NEWS ITEM: Mystery Surrounds Death of Shelby T. Triplett
Mystery still surrounds the death of Mr. Shelby T. Triplett, of Garfield, this county, who was found unconscious in an alley in Louisville two weeks ago and who died Saturday week at the City Hospital. Murder is the theory advanced by the Louisville police and they are at work on the case. The evening before Mr. Triplett was found unconscious he had gone to Louisville from his home at Garfield to dispose of a large quantity of tobacco. He had sold a portion of it but had not received the money. He spent the day about the warehouses and it is the supposition that while on his way to a hotel after dusk he was assaulted by some one who knew that he disposed of considerable tobacco. At the hospital Mr. Triplett was operated on, but without effect. It was found that some of his intestines had been ruptured. The body was brought to Garfield on last Wednesday and buried there. Mr. Triplett was the junior member of the firm of Richardson & Triplett, tobacco buyers at Garfield, and was widely known and popular throughout the county. Besides extensive dealings in tobacco he was a prosperous farmer. Mr. Triplett leaves a wife, one daughter, Mrs. John F. Morton, of this city, and five sons. Mr. Morton, son-in-law of Mr. Triplett, was summoned to Louisville by the police the latter part of last week to assist in ferreting out the case. Mr. Morton says that only about ten dollars were missing from the person of Mr. Triplett when he was found, which was about all the money he had in his pockets. The deceased was fifty-five years of age and a Mason.
Mystery still surrounds the death of Mr. Shelby T. Triplett, of Garfield, this county, who was found unconscious in an alley in Louisville two weeks ago and who died Saturday week at the City Hospital. Murder is the theory advanced by the Louisville police and they are at work on the case. The evening before Mr. Triplett was found unconscious he had gone to Louisville from his home at Garfield to dispose of a large quantity of tobacco. He had sold a portion of it but had not received the money. He spent the day about the warehouses and it is the supposition that while on his way to a hotel after dusk he was assaulted by some one who knew that he disposed of considerable tobacco. At the hospital Mr. Triplett was operated on, but without effect. It was found that some of his intestines had been ruptured. The body was brought to Garfield on last Wednesday and buried there. Mr. Triplett was the junior member of the firm of Richardson & Triplett, tobacco buyers at Garfield, and was widely known and popular throughout the county. Besides extensive dealings in tobacco he was a prosperous farmer. Mr. Triplett leaves a wife, one daughter, Mrs. John F. Morton, of this city, and five sons. Mr. Morton, son-in-law of Mr. Triplett, was summoned to Louisville by the police the latter part of last week to assist in ferreting out the case. Mr. Morton says that only about ten dollars were missing from the person of Mr. Triplett when he was found, which was about all the money he had in his pockets. The deceased was fifty-five years of age and a Mason.
NEWS ITEM: Mystery Surrounds Death of Shelby T. Triplett
Mystery still surrounds the death of Mr. Shelby T. Triplett, of Garfield, this county, who was found unconscious in an alley in Louisville two weeks ago and who died Saturday week at the City Hospital. Murder is the theory advanced by the Louisville police and they are at work on the case. The evening before Mr. Triplett was found unconscious he had gone to Louisville from his home at Garfield to dispose of a large quantity of tobacco. He had sold a portion of it but had not received the money. He spent the day about the warehouses and it is the supposition that while on his way to a hotel after dusk he was assaulted by some one who knew that he disposed of considerable tobacco. At the hospital Mr. Triplett was operated on, but without effect. It was found that some of his intestines had been ruptured. The body was brought to Garfield on last Wednesday and buried there. Mr. Triplett was the junior member of the firm of Richardson & Triplett, tobacco buyers at Garfield, and was widely known and popular throughout the county. Besides extensive dealings in tobacco he was a prosperous farmer. Mr. Triplett leaves a wife, one daughter, Mrs. John F. Morton, of this city, and five sons. Mr. Morton, son-in-law of Mr. Triplett, was summoned to Louisville by the police the latter part of last week to assist in ferreting out the case. Mr. Morton says that only about ten dollars were missing from the person of Mr. Triplett when he was found, which was about all the money he had in his pockets. The deceased was fifty-five years of age and a Mason.
Mystery still surrounds the death of Mr. Shelby T. Triplett, of Garfield, this county, who was found unconscious in an alley in Louisville two weeks ago and who died Saturday week at the City Hospital. Murder is the theory advanced by the Louisville police and they are at work on the case. The evening before Mr. Triplett was found unconscious he had gone to Louisville from his home at Garfield to dispose of a large quantity of tobacco. He had sold a portion of it but had not received the money. He spent the day about the warehouses and it is the supposition that while on his way to a hotel after dusk he was assaulted by some one who knew that he disposed of considerable tobacco. At the hospital Mr. Triplett was operated on, but without effect. It was found that some of his intestines had been ruptured. The body was brought to Garfield on last Wednesday and buried there. Mr. Triplett was the junior member of the firm of Richardson & Triplett, tobacco buyers at Garfield, and was widely known and popular throughout the county. Besides extensive dealings in tobacco he was a prosperous farmer. Mr. Triplett leaves a wife, one daughter, Mrs. John F. Morton, of this city, and five sons. Mr. Morton, son-in-law of Mr. Triplett, was summoned to Louisville by the police the latter part of last week to assist in ferreting out the case. Mr. Morton says that only about ten dollars were missing from the person of Mr. Triplett when he was found, which was about all the money he had in his pockets. The deceased was fifty-five years of age and a Mason.
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