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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1937
Page
8
A fingerprint expert J F Flynn studies a coffee cup from a local Tacoma restaurant near the Mattson home to uncover clues about the masked kidnapper who seized 10 year old Charles Mattson. Police believe a person matching the suspect’s description ate there before the kidnapping.
A 1936 local notices page reports Magistrate Thomas J. Moran becomes head of a VFW post. Obituaries include Thomas B. Herbert 82, Albert R. Kunst 69, Mrs Martha Eben Scrannage, Mrs Henrietta Nestor 61, and Edward Deegan with other deaths in Parkersburg and area. Groomed items name Beven Taylor county residents on a federal petit jury and Robert Denzie named football captain for next year. Miss Mary Virginia Phillips weds Oval Buhl Hill. Lawrence Williams and Frances Campbell announce nuptials. Harry W. Beverlin 71 jailed on family complaint. Grafton area truck accident on Grafton Philippi road. Extra notes mention farm bureau leadership and community celebrations.
County Welfare Board announces staff changes. Relief Administrator Brooks Reed not retained. Numerous local items follow including arrests for robbery and burglaries, high school honor rollers, weddings and obituaries. Notable names include Dr. H. C. Jones, Mrs. Eva Lee Hull Jones, Adair Kennedy, Tim Kinney, Raymond Correll, Clyde P. Jackson, Miss Naomi Robinson, and J. E. Sergeant. Community letters, church notices, and public records punctuate the December page with local incidents, accidents, and civic updates.
Peacock Coal sells run of mine for 96 cents and forked coal for 07 cents at the mine opposite Cozy Rest on Route 50. Coal also delivered. Phone 3804. Available Nov 24 to Dec 24.
Police found a woman identified as Mrs Helen Love 31 tied in a noose undergarment at a club after a suspected murder attempt against her husband. Chief Dice quoted her saying she loved him too much to let him get away with it.
In Tad at the Point Lick mine of Hatfield Campbell company a fall caused the death of 24 year old Frank Bowles, a miner. He was the sole casualty in the incident reported from Charleston.
Miss Helen V. Mitchie who worked as a bookkeeper at Cook Hospital for 14 years died in Fairmont. She formerly lived in Cumberland Maryland.
A massive TNT blast leveled windows in over twenty business houses after four tons of blasting powder detonated. Miss Seiler, hurt yet alive, crawled to safety as three alleged accomplices Edward Tobin Harry Reeves and William Nesbeth fled toward Sioux City. A police dragnet followed.
An unclear report describes a survivor recalling lights and an explosion. The speaker mentions being picked up, being shot at, and a casualty named Baker while seeking medical help and contacting the Sioux City police. The fragmented text references fear, escape, and a botched safety attempt.
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