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ASHBY GRAY NOT GUILTYPage County Jury Surmised Jealousy Incited Barn-burning Charge.I.uray, Va., Feb. *•!(.— Ashby Gray, a dashing young man of Pine Grove Hollow, was uc((tiiitcd nt the recent term of Circuit Court, charged with burning the barn of J. W. Koontz. At least three witnesses fastened the crime on Gray in the most direct and positive manner, but the jury evidently believed that the charge was the result of jealousy. The accused had lately returned from the army and since his arrival in the Hollow had won the affections pf half the girls of the neighborhood. I MMfMOIWUI butng u -teard drinker And A fighter, but told the jury there was nothing of the sneaking barn-burnef in his makerup.Col. Robert Ledy defended the prisoner, who was held In jail several months awaiting trial.Amos Short, a young man almost d I blind from cataract, was given GO 11 days In jail and fined 15 for break-# I ing into the storehouse of the 8tan-. I ley Produce Co. and stealing eggs.
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Harrisonburg Daily News
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Thu, Feb 27, 1908
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