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Aaother Honleide la lUttSf a.Probably ti e most remarkable killing ever known in the annuls oT i h i hjstory of this mountain region occourred in that section ti I he county known as JLong Hope on last Sunday, the 12»li, The facts, as we gather them, are sutwtaiitiully as follows.A raan by the name of Wilburn Snyder, wliu had been in that sec tion of the county for two or three years, and haying the reputation ol being a “bad man,” stealthily went to the home of Mrs. Mary Ami Snvder (his former wife whom lie abandoned many years ago) about8o’clock Sunday morning, and took by brute lorce n little girl ol fifteen summers, whom Mrs Snyder had raised Irom infancy, and dragged her from the house. The screams and cries of the child for help were heard, und a general alarm brought many to aid in the rescue, among whom were Conley and W. E Snyder, sous of the kidnapper; and they alone, armed with Wi'ich-ster rifi-s, followed the trail of their wicked parent until he and his prey were located in the dense and almost impenetrable Long Hope Laurels. The hoys, knowing the dangerous character of their father, nud knowing that he was heavily aimed, wai»ed until he emerged Irom the thicket, when they demanded the child. The demand was answered by a shot hv the desperado’s pistol, The shot was returned by an almost simultaneous fire from • he rifles in the hands of the pursuers, both bullets taking effect in the left breast of the desperate man, and he dropped to the ground dead, the author if not tlie finisher of om- of the most heinous crimes ever perpetrated in the mountains,The young men were tried on the 14th before justices Ellison and Wineloirger, and alter hear-idg all the evidence in the case, promptly discharged both the defendants. Tin- Statu was represented by Attorney S. S. L'of. fey, while Attorney W. R. Lor-ill appeared for the defense.iAs stated above, this is a most remarkable case, and we are sorry that our limited space forbids a full rchersal of the n-isa as it was developed at the trial.f(
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Watauga Democrat
Boone, North Carolina, US
Thu, May 16, 1912
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