Terrible crime tale and crackdown in Mercer county
A brutal multiple assault case in Mercer county near Flat Top is detailed. Five McBride brothers aged fourteen to twenty four kidnapped a 14 year old girl, assaulted her, and exposed her father to a grotesque threat. State police captured three brothers without a shot fired. two others, Jesse and Frank, were later pursued. Neighbors describe heavy drinking prior to the incident.
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Gacomb
Flat Top
Mercer County
Cotter
Raleigh
Summers
Wax
J. J. Cook
Beckley
State Police
Charleston
Caione
Jackson Arnold
McHride
Aire
Opie Kartes
Princeton
McBrides
Mills
Qucontinnous
Ced
Five Brothers
Willy
Lilly
Matoaka
Jesse
Frank
McBride
Cook
Jesse McBride
Frank McBride
Doan's Kidney Pills advertised by Mrs Snyder claim relief
A 1916 and 1921 testimonial from Mrs. John Snyder of Shepherdstown extols Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and back pain. Foster Milburn Co. promotes the remedy with buffalo, New York origin. A Roman kiss rite and a Mount Holyoke College geology exhibit are mentioned in the same text.
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Dean
Shepherdstown
John Snyder
Hill
Doan
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Farmers Bank OF
Shepherdstown, W. VA
Farmers Bank
Jefferson
Berkeley County
Nelson T. Snyder
Ano. L. Meyers
Jos. H. Trout
E. E. Hillmyer
Virginia White
Geo. W. Hoffman
In. H. Crawford
Geo. M._ Knott
Song
Geo. F. Turner
J. Strider Moter
John L. Meyers
H. Statey, R. McQuitkin, H. Reinhart
Jefferson Bank & Trust CO
Charles Town
West Va
Bank OF Charles Town
Charles Town, W.va
John Porterfield
Washington
J. Frank Turner
Hughes
W. L. Gibson
Milton Burr
E. Cooke
S. S. Dalgarn
D. S. Hughes
N. W. Myers
Jas. W. Strider
John A. Washington
S. W. Washington
J.J. Wysong
John Porterfeld
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Robert L. Withers
J. Ed. Burns
R. W. Alexander
W F. Altxander
Thornton J. Perry
W. 9. Norris
C. F. Wall
H. T. Miley
Gipson
Burgiar
Presi
S. J. Hodges
Harrison Schley
Frahklin Lyne
Asaieta D
Jefferson Security Bank
W. VA
W. P. Licklider
H.C. Marten
J. Hodges
J. H. Fyon % Folk
The
National Citizens Bay
Charles Town, W. VA
G. E. Hughes
A. M.S. Morgan
Cashier
B. F. Langdon
G. W. Shull
Ches. R. Langdon
Roiss
R. Rissier
L. D. Getzendanner
Charles Scanlon
Congress
Senate
House
United States
Germany
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
United States Supreme Court
Rome
Connecticut Valley
Department of Geology
Mt. Holyoke Gollege
Fletcher
Castoria
Astoria
Jefferson County Telephone Company
Central
Aflower
H.C Getzendanner
A. S. Dandridge & Co
Shepherdstown, W.V
Melvin T. Strider
Automobile Service
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Washington, D. C
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