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Philip Ritchie, a married man living about five mile* southwest Of Fulk's Run, was stabbed to death Christmas night in a drunken brawl it the home of Hinton Caldwell, bis son-in-law, whose home is half a mile east of that of the dead man. Qkirlas Roadcap, a man of the same bctotbunltv. Is in custody, charged '“the or I me. Roadoap surren-voluntarily. He claims that sd Ritchie In self-defense. Ritchie's dead body, frozen stiff, -Wpf discovered shortly after day-Vk yesterday morning by Nimrod a. It lay in the doorway ofChid well’s home. The clothing was(saturated with blood that bad come from a deep gash in the left side, directly over the heart.Further than that Ritchie, Roadcap and two or three oher men were engaged in a drunken debauch when the killing was done, little was made public yesterday regardng thecircumstances of the crime. Magis-Cooper and DeputySheriff Charles R JFawley, who live near Fulk’s Run, investigated thedelinwi to disclose any hurts wltain their knowledge priorso holding of a coroner's inquest. which will take plaoe today.Commonwealth's Attorney Geotod Coroner Flrebau
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Harrisonburg Daily News
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Thu, Dec 27, 1906
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