George Kelley Killed by a Marshal

Article taken from The Delphos Daily Herald, May 22, 1899

Portsmouth, May 22. - George Kelley, wanted in Kentucky for illegal voting, and who had been in hiding in Ohio, crossed the river at Greenup and was pursued by Town Marshal James Smith with a warrant. He ran to the river, jumped into a boat to row across, when the marshal fired. Kelley sank in the water and was seen no more.