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{Continued on rare 9)tCHAFIN FOUNDinp?S|tiIcDEAD IN RIVER1I5►i I ‘Armed March* Prosecu-icutor* Suicides AfterAttending RevivalstLOGAN, March 13—(AP)John E, Chafin, prosecutor in thefamous “armed march” cases in,1921, drowned in the Guyandotte River today, He was 55,1 Three men, parking a truck on ;a street fronting the river, sawthe body in six feet of water. Dr. J. O. Hill said the body had beenin the water from 10 to 12 hours.A jury summoned by CoronerR. Bruce Harris returned a verdict:(c“We the coroner’s jury, find that John Chafin met his death by tdrowning.” pMiss Minnie Belle Chafin, a daughter, said she attended a revival wth her father last night and : after they returned home, he left! lt;saying:‘I guess I'd better end it all.” Chafin, prosecutor for 20 years, recently announced his candidacy I lt;fo rthe Democratic nomination for f the office in the May 12 primary. His last term expired in 1028.As prosecutor, he obtained a number of miners on charges of murder and insurrection after1federal troops halted a march by hundreds of yien from coal camps on Logan county.Surviving are the widow, Mrs. j i Lola Avis Chafin; and three chil- h dren by a former marriage. Mrs. h J. S. Gallimore, James Chafin, and Miss Minnie Belle Chafin.
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Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sat, Mar 14, 1936
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