MERCEREAU SMITH
  
SUCCUMBS FROM INJURIES AFTER FIGHT
  
Mercurial Smith, 29, of West Van Lear, died at the Paintsville Hospital
early Monday morning as a result of knife wounds, alleged to have been
received in a fight at West Van Lear Saturday night.  He was rushed to
the hospital immediately but his condition was  so serious that little
hope was held for his recovery.
  
Funeral services were held at the home of his brother Seldon Smith at
West Van Lear Tuesday afternoon and burial was in the cemetery at East
Point.
  
Henry Brown Richmond, alleged to be one of the participants in the fight
in which Smith was injured, is being held under bond of $10,000 on a
charge of murder in connection with the death. According to reports,
Richmond gave himself up to Sheriff Fred Adams without a warrant and came
before the Johnson Circuit Court and was arraigned before the grand jury
which was in session. The grand jury returned an indictment for the
murder and trial has been set for Friday, February 15, before J. F.
Bailey.
  
Little definite information concerning the altercation could be gotten,
but it is said that several others were involved in a fight on the
highway near the depot at West Van Lear. Richmond, it is said, received a
badly cut hand in the same affray and was taken to the Paintsville
Hospital to have his hand dressed.
  
No other arrests have been made.
  
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
THURSDAY
FEB.14 1935  
   
   

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