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Murder of Captain Calvin Barnes Near Wilson In 1890s
Capt Calvin Barnes aged about fifty is shot at dusk while traveling with his grandsons Henry Ashley Young and Frank Young near Wilson. A coroner’s inquest accuses John J Jefferson of the crime after witnesses place him with a loaned shotgun. Jefferson is jailed for trial as bloodhounds fail to track the killer.
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Calvin Barnes
Henry Ashley Young
Frank Young
Captain Barnes
Wilson
Frank
Henry Ashley
Hominy Swamp
Ned Bunch
Captain Barres
Bunchy
Watson
Street
William Walls
Tain Barnes
Orward
Cipelidlig
Ming
N. B. Herring
Nathan Ae
Nadal
Mercer
Mr. Jefferson
Jefferson
John K. Ruffin
J. G. Roney
W. D. Hackney
W. L. Banks
W. F. Felton
B. E. Howard
P. B. Deans
S. A. Woodard
H. G. Connor, Sr
Ed Bunch
Charles Best
L. R. Mercer
Joseph Jefferson
Delphia Mercer
L. A. Mercer
Abe Rackley
Red” Mercer
Williams
Celia Edwards
John Williams
Joe Jefferson
Lena Walston
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