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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1921

Page

6

Prisoners Fail to Break Out of Madison County Jail

Discovery shows three white prisoners Jarrell Rider and Wade Sisk attempted to escape Madison county jail with a 2x4 timber passed through a window. A racer from Jarrells cot was found. Jarrell has 15 years for killing John A McDaniel on Christmas Eve. Attorneys seek new trial. bail was denied.

Herman Jarrell Peter Rider Wade Sisk Madison County Liberty Jarrell John A MecDaniel Middle River Judson Fishburne Jarrel

Despondent man kills self on squirrel hunt

A 37 year old man near Maurertown Shenandoah county shot himself with a shotgun while his wife and mother in law were with him on a squirrel hunt. He had been despondent over ill health for some time and reportedly pulled the trigger with his foot.

bee-Peer Peer Maurertown Shenandoah County

Orchard Saviors Promised in Ice Damaged Apple Trees

Thompson says tree surgery near Harrisonburg Tennessee can save about 99 percent of ice-wounded apple trees. Using bolts wires and steel bands to mend split limbs, the method preserves living vigor in the damaged trees as demonstrated to an agricultural class.

Harrisonburg T.N Thompsort Thompson

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