Double Hanging at Farmville Marks Grim Virginia Crime
In Farmville Prince Edward County jail two Black men Jesse Ruffin and Massie Hill were hanged after confessing to multiple murders. Ruffin died in nine minutes. Hill’s second attempt failed and he died after a fall and rope snap. The tale recounts their brutal crimes including the 1806 murder of John Grubb and other stated offenses across Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina.
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Farmville
Richmond
Jesse Ruffin
William Ruffin
Massie Hill
Maysie Jackson
Prince Edward County
Run
Dickenson
Ruffin
Hill
C Hatcher
Methodist Church
Maime Hill
John Grubb
Acteon
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Eniversity of
Thaxton Riot Not Serious
Special to The Washington Post Roanoke Virginia February fifteenth reports from Thaxton say a tale of a race riot between foreigners and Americans at Vaughan Construction Company near Thaxton was greatly exaggerated and has quieted. Edward Arthur a walking boss fired at a Swede crowd in the commissary injuring Charles Oster Loen in the hand. He was later arrested in Roanoke by Detective Mayfield and jailed for felonious shooting. His wife accompanied him to the police station and wept when told of the arrest. He is well connected in Roanoke.
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Washington Post
Roanoke Va
Thaxton
Vaughans Construction Company
Edward Arthur
Charles Oster Loen
Roanoke
Mayfield
Death in China Grove Baffles Inquest
Jack Sadler aged thirty five was found dead in an outbuilding at his China Grove home Rowan County with no foul play evident though the cause remains a mystery. He had been missing about a week last seen heading toward his home before being discovered by a searching party.
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Washington I
Salisbury
Jack Sadler
China Grove
Rowan County
Double Wedding at Tazewell Va Increases Local Elite Ties
A double wedding occurred at Main Street Methodist Church in Tazewell Va with Miss Mildred Pendleton and Miss Julia Pendleton Pendleton Hodges and Walter Hodges plus Glenn St Clair uniting in marriage. The Pendleton sisters are daughters of Col William C Pendleton, editor of the Tazewell Republican. Hodges is a Roanoke businessman and St Clair a Bank of Clinch Valley assistant cashier. After a luncheon at the bride’s home the couples left for a bridal tour to Richmond Washington and other eastern cities.
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Washington
Tazewell
Main Street Methodist Church
Mite Lowlise Cecil Pendlston
Walter L. Hodges
Julia Leonard Pendleton
Gienn ‘M. St. Clair
G. C. Rector
William C. Pendleton
Tasewell Republican
Mr. Hodges
Roanoke
Mr. St. Clair
Alexander St. Clair
Bank of Clinch Valley
Gildersleeve Avenue
Richmond
Ctles
Lee County Measure Fails by One Vote in Four Hour House Fight
Raleigh reports a four hour House debate over factory hours and the creation of Lee County ended with a one vote defeat. Bills limiting hours to sixty per week were unfavorable while Dillings' sixty six hour bill advanced with an amendment forbidding mills to run past a set nightly hour. Other actions included a Cape Fear River pilotage bill and a strong revenue bill targeting illicit distilleries amid broader liquor regulation efforts.
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Lee County
Washington Post
Raleigh
House
State Board of Health
Corporation Commission
Richmond
Tne
Senate
Cape Fear
United States Revenue
Watts
Locks Up Jailer and Flees From Lexington Jail
Special to The Washington Post reports Jalier Harvie Johnson locked in his own Lexington jail by an insane man N H F Prevo. Prevo pocketed the keys and escaped over a high fence, fleeing into woods then plunging into the Nokokomis cotton mills reservoir. After sinking twice he surfaced and surrendered, dreading return to confinement. Prevo is described as religiously obsessed but generally peaceable.
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Washington
Barefoot Miner Wins Bet in Snow at Windber Town
Andrew Monar a miner walked barefoot three miles in zero weather at Windber Somerset County wagering with his boarding boss that he could reach the post office and back the boss carried his shoes Monar won ten dollars His remark barefoot weather drew a witty retort from the boss Charlestown W Va Feb 16 telegraph operator Hedges 22 shot himself on duty died from injuries witnessed by a bystander Elkins W Va Feb 15 racing man W J Williamson Beverly W Va Feb 15 died of typhoid fever Danville Va Feb 18 Tobacco Growers Protective Association met with about 100 delegates J R Reagan elected president smallpox broke out among laborers at a construction camp near Lynchburg Va Feb 16 Campbell County quaran tine planned Baltimore to host next autumnal conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
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Mopar
Washington Post
Charlestown
W. Va
Travers' R Hedges
Jefferson County Telephone Central
Elkins
W. J. Wiliamson
Beverly
Williamson
Washington Zoo
Danville
Tobacco Growers’ Protective Association
J. R. Reagan
J. R. Fuller
E. L. Moorefield
Lynchburg
Campbell County
White "False Friend" Gives Merrie Will Estate for Virginia Home
John Armstrong Chanter deeded his Cobham estate near Albemarle County to the University of Virginia for a home for retired professors. He cites estrangement from Amelie Rives and Stanford White, recounts Bloomingdale insanity, and explains his wish to support liberal arts, art students, and the Paris prize fund. The conveyance keeps him in possession for life, with Ernle G. Money also benefiting for his life estate.
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Amelie’ Rives
Merrie
Milla
Esite
Pro
Stanford White
Charlottesville
John Armstrong Chanter
University of Virginia
Merrie “Wills
Cobham
Albemarle County
Ernle G. Money
Cismont
Chanter
Mr. Chanter
Ocuumon
Bloomingdale
Supreme Court of
New York
Amelie Rives
Isour
Paris
Elopers From Rural Retreat Cause Roanoke Outcry
Roanoke residents in an uproar after El Whitney and Mrs Duke Lambert, both married with families, eloped from Rural Retreat. Whitney has four children and Lambert leaves five. Authorities pursue the couple to punish the elopement.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
el Whitney
Duke Lambert
Whitney
Lambert
Elopers
Curator Appointed for $500000 Armstrong Estate
West Virginia lawyer and politician Adolphus Armstrong died at eighty three in Grafton, leaving an estate valued at 500000 dollars. Sheriff AE M Means of Taylor County, WV, was named curator after no will was found. The curator will manage the affairs until an administrator is named as relatives, possibly a sister in TD, are sought to inherit.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
AE. M Means
Taylor County
W. Va
Adolphus Armatrong
Grafton
Armstrong
Norfolk Man Missing After Visit to Physician
Norfolk Virginia February 15 alarm spread in South Norfolk over the disappearance of John M Knight aged sixty five. He was seen at his physician's office that day for medicine and has not been located since. Fear he may have met with death through exposure. Also notes appointments of district deputy grand masters for Virginia Masons and a Norfolk and Western firemen strike threat averted with engineers and firemen to deal directly with the railroad.
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John M. Knight
Washington Post
Norfolk
John M Knight
Frederickshire
J Quinn
Masons of
Virginia
Fredericksburg
H. A. Johnston
Orange
JS Phillips
Tappahannock
J. J. Henley
Rock
H. W Harding
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Brotherhood of Firemen
Virginia Cavaliers Defeat Seana and Lee Five At Home
Special to The Washington Post from Charlottesville Va February 16 University of Virginia beat Seana and Lee by 38 22 to 38 claiming a two game skid both Glenn Atkinson and Hawkins starred for Virginia Youth William Bumgarthner 12 was killed by a team of mules in Parkersburg West Virginia.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Seana and Lee
T. Glenn Atkinson
Hawkins
Parkersburg
Wi. Va
William
Homer Bumgarthner
Maryland Obituary Notice From Fragmented Local Text
Fragmentary obituary notes from Maryland and nearby regions list dates and names. Entries reference a Robert Taylor city commissioner, a Robert Taylor death in Richmond and other scattered items. The text is garbled with misspellings and incomplete details.
Baltimore Banks Revert to Daytime Hours in Clearinghouse Accord
The Baltimore Clearing House Association voted to restore 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. banking hours, with Third National delaying to March 1 to return to old practice. The move follows pressure over all night operations and protest of midnight maturities, drawing comment from Robert M. Snedden of the National. Banks in Baltimore are described as among the most conservative in the country.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Clearing House Association
Manslaughter attempt and suicide at silk factory
Special to The Washington Post from Hagerstown Maryland reports D Frank Snyder general manager of the D Frank Snyder Silk Company fired two shots at John H. Rohrer secretary then turned the revolver on himself. Rohrer was not wounded though two bullets passed through his clothing. Snyder’s condition after surgery was grave. He had shown strange melancholy and claimed enemies at work.
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Washington Fost Hagerstown
D. Frank Snyder
D Frank Snyder Silk Company
John H. Rohrer
Rohrer
Snyder
Washington County Hospital
Joseph Leiter
Williamsport
Captain Johnson Justified in Mutiny Self-Defense Claim
Captain Iver Johnson of the schooner R T Rundlett was cleared of murder charges after a federal hearing in Baltimore. Crewmates testified that mutineer Paul Jennings struck the captain and resisted orders. Johnson then shot Jennings in self-defense, firing three times.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Iver Johnson
R. T. Rundlett
Paul Jennings
Cape Lookout
United States
Rogers
Frank Blitner
Manuel Ferry
Georgetown
S.C
Jennings
Bittmer
Johnson
Man Found Slain on Arbutus Road in Baltimore Case
William H H Soelky aged 41 of 87 West Lombard Street was found with throat cut on the Arbutus road. He claimed intoxication and self defense with a razor found nearby but later said a negro assaulted him. Taken to University of Maryland Hospital in serious condition. Soelky worked as a weigher at Elevator C and had been troubled by business worries.
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Washington
Baltimore
William HH. Soelky
West Lombard Street
Loe
University of Maryland Hospital
Ben
St. Denis
Soelky
Harry W. McLearen
John Taliaferro
Frederick Jones
Hearing of Varied Complaints About Washington Road
The Virginia Corporation Commission opened hearings in Alexandria on the Washington, Allington and Falls Church Railway Company. Complainants charged improper heating in cold weather, faulty published schedules, and inequitable rates. Witnesses described operations, with about 67 stopping points and an annual loss on ten miles of the line.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Steed
Alexandria
Washington, Allington and Falls Church Railway Company
Beverley T. Crump
Henry C. Stuert
State Corporation Commission
Aléxandria County
Fort Myer Heights
Joseph H. Williard
CG L. “Moncure
Frank Lyon
EB. W. BR. Ewing
Alexandria County
Luthey M. Walter
Interscated Commerce Commission
R. Walton Moore
Fairfax County
Moncure
Messra
Lyon
Fiwing
Moore
Corporation Commission
F. B. Hubbell
Hubbell
Read
Garrett for G A L head poised to lead Seaboard
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk native W A Garrett, current First Vice President and General Manager, is seen as likely successor to the late Adolf Walter as president of the Seaboard Air Line system. Garrett, chosen by Thomas F Ryan, is regarded as a premier railroad operator with strong Southern ties.
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Walter
Weahington
Norie
B—atil
the &Éal Air Line Malirodd Nordea
Sesbonrt
Asfrid Walter
W. A. Garrett
Norfolk
Syste
Garrett
Seaboard
Thomas F., Ryan
New York
Mississippi
Southern Interts
Southern
Speaker Warns Lobbyists At West Virginia House
Charleston Feb 16 Speaker Seaman denounces lobbyists as unduly annoying lawmakers warning they must quit or lose floor privileges. He names personal familiarity and vows to protect members, while Senate debates the Galley amendment taxing natural gas and coal proposals amid tax shifts in the general revenue bill.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
Seaman
West Virginia
Senate
Galley
Garlana
Natty
Assails Virginia Consts in Norfolk Suffrage Case
Richmond Va February 15 John S Wise argues Virginia constitution blocks oath and bars voters in Norfolk suffrage case before Judge Nathan Goff Wise once governor candidate against Fitzhugh Lee 1880s now attorney for Brickhouse as Norfolk registrars deny vote to man not on precinct rolls Special to The Weasamaronrom Annapolis Md Feb 15 Court of Appeals proceedings listed with assignments for Feb 16 1907
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John S. Wise
Norfolk
Washington Post
Richmond
Johns. Wise
Nathan Goff
United States Circuit Court
Wise
Virginia
Fitzhugh Lee
John E. Brickhouse
Norfolk County
Brickhouse
Weasamaronrom
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
William B
United Railways and Electric Company
Superior Court
Baltimore City
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