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J.W. GILLESPIE, of Burke's Garden, is in the
Bluefield Sanitarium suffering from knife wounds said to have been inflicted by Roach PAULEY
who is in jail here charged with the crime. From information coming to officials here it
is believed that GILLESPIE'S wounds resulted from a general fight in the Garden,
and that liquor was probably the cause of the difficulty.
Mont BOLT
shot and killed Otis COLEMAN in Abbs Valley Saturday afternoon. Little information
on the shooting is available here. So far as is known no causes have been assigned. COLEMAN
was a brother in law of BOLT and both resided in the house.
Claude NIPPER
is alleged to have shot Jeff MYERS just outside the church at Pounding Mill, the
shooting being the outcome of a dispute between the men over alleged remarks one of them
made about the other's sister. MYERS is in the Richlands hospital. Dr. WILLIAMS
thinks he will recover from his wounds.
Sam HAMMET
was given a preliminary hearing Monday, charged with shooting john Boling. The affair
occurred at Dry Town several weeks ago.
Henry NEAL, of Bluefield, Va. was held for the
grand jury in a preliminary hearing given here Wednesday. He is charged with setting fire
to the house of C. L MUNSEY.
Emma
YOUNCE, fourteen years old, of Cavitts Creek, committed suicide
Monday afternoon by shooting herself through the abdomen. Death
came instantly. She was a sister of B. YOUNCE, who met a tragic
death some months ago. So far as is known there was no cause for
Emma YOUNCE killing herself. She was a student here the past
year at the Tazewell High School, and was well liked by her
associates. The funeral service took place Tuesday afternoon,
and was in charge of Dr. ARROWOOD, of the Presbyterian church.
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