Commonwealth and Bean's lawyer asked for a continuance. District Judge Whelan set the hearing date for September 11, at 10 a.m. and allowed Bean to continue free on $25,000 bond. The shooting took place about 11 p.m. Friday, August 18, at the Mattingly home on Harrison Fork Road in the Samuels area, a short distance from Bean's property, during an argument over a tractor. Mattingly, a mechanic, had been working on Bean's tractor at his repair shop alongside his home. He telephoned Bean at his home about 10 p.m. telling him to come get his tractor. The dispute reportedly concerned the tractor parts. Several persons besides Mattingly and Bean were at the scene of the shooting, among them Bean's adult son and Mattingly's cousin and his wife. A call came to the Bardstown Police Department at 11 p.m. from a woman saying there was a fight and asking for the police. The dispatcher told the Standard that he had notified State Police, when a moment later, a second call came, saying that Mattingly had been shot and was on his way to the hospital in a van and that an ambulance was on its way. The ambulance operator radioed to the dispatcher asking for the State Police to meet him at the junction of the new KY 245 and the old 245. There Mattingly was moved from the van to the ambulance and sped to the local hospital. Bean, who was in the van with Mattingly, got into the auto of the State Police and was taken to the City Police Department for questioning. He was arrested there. State Police Detective Tilford of Leitchfield, made the investigation. Mattingly was employed by the Shamrock Construction Company in Louisville. Bean, now a Nelson County Constable, was shot down Jan. 3, 1968, about 30 miles north of Hanoi and was in prison until March 14, 1973. He and his son live in a mobile home on his farm where he has a log house under construction. His home and the Mattingly residence are about a half mile apart. Mattingly is survived by his wife, the former Linda Mae Spalding, and five children, the youngest six months old. They are the one son, Donald Gene Mattingly, Jr., and four daughters, Sherry Lynn, Rhonda Jean, Susan Lee and Sandy Renee Mattingly; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roby Mattingly, also of Harrison Fork Road; two brothers, Robert Mattingly, of Cox's Creek, and Houston Mattingly, of Bardstown; five sisters, Mrs. Margaret Spalding, Mrs. Geneva Durbin, and Juanita Mattingly, all of Bardstown; Mrs. Linda Heath, of Boston, and Mrs. Betty Heath, of Shepherdsville, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, August 21, at Mann and Greenwell Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Dickman, pastor of St. Gregory Church, Samuels, officiating. Burial was in St. Gregory Cemetery. Pallbearers were David Mattingly, Kalvin and Michael Durbin, James and Mark Heath and Rick Spalding.
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)
FORMER POW BEAN IS CHARGED IN SLAYING MATTINGLY, 33
James E. Bean who spent five years in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp, is charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of his neighbor, Donald G. Mattingly, 33, the past Friday night. The retired Air Force Colonel was arrested by State Police after Mattingly died at Flaget Memorial Hospital. Bullet from a pistol which struck him in the chin hit his jugular vein, causing him to bleed to death. Bean, 55, was released from the Nelson County jail late Saturday morning under $25,000 bond, pending a hearing Monday in district court. Bean did not appear for the hearing but was represented by his attorney. Both the Commonwealth and Bean's lawyer asked for a continuance. District Judge Whelan set the hearing date for September 11, at 10 a.m. and allowed Bean to continue free on $25,000 bond. The shooting took place about 11 p.m. Friday, August 18, at the Mattingly home on Harrison Fork Road in the Samuels area, a short distance from Bean's property, during an argument over a tractor. Mattingly, a mechanic, had been working on Bean's tractor at his repair shop alongside his home. He telephoned Bean at his home about 10 p.m. telling him to come get his tractor. The dispute reportedly concerned the tractor parts. Several persons besides Mattingly and Bean were at the scene of the shooting, among them Bean's adult son and Mattingly's cousin and his wife. A call came to the Bardstown Police Department at 11 p.m. from a woman saying there was a fight and asking for the police. The dispatcher told the Standard that he had notified State Police, when a moment later, a second call came, saying that Mattingly had been shot and was on his way to the hospital in a van and that an ambulance was on its way. The ambulance operator radioed to the dispatcher asking for the State Police to meet him at the junction of the new KY 245 and the old 245. There Mattingly was moved from the van to the ambulance and sped to the local hospital. Bean, who was in the van with Mattingly, got into the auto of the State Police and was taken to the City Police Department for questioning. He was arrested there. State Police Detective Tilford of Leitchfield, made the investigation. Mattingly was employed by the Shamrock Construction Company in Louisville. Bean, now a Nelson County Constable, was shot down Jan. 3, 1968, about 30 miles north of Hanoi and was in prison until March 14, 1973. He and his son live in a mobile home on his farm where he has a log house under construction. His home and the Mattingly residence are about a half mile apart. Mattingly is survived by his wife, the former Linda Mae Spalding, and five children, the youngest six months old. They are the one son, Donald Gene Mattingly, Jr., and four daughters, Sherry Lynn, Rhonda Jean, Susan Lee and Sandy Renee Mattingly; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roby Mattingly, also of Harrison Fork Road; two brothers, Robert Mattingly, of Cox's Creek, and Houston Mattingly, of Bardstown; five sisters, Mrs. Margaret Spalding, Mrs. Geneva Durbin, and Juanita Mattingly, all of Bardstown; Mrs. Linda Heath, of Boston, and Mrs. Betty Heath, of Shepherdsville, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, August 21, at Mann and Greenwell Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Dickman, pastor of St. Gregory Church, Samuels, officiating. Burial was in St. Gregory Cemetery. Pallbearers were David Mattingly, Kalvin and Michael Durbin, James and Mark Heath and Rick Spalding.
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)
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