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1media/1905-03-06 Jbr Daily Times-Enterprise pg 1- Tragedy at Walnut Ridge_thumb.png2020-05-02T10:08:48-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61905-03-06 Jbr Daily Times-Enterprise pg 16WR City Marshal Lee Ridgeway kills unruly farmer Ed Bagley, touching off the decade-long Bagley-Ridgeway Feud.media/1905-03-06 Jbr Daily Times-Enterprise pg 1- Tragedy at Walnut Ridge.pngplain2020-05-07T16:42:16-07:0003/06/1905Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1912-05-15 WR Mayor Swears in 100 Special Officers to Stop Citizen Attacks - Hutchinson KS pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-11T15:17:19-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61912-05-15 Hutchinson Gazette KS pg 13The Walnut Ridge mayor swears in one hundred special officers "to repel any further attacks of night riders on negro farmers."media/1912-05-15 WR Mayor Swears in 100 Special Officers to Stop Citizen Attacks - Hutchinson KS pg 1.pngplain2020-06-11T15:23:45-07:0005/15/1912Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-04-05 Pinnell Murder in Hoxie, Episode 4 - AR Gazette pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-12T08:07:42-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-04-05 Arkansas Gazette pg 13Former Hoxie Marshal Lon Easley is sentenced to twenty-one years in jail for the murder of C. G. Pinnell after witnesses declare that no weapon was found on Pinnell when he was shot.media/1913-04-05 Pinnell Murder in Hoxie, Episode 4 - AR Gazette pg 1.pngplain2020-06-12T08:11:01-07:0004/05/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1893-04-06 African-American Cook Confesses to Fire, Says Others Guilty Too - Memphis TN pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-26T16:01:48-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61893-04-06 Memphis Commercial TN pg 43The Star Hotel cook confesses to starting the deadly fire but changes his story on who the other guilty parties are, and detectives are enlisted to investigate the matter.media/1893-04-06 African-American Cook Confesses to Fire, Says Others Guilty Too - Memphis TN pg 4.pngplain2020-05-26T16:07:14-07:0004/06/1893Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1914-10-22 Arkansas Democrat pg 8 - Dr Hughes Brought to Prison Since Mob Violence Feared_thumb.png2020-07-07T14:46:19-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61914-10-22 Arkansas Democrat pg 83Dr. Hughes is brought to Little Rock to stay at the state penitentiary until the time of his trial, as "mob violence is feared" in Walnut Ridge.media/1914-10-22 Arkansas Democrat pg 8 - Dr Hughes Brought to Prison Since Mob Violence Feared.pngplain2020-07-07T14:49:28-07:0010/22/1914Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1898-03-11 Saga and Poem About Hobo Robbers Wife - Marysville KS pg 6_thumb.png2020-05-30T19:49:20-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61898-03-11 Marysville Advocate KS pg 63A Kansas paper tells the saga, complete with a poem, of the ill-fated romance between Clara Mozely and her husband, the hobo/mail clerk/robber who was arrested in Walnut Ridge.media/1898-03-11 Saga and Poem About Hobo Robbers Wife - Marysville KS pg 6.pngplain2020-05-30T20:33:53-07:0003/11/1898Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1925-09-21 Night Marshal Thrown in Cell, Prisoner Dies in Fight - St Louis Star and Times pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-16T21:01:51-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61925-09-21 St Louis Star & Times MO pg 23A deputy sheriff throws a night marshal into a Walnut Ridge jail cell as a joke, but a resulting fight with a prisoner results in the prisoner's death.media/1925-09-21 Night Marshal Thrown in Cell, Prisoner Dies in Fight - St Louis Star and Times pg 2.pngplain2020-06-16T21:13:20-07:0009/21/1925Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1935-01-29 WR City Marshals Badge Taken From His Home - Decatur AL pg 8_thumb.png2020-06-17T18:59:40-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61935-01-29 Decatur Daily AL pg 83A thief breaks into the Walnut Ridge city marshal's house and takes the marshal's badge.media/1935-01-29 WR City Marshals Badge Taken From His Home - Decatur AL pg 8.pngplain2020-06-17T19:01:48-07:001/29/1935Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1896-01-24 Account of Trouble At and Following Populist Meeting at Powhatan - Haven KS pg 3_thumb.png2020-05-29T14:07:14-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61896-01-24 Haven Weekly Record KS pg 33Trouble occurs at and following a Populist meeting in Powhatan after a group of young boys disturb the meeting and a man throws a stick of wood at one of them in return.media/1896-01-24 Account of Trouble At and Following Populist Meeting at Powhatan - Haven KS pg 3.pngplain2020-05-29T14:18:00-07:0001/24/1896Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1883-10-26 Update- Attempted Robbery Actually Wasnt - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-14T12:06:35-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61883-10-26 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 13A later turn of events indicate that the alleged attempt at train robbery near Delaplaine was actually a group of loggers innocently stopping the train to see if any of the freight was for their camp.media/1883-10-26 Update- Attempted Robbery Actually Wasnt - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 1.pngplain2020-05-31T19:59:01-07:0010/26/1883Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1905-10-21 Memphis Cmcl Appeal pg 3 - Both Bagleys Acquitted (Alf Shot Someone Too)_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:25:10-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61905-10-21 Memphis Commercial Appeal TN pg 33Ridgeway is acquitted for Ed Bagley's murder-- and Alf Bagley is also acquitted of a killing that occurred nine days after his brother's murder.media/1905-10-21 Memphis Cmcl Appeal pg 3 - Both Bagleys Acquitted (Alf Shot Someone Too).pngplain2020-05-31T20:05:44-07:0010/21/1905Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-04-15 Pinnell Murder in Hoxie, Episode 6 - AR Gazette pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-12T08:21:27-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-04-15 Arkansas Gazette pg 23Lon Easley gives a bond of $12,500 and awaits an appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court.media/1913-04-15 Pinnell Murder in Hoxie, Episode 6 - AR Gazette pg 2.pngplain2020-06-12T08:26:18-07:0004/15/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1935-08-23 Powhatan Jail Turned Into Community House - Ogden UT pg 4_thumb.png2020-06-17T19:52:14-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61935-08-23 Ogden Standard-Examiner UT pg 43The Powhatan jail is turned into a community house.media/1935-08-23 Powhatan Jail Turned Into Community House - Ogden UT pg 4.pngplain2020-06-17T19:55:24-07:0008/23/1935Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1904-04-16 Last Words and Hanging of African-American Will Jones - Arkansas Democrat pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-04T15:02:18-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61904-04-16 Arkansas Democrat pg 13A man is sentenced to hang at Walnut Ridge for murdering another man over a craps game, and his statement on the matter is given to the press.media/1904-04-16 Last Words and Hanging of African-American Will Jones - Arkansas Democrat pg 1.pngplain2020-06-04T15:14:45-07:0004/16/1904Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1879-07-31 AR Board of Health Notes WR Threat to Hang Quarantine-Runner - AR Democrat pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-13T19:36:34-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61879-07-31 Arkansas Democrat pg 43Minutes of the Arkansas Board of Health note Walnut Ridge citizens' threat to hang a quarantine runner if he didn't leave town.media/1879-07-31 AR Board of Health Notes WR Threat to Hang Quarantine-Runner - AR Democrat pg 4.pngplain2020-05-13T19:39:30-07:0007/31/1879Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1905-03-09 Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 1 - Bagley Shot News Report 2_thumb.png2020-05-07T16:37:40-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61905-03-09 Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 13A newspaper informant who was in Walnut Ridge when Ed Bagley was shot gives further details of the tragedy.media/1905-03-09 Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 1 - Bagley Shot News Report 2.pngplain2020-07-08T10:22:18-07:0003/09/1905Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-03-24 Pinnell Murder in Hoxie, Episode 3 - AR Gazette pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-12T07:52:59-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-03-24 Arkansas Gazette pg 23A Lawrence County grand jury gives 54 indictments, including one for Hoxie Marshal Lon Easley in the killing of C. G. Pinnell.media/1913-03-24 Pinnell Murder in Hoxie, Episode 3 - AR Gazette pg 2.pngplain2020-06-12T08:00:36-07:0003/24/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1922-12-15 Physician and 3 Others Held for Plot to Smuggle Drugs from NY - Baldwin KS pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-16T19:32:33-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61922-12-15 Baldwin Ledger KS pg 63A local physician and three others are arrested in Walnut Ridge by federal agents for their role in "an alleged plot to smuggle drugs from Buffalo, N.Y., into Arkansas."media/1922-12-15 Physician and 3 Others Held for Plot to Smuggle Drugs from NY - Baldwin KS pg 6.pngplain2020-06-16T19:36:58-07:0012/15/1922Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1929-12-10 WR Man Fined for Ignoring Stop Sign, But Cop Fined Too - Lincoln NE pg 3_thumb.png2020-06-17T09:56:35-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61929-12-10 Lincoln Journal Star NE pg 33A man is fined for ignoring a stop sign in Walnut Ridge, but he convinces the court that the officer who chased him should be fined for ignoring the sign as well.media/1929-12-10 WR Man Fined for Ignoring Stop Sign, But Cop Fined Too - Lincoln NE pg 3.pngplain2020-06-17T10:00:18-07:0012/10/1929Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1882-01-08 KKK in Lawrence County - Topeka Daily Commonwealth KS pg 1_thumb.jpg2020-05-13T21:02:46-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61882-01-08 Topeka Daily Commonwealth KS pg 13A Lawrence County KKK member refuses to take part in a plot to kill four people, but in a subsequent attempt to arrest the KKK members, three people are killed.media/1882-01-08 KKK in Lawrence County - Topeka Daily Commonwealth KS pg 1.jpgplain2020-05-13T21:07:59-07:0001/08/1882Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1898-02-23 Mail Clerk Hobo Robber and Disguised Wife Arrested in WR - Springfield MO pg 3_thumb.png2020-05-30T19:32:23-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61898-02-23 Springfield Leader and Press MO pg 33A St. Louis mail clerk turned robber and his disguised wife are detected in Walnut Ridge as hobos, and the robber arrested.media/1898-02-23 Mail Clerk Hobo Robber and Disguised Wife Arrested in WR - Springfield MO pg 3.pngplain2020-05-30T19:42:17-07:0002/23/1898Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1907-05-27 Non-English Speaker Exits Train in WR and Memphis, Not PB - Pine Bluff AR pg 5_thumb.png2020-06-06T15:31:44-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61907-05-27 Pine Bluff Daily Graphic AR pg 53A man with limited English proficiency deboards his train at Walnut Ridge instead of Pine Bluff, but is then brought to Memphis instead.media/1907-05-27 Non-English Speaker Exits Train in WR and Memphis, Not PB - Pine Bluff AR pg 5.pngplain2020-06-07T08:46:37-07:0005/27/1907Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1883-10-25 Late Train Thwarts Would-Be Robbers - Arkansas Democrat pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-14T11:57:35-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61883-10-25 Arkansas Democrat pg 13An attempted robbery at night of an Iron Mountain train fifteen miles north of Walnut Ridge is described.media/1883-10-25 Late Train Thwarts Would-Be Robbers - Arkansas Democrat pg 1.pngplain2020-05-14T12:01:50-07:0010/25/1883Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1907-05-28 Smilowitz Account II Details He Had Been Asylum Patient - St Louis MO pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-07T08:58:57-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61907-05-28 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 22Another news account notes that the man who deboarded his train at Walnut Ridge rather than Pine Bluff had recently been released from a St. Louis asylum and had been placed in the care of a conductor for the trip.media/1907-05-28 Smilowitz Account II Details He Had Been Asylum Patient - St Louis MO pg 2.pngplain2020-06-07T09:02:12-07:0005/28/1907Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1917-06-23 Contraband Liquor Seized from Iron Mtn RR Coach Car - AR Democrat pg 12_thumb.png2020-06-15T09:05:38-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61917-06-23 Arkansas Democrat pg 122A large amount of contraband liquor is seized from an Iron Mountain Railroad passenger coach at Hoxie.media/1917-06-23 Contraband Liquor Seized from Iron Mtn RR Coach Car - AR Democrat pg 12.pngplain2020-06-15T09:11:19-07:0006/23/1917Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1930-01-31 Man Kills Himself After Being Blackmailed - Nashville Banner TN pg 13_thumb.png2020-06-17T10:17:51-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-01-31 Nashville Banner TN pg 132A man commits suicide after grappling with a blackmail plot against him and his son.media/1930-01-31 Man Kills Himself After Being Blackmailed - Nashville Banner TN pg 13.pngplain2020-06-17T10:20:37-07:0001/31/1930Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1940-09-04 Investigation Reopened into Mysterious LawCo Double Death - NW AR Times pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-18T15:01:59-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61940-09-04 Fayetteville NW Arkansas Times pg 12An investigation is reopened into a double death in Lawrence County due to suspicious circumstances surrounding the case.media/1940-09-04 Investigation Reopened into Mysterious LawCo Double Death - NW AR Times pg 1.pngplain2020-06-18T15:03:31-07:0009/04/1940Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1894-05-11 Savage Reply to Hoxie Marshals Rebuttal of Towns Crime Record - AR Gazette pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-28T07:15:48-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61894-05-11 Arkansas Gazette pg 12A letter to the editor of the Arkansas Gazette from "A Citizen of Hoxie" gives a savage reply to the Hoxie marshal's rebuttal of the town's crime record.media/1894-05-11 Savage Reply to Hoxie Marshals Rebuttal of Towns Crime Record - AR Gazette pg 1.pngplain2020-05-28T07:18:20-07:0005/11/1894Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1896-01-27 Second, Varied Account of Populist Meeting Tragedy - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-29T14:15:07-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61896-01-27 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 22A second, varied account of the Populist Meeting tragedy in Powhatan notes that the son of the sheriff that was involved was sixteen, that he and the other boys had been shooting stones, and other details.media/1896-01-27 Second, Varied Account of Populist Meeting Tragedy - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 2.pngplain2020-05-29T14:16:50-07:0001/27/1896Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1907-09-25 African-American Arrested for Wearing Elk Badge - Vicksburg MS pg 3_thumb.png2020-06-07T09:26:44-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61907-09-25 Vicksburg Herald MS pg 32An African-American man is arrested in Walnut Ridge for wearing an Elk lodge pin on his coat.media/1907-09-25 African-American Arrested for Wearing Elk Badge - Vicksburg MS pg 3.pngplain2020-06-07T09:29:16-07:0009/25/1907Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1912-09-25 WR Baptist Preacher Named City Marshal - Mattoon Journal-Gazette IL pg 8_thumb.png2020-06-11T18:45:03-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61912-09-25 Mattoon Journal-Gazette IL pg 82A Walnut Ridge pastor is also appointed city marshal.media/1912-09-25 WR Baptist Preacher Named City Marshal - Mattoon Journal-Gazette IL pg 8.pngplain2020-06-11T18:45:52-07:0009/25/1912Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-04-10 Pinnell Murder in Hoxie, Episode 5 - AR Gazette pg 9_thumb.png2020-06-12T08:16:00-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-04-10 Arkansas Gazette pg 92Former city marshal of Hoxie Lon Easley applies for bond.media/1913-04-10 Pinnell Murder in Hoxie, Episode 5 - AR Gazette pg 9.pngplain2020-06-12T08:17:55-07:0004/10/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1918-01-26 Hoxie Constable Finding Lots of Booze on the Trains - Rochester NY pg 8_thumb.png2020-06-15T11:18:13-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61918-01-26 Rochester Democrat & Chronicle NY pg 82Hoxie's constable finds lots of alcohol hidden on the passenger trains going through town.media/1918-01-26 Hoxie Constable Finding Lots of Booze on the Trains - Rochester NY pg 8.pngplain2020-06-15T11:20:03-07:0001/26/1918Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1908-10-26 Jonesboro Daily News pg 3 - Lee Ridgeway Shot, Childers Account_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:31:25-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61908-10-26 Jonesboro Daily News pg 32Lee Ridgeway is shot by Alf Bagley, whose brother Ridgeway had slain.media/1908-10-26 Jonesboro Daily News pg 3 - Lee Ridgeway Shot, Childers Account.pngplain2020-05-07T20:33:27-07:0010/26/1908Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1930-03-22 Moonshiner Slain by Deputy Sheriff - Bristol Herald-Courier TN pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-17T11:49:57-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-03-22 Bristol Herald-Courier TN pg 22A fleeing moonshiner is killed near Sedgwick by a deputy sheriff.media/1930-03-22 Moonshiner Slain by Deputy Sheriff - Bristol Herald-Courier TN pg 2.pngplain2020-06-17T11:54:12-07:0003/22/1930Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1884-05-02 Horse Thief Captured Near WR But Escapes From Captors - AR Democrat pg 1_thumb.jpg2020-05-14T12:33:13-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61884-05-02 Arkansas Democrat pg 12A news brief notes, "A horse thief was captured near Walnut Ridge yesterday, but managed to throw himself from his horse and escape from his captors before they reached the jail."media/1884-05-02 Horse Thief Captured Near WR But Escapes From Captors - AR Democrat pg 1.jpgplain2020-05-14T12:35:23-07:0005/02/1884Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1893-05-07 BR African-American Dance Results in Dispute and Shooting - Memphis TN pg 5_thumb.png2020-05-26T16:29:27-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61893-05-07 Memphis Commercial TN pg 52A landlord disbands a dance at one of his houses in Black Rock, and a dispute between him and one of the guests escalates into a shooting the following day.media/1893-05-07 BR African-American Dance Results in Dispute and Shooting - Memphis TN pg 5.pngplain2020-05-26T16:32:29-07:0005/07/1893Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-03-18 Arkansas Gazette pg 1 - Five Charged with Contempt of Court_thumb.png2020-07-07T12:46:25-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-03-18 Arkansas Gazette pg 12Five are charged with contempt of court after concerns are raised about jury tampering in the Benningfield trial.media/1913-03-18 Arkansas Gazette pg 1 - Five Charged with Contempt of Court.pngplain2020-07-07T12:48:33-07:0003/18/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1894-05-19 Three More Members of Hoxie Gang Arrested - AR Gazette pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-28T07:23:52-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61894-05-19 Arkansas Gazette pg 22Three more members of the Hoxie gang of robber-gamblers are arrested, with Walnut Ridge being "greatly wrought up for the last few days" over the matter.media/1894-05-19 Three More Members of Hoxie Gang Arrested - AR Gazette pg 2.pngplain2020-05-28T07:26:53-07:0005/19/1894Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1914-11-28 Jonesboro Daily Tribune pg 1 - More Arrests in Bagley Case at WR_thumb.png2020-07-07T15:38:35-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61914-11-28 Jonesboro Daily Tribune pg 12More arrests are made in Walnut Ridge in connection to the Bagley-Ridgeway feud, including Mrs. Lizzie Burrell and an unnamed farmer.media/1914-11-28 Jonesboro Daily Tribune pg 1 - More Arrests in Bagley Case at WR.pngplain2020-07-07T15:40:07-07:0011/28/1914Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1907-10-10 African-American Elk Badge Arrest Story II - Versailles MO pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-07T09:32:49-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61907-10-10 Versailles Morgan County Republican MO pg 22Another news account states that the man arrested for wearing the Elk lodge badge "is suspected of having stolen" it.media/1907-10-10 African-American Elk Badge Arrest Story II - Versailles MO pg 2.pngplain2020-06-07T09:34:11-07:0010/10/1907Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1912-11-07 WR Marshal Biggers Slain - Salem Post and Democrat-Bulletin MO pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-11T19:19:25-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61912-11-07 Salem Post & Democrat-Bulletin MO pg 22City marshal/First Baptist Church minister J. P. Biggers is shot and killed during a street carnival.media/1912-11-07 WR Marshal Biggers Slain - Salem Post and Democrat-Bulletin MO pg 2.pngplain2020-06-11T19:21:04-07:0011/07/1912Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1919-02-20 WR Blade Introduces New Black Rock Marshall - Harrisburg PA pg 10_thumb.png2020-06-15T13:26:00-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61919-02-20 Harrisburg Telegraph PA pg 102The Walnut Ridge Blade introduces the new Black Rock marshal.media/1919-02-20 WR Blade Introduces New Black Rock Marshall - Harrisburg PA pg 10.pngplain2020-06-15T13:28:03-07:0002/20/1919Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1926-04-07 11th Hour Confession Saves Man From Electric Chair - Mt Carmel PA pg 5-min_thumb.png2020-06-16T21:22:09-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61926-04-07 Mt Carmel Daily News PA pg 52A belated murder confession in a Walnut Ridge courtroom saves an innocent man from prison.media/1926-04-07 11th Hour Confession Saves Man From Electric Chair - Mt Carmel PA pg 5-min.pngplain2020-06-16T21:31:33-07:0004/07/1926Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1908-10-30 Arkansas Gazette pg 2 - Alf Bagley Held Without Bail_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:54:03-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61908-10-30 Arkansas Gazette pg 22Alf Bagley is held without bail after murdering Ridgeway and is brought to Little Rock for safekeeping.media/1908-10-30 Arkansas Gazette pg 2 - Alf Bagley Held Without Bail.pngplain2020-05-07T20:58:43-07:0010/30/1908Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1930-10-30 WR Suffers Epidemic of Burglaries - Courier News Blytheville AR pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-17T13:11:00-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-10-30 Blytheville Courier News pg 12Thieves strike four Walnut Ridge houses in the same night and attempt to target six more.media/1930-10-30 WR Suffers Epidemic of Burglaries - Courier News Blytheville AR pg 1.pngplain2020-06-17T13:12:20-07:0010/30/1930Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1888-01-05 WR and Hoxie Turn Dry Towns - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-17T14:20:13-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61888-01-05 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 22A news brief notes that "Walnut Ridge, Hoxie, and all other towns in Lawrence County have gone dry by petition" for a period of two years.media/1888-01-05 WR and Hoxie Turn Dry Towns - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 2.pngplain2020-05-17T14:24:24-07:0001/05/1888Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1893-08-06 Hoxie Marshall Gets Married, Honeymoons at STL Worlds Fair - Memphis TN pg 12_thumb.png2020-05-27T08:19:20-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61893-08-06 Memphis Commercial TN pg 122The Hoxie city marshal is married, and the couple honeymoons at the World's Fair in Chicago.media/1893-08-06 Hoxie Marshall Gets Married, Honeymoons at STL Worlds Fair - Memphis TN pg 12.pngplain2020-05-27T08:21:48-07:0008/06/1893Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-04-03 Arkansas Gazette pg 1 - AR Senator and Four Others Cited for Contempt of Court_thumb.png2020-07-07T13:38:10-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-04-03 Arkansas Gazette pg 12State Senator Clyde Going and four others are cited for contempt of court in Walnut Ridge, but appeal the ruling to the Arkansas Supreme Court.media/1913-04-03 Arkansas Gazette pg 1 - AR Senator and Four Others Cited for Contempt of Court.pngplain2020-07-07T13:39:32-07:0004/03/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1894-05-25 Daring Robbery Hoxie, with nice editorial - Memphis Commercial TN pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-28T07:36:21-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61894-05-25 Memphis Commercial TN pg 22A dispatch from Walnut Ridge describes another daring robbery in Hoxie and warns of potential vigilante action "if the gang cannot be forced to leave by law."media/1894-05-25 Daring Robbery Hoxie, with nice editorial - Memphis Commercial TN pg 2.pngplain2020-05-28T10:25:24-07:0005/25/1894Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1914-11-28 Jonesboro Evening Sun pg 1 - Lycurgus Bland Arrested for Murder of Crook_thumb.png2020-07-07T15:42:47-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61914-11-28 Jonesboro Evening Sun pg 12Walnut Ridge farmer and dairyman Lycurgus Bland is arrested under suspicion of being Solon Crook's murderer.media/1914-11-28 Jonesboro Evening Sun pg 1 - Lycurgus Bland Arrested for Murder of Crook.pngplain2020-07-07T15:43:48-07:0011/28/1914Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1897-07-22 Fairly Detailed Account of KKK Activity in Richwoods - Brooklyn NY pg 5_thumb.png2020-05-30T15:26:56-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61897-07-22 Brooklyn Standard Union NY pg 52A local group of the Ku Klux Klan commits atrocities in Randolph and Lawrence Counties, including the area of Richwoods north of Walnut Ridge.media/1897-07-22 Fairly Detailed Account of KKK Activity in Richwoods - Brooklyn NY pg 5.pngplain2020-05-30T15:45:19-07:0007/22/1897Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1903-03-19 Prisoners Save Sheriff and Wife on Black River - Indianapolis IN pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-03T19:20:20-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61903-03-19 Indianapolis Journal IN pg 12Two prisoners save the Lawrence County Sheriff and his wife, though are unable to save the couple's baby, when the group's boat overturns on the Black River.media/1903-03-19 Prisoners Save Sheriff and Wife on Black River - Indianapolis IN pg 1.pngplain2020-06-03T19:27:19-07:0003/19/1903Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1910-02-25 Thieves in Hoxie from Ohio - Cincinnati Enquirer OH pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-10T08:08:59-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61910-02-25 Cincinnati Enquirer OH pg 12A trio of thieves from Ohio, captured in Hoxie, tried to hide their stolen goods in a boxcar at the Hoxie rail yards.media/1910-02-25 Thieves in Hoxie from Ohio - Cincinnati Enquirer OH pg 1.pngplain2020-06-10T08:11:51-07:0002/25/1910Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-02-09 Pinnell Murder in Hoxie, Episode 1- AR Gazette pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-12T07:23:30-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-02-09 Arkansas Gazette pg 12C. G. Pinnell of Walnut Ridge resists arrest and attempts to shoot the Hoxie town marshal, but is fatally shot himself.media/1913-02-09 Pinnell Murder in Hoxie, Episode 1- AR Gazette pg 1.pngplain2020-06-12T07:28:18-07:0002/09/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1921-06-16 WR Arrests Suspected Knoxville Murderer - Selma Times-Journal AL pg 5_thumb.png2020-06-16T15:01:56-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61921-06-16 Selma Times-Journal AL pg 52A woman suspected to be a criminal wanted in Knoxville, Tennessee, is arrested in Walnut Ridge.media/1921-06-16 WR Arrests Suspected Knoxville Murderer - Selma Times-Journal AL pg 5.pngplain2020-06-16T15:02:52-07:0006/16/1921Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1927-02-08 Officers Abandon Search for Escaped Prisoner Near WR - Montgomery AL pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-16T21:46:16-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61927-02-08 Montgomery Advertiser AL pg 22Officers abandon a search for a prisoner that escaped into the woods four miles north of Walnut Ridge.media/1927-02-08 Officers Abandon Search for Escaped Prisoner Near WR - Montgomery AL pg 2.pngplain2020-06-16T21:47:33-07:0002/08/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1878-05-19 Express Robber Andrew Jackson Returned to WR After Jailbreak - AR Gazette pg 2_thumb.jpg2020-05-13T19:03:26-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61878-05-19 Arkansas Gazette pg 22A robber named Andrew Jackson is recaptured and returned to Walnut Ridge after escaping from jail.media/1878-05-19 Express Robber Andrew Jackson Returned to WR After Jailbreak - AR Gazette pg 2.jpgplain2020-05-13T19:04:58-07:0005/19/1878Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1930-11-05 Black Rocks 21-Year-Old Mayor Improves Town - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 30_thumb.png2020-06-17T13:25:47-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-11-05 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 302Percy Townsend, 21-year-old mayor of Black Rock, is praised for his administration's accomplishments, including reducing the town's debt.media/1930-11-05 Black Rocks 21-Year-Old Mayor Improves Town - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 30.pngplain2020-06-17T13:27:28-07:0011/05/1930Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1888-12-31 Moonshiner Nabbed in WR by Secret Service - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-17T15:05:34-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61888-12-31 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 42A Walnut Ridge moonshiner is nabbed by an undercover Secret Service officer.media/1888-12-31 Moonshiner Nabbed in WR by Secret Service - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 4.pngplain2020-05-17T15:09:26-07:0012/31/1888Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1894-02-21 Counterfeiter Captured in Hoxie May Have Ties to Minturn Gang - Memphis TN pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-27T15:47:32-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61894-02-21 Memphis Commercial TN pg 42A counterfeiter is arrested in Hoxie, and is thought to perhaps be connected with a mysterious gang near Minturn.media/1894-02-21 Counterfeiter Captured in Hoxie May Have Ties to Minturn Gang - Memphis TN pg 4.pngplain2020-05-27T15:49:44-07:0002/21/1894Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-04-11 Arkansas Gazette pg 3 - Benningfield Goes to Prison_thumb.png2020-07-07T13:44:56-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-04-11 Arkansas Gazette pg 32Wolf Benningfield, in failing to pay a $12,500 bond, is taken to an Arkansas penitentiary.media/1913-04-11 Arkansas Gazette pg 3 - Benningfield Goes to Prison.pngplain2020-07-07T13:45:47-07:0004/11/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1894-05-31 Gang of Hoxie Robbers Broken Up Further - Moulton Advertiser AL pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-28T10:36:31-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61894-05-31 Moulton Advertiser AL pg 12A news brief declares that the gang of swindlers at Hoxie "has been broken up and its members dispersed."media/1894-05-31 Gang of Hoxie Robbers Broken Up Further - Moulton Advertiser AL pg 1.pngplain2020-05-28T10:38:23-07:0005/31/1894Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1914-11-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 1 - Rich Woman Held On Serious Charge_thumb.png2020-07-08T05:03:38-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61914-11-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 12Lizzie Burell, "a woman of considerable wealth," is charged with being an accessory in Isom Bagley's murder.media/1914-11-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 1 - Rich Woman Held On Serious Charge.pngplain2020-07-08T05:05:07-07:0011/29/1914Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1897-09-05 MINI JACKPOT, Great Town Description of Walnut Ridge - AR Gazette pg 12-min_thumb.png2020-05-30T15:53:58-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61897-09-05 Arkansas Gazette pg 122The Arkansas Gazette gives an affable and detailed description of Walnut Ridge, "a hustling city with one thousand inhabitants."media/1897-09-05 MINI JACKPOT, Great Town Description of Walnut Ridge - AR Gazette pg 12-min.pngplain2020-05-30T16:10:38-07:0009/05/1897Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1910-04-29 Sheriff Arrests Watch Thief on Train - Weekly Citizen Democrat Poplar Bluff pg 4_thumb.png2020-06-10T09:02:08-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61910-04-29 Poplar Bluff Weekly Citizen Democrat MO pg 42The Lawrence County Sheriff arrests a watch thief on a Frisco train.media/1910-04-29 Sheriff Arrests Watch Thief on Train - Weekly Citizen Democrat Poplar Bluff pg 4.pngplain2020-06-10T09:05:44-07:0004/29/1910Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-02-12 Pinnell Murder in Hoxie, Episode 2 - AR Gazette pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-12T07:33:15-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-02-12 Arkansas Gazette pg 22The town marshal of Hoxie is bound over to a grand jury on a charge of manslaughter following his fatally shooting C. G. Pinnell.media/1913-02-12 Pinnell Murder in Hoxie, Episode 2 - AR Gazette pg 2.pngplain2020-06-12T07:36:32-07:0002/12/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-02-22 Hanging in WR Courthouse Cupola - Fairbanks AK pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-12T08:31:59-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-02-22 Fairbanks Daily Times AK pg 12A hanging takes place in the cupola of the Lawrence County courthouse in Walnut Ridge.media/1913-02-22 Hanging in WR Courthouse Cupola - Fairbanks AK pg 1.pngplain2020-06-12T08:36:06-07:0002/22/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1921-07-28 LawCo Sheriff Arrives to Feed Prisoners and Foils Jailbreak - AR Gazette pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-16T15:20:00-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61921-07-28 Arkansas Gazette pg 12The Lawrence County Sheriff arrives at the jail to feed several prisoners, and in doing so foils a jailbreak.media/1921-07-28 LawCo Sheriff Arrives to Feed Prisoners and Foils Jailbreak - AR Gazette pg 1.pngplain2020-06-16T15:21:23-07:0007/28/1921Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1927-12-15 Deputy Sheriff Captures Bank Robber at Boardinghouse - Poplar Bluff MO pg 4_thumb.png2020-06-17T08:47:46-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61927-12-15 Poplar Bluff Weekly Citizen Democrat MO pg 42A deputy sheriff captures a Texas bank robber at a Hoxie boardinghouse.media/1927-12-15 Deputy Sheriff Captures Bank Robber at Boardinghouse - Poplar Bluff MO pg 4.pngplain2020-06-17T08:49:57-07:0012/15/1927Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1878-08-21 AR Board of Health Receives Letter from WR About Yellow Fever - AR Gazette pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-13T19:15:36-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61878-08-21 Arkansas Gazette pg 42The Arkansas Board of Health receives a letter from a Walnut Ridge doctor about preventing the spread of yellow fever in the town, especially via railroad passengers.media/1878-08-21 AR Board of Health Receives Letter from WR About Yellow Fever - AR Gazette pg 4.pngplain2020-05-13T19:18:42-07:0008/21/1878Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1930-12-24 Sheriff Seizes Frisco Locomotive When RR Doesnt Pay Fines - New York NY pg 36_thumb.png2020-06-17T13:55:02-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-12-24 New York Daily News NY pg 362The Lawrence County Sheriff seizes a Frisco locomotive when the railroad fails to pay their fines.media/1930-12-24 Sheriff Seizes Frisco Locomotive When RR Doesnt Pay Fines - New York NY pg 36.pngplain2020-06-17T14:39:20-07:0012/24/1930Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1890-08-27 Hoxie Boxer Knocks Out Memphis Man in Fourth Round - AR Democrat pg 6_thumb.png2020-05-26T09:47:35-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61890-08-27 Arkansas Democrat pg 62A Hoxie man knocks out a Memphis boxer in the fourth round of their contest.media/1890-08-27 Hoxie Boxer Knocks Out Memphis Man in Fourth Round - AR Democrat pg 6.pngplain2020-05-26T09:49:24-07:0008/27/1890Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1935-05-01 WR Hotel Manager Held for Burning Pocahontas Hotel - St Louis MO pg 19_thumb.png2020-06-17T20:04:02-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61935-05-01 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 192The manager of the Lawrence Hotel in Walnut Ridge is accused of orchestrating the burning of a Pocahontas hotel.media/1935-05-01 WR Hotel Manager Held for Burning Pocahontas Hotel - St Louis MO pg 19.pngplain2020-06-17T20:10:46-07:0005/01/1935Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1894-04-20 Epic Article About Hoxies Curse of Chronic Robbers - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-05-27T16:12:26-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61894-04-20 Arkansas Gazette pg 62A deputy U.S. Marshal explains how "there is one town in Arkansas that needs ...attention" when it comes to crime: Hoxie.media/1894-04-20 Epic Article About Hoxies Curse of Chronic Robbers - AR Gazette pg 6.pngplain2020-05-27T16:19:00-07:0004/20/1894Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1914-10-01 Arkansas Gazette pg 2 - Pinkerton Superintendent Working on Crook Murder Case_thumb.png2020-07-07T14:21:31-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61914-10-01 Arkansas Gazette pg 22The superintendent of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency arrives in Walnut Ridge to help solve the mystery of Solon Crook's death.media/1914-10-01 Arkansas Gazette pg 2 - Pinkerton Superintendent Working on Crook Murder Case.pngplain2020-07-07T14:22:26-07:0010/01/1914Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1895-01-20 More Counterfeiters Captured in Southern LawCo - Girard KS pg 3_thumb.png2020-05-28T12:01:57-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61895-01-20 Girard Daily World KS pg 32Alleged counterfeiters are captured in southern Lawrence County.media/1895-01-20 More Counterfeiters Captured in Southern LawCo - Girard KS pg 3.pngplain2020-05-28T12:03:15-07:0001/20/1895Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1914-12-07 Arkansas Gazette pg 2 - L A Bland Released_thumb.png2020-07-08T07:26:53-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61914-12-07 Arkansas Gazette pg 22Farmer L. A. Bland, suspected in the death of Solon Crook, is released after insufficient evidence is found for an indictment.media/1914-12-07 Arkansas Gazette pg 2 - L A Bland Released.pngplain2020-07-08T07:28:55-07:0012/07/1914Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1897-11-14 Man Threatens Wife at Black Dance and Is Killed - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-30T18:22:56-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61897-11-14 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 22The Hoxie city marshal shoots a man who resists arrest, after the man threatens his wife with a pistol while at a dance.media/1897-11-14 Man Threatens Wife at Black Dance and Is Killed - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 2.pngplain2020-05-30T18:36:46-07:0011/14/1897Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1911-06-18 Ad, Bids Requested for Lawrence County Jail in WR - AR Gazette pg 36_thumb.png2020-06-11T08:19:50-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61911-06-18 Arkansas Gazette pg 362A classified ad requests construction bids for a new jail at Walnut Ridge.media/1911-06-18 Ad, Bids Requested for Lawrence County Jail in WR - AR Gazette pg 36.pngplain2020-06-11T08:20:57-07:0006/18/1911Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-07-09 LawCo Sheriff shot by Pocahontas Robbers - Brazil Daily Times IN pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-12T14:14:01-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-07-09 Brazil Daily Times IN pg 22The Lawrence County Sheriff is shot in a gunfight with four bandits who had blown open a post office safe.media/1913-07-09 LawCo Sheriff shot by Pocahontas Robbers - Brazil Daily Times IN pg 2.pngplain2020-06-12T14:15:17-07:0007/09/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1931-01-14 WR Justice Says Starvation Plea From Thieves Rarely Credible - Bridgewater NJ pg 11_thumb.png2020-06-17T14:52:56-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61931-01-14 Bridgewater Courier-News NJ pg 112J. F. Israel, Lawrence County officer of the peace for fifty years, says that while he would excuse a thief with a genuine starvation plea, he has found such claims to be rarely credible.media/1931-01-14 WR Justice Says Starvation Plea From Thieves Rarely Credible - Bridgewater NJ pg 11.pngplain2020-06-17T14:55:44-07:0001/14/1931Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1890-08-29 Plot Twist-- Hoxie Boxer was Really St Louis Boxer in Disguise - AR Democrat pg 6_thumb.png2020-05-26T11:20:06-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61890-08-29 Arkansas Democrat pg 62As it turns out, the "Hoxie man" who beat West Memphis boxer Joe Tansey in a Hoxie fight was really a St. Louis boxer in disguise.media/1890-08-29 Plot Twist-- Hoxie Boxer was Really St Louis Boxer in Disguise - AR Democrat pg 6.pngplain2020-05-26T11:22:26-07:0008/29/1890Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1936-02-21 Portia Man Killed When Leaping From Train - Hope Star AR pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-18T13:01:18-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61936-02-21 Hope Star pg 12A Portia man dies after leaping headfirst from a speeding train.media/1936-02-21 Portia Man Killed When Leaping From Train - Hope Star AR pg 1.pngplain2020-06-18T13:03:31-07:0002/21/1936Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1894-04-25 Bold Rebuke By Hoxie Marshal Against False Robbery Reports - AR Gazette pg 8_thumb.png2020-05-27T16:25:11-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61894-04-25 Arkansas Gazette pg 82Hoxie's city marshal responds to the accusations made by Deputy Marshal J. L. White about crime in Hoxie, declaring that the marshal "should confine himself strictly to the truth, which is bad enough, but not half so bad as he colors it."media/1894-04-25 Bold Rebuke By Hoxie Marshal Against False Robbery Reports - AR Gazette pg 8.pngplain2020-05-27T16:34:27-07:0004/25/1894Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1914-10-20 Arkansas Gazette pg 1 - Hughes Held for Earlier Murders_thumb.png2020-07-07T14:29:39-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61914-10-20 Arkansas Gazette pg 12Dr. J. C. Hughes of WR is arrested for the murders of Alf and Isom Bagley four years prior, an action "said to be the result of investigations made recently by five Pinkerton detectives."media/1914-10-20 Arkansas Gazette pg 1 - Hughes Held for Earlier Murders.pngplain2020-07-07T14:31:53-07:0010/20/1914Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1895-03-11 Smallpox Quarantine in Effect in Hoxie - Chanute Daily Tribune KS pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-29T13:38:22-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61895-03-11 Chanute Daily Tribune KS pg 12Hoxie enforces quarantine rules to combat smallpox, including banning tramps from entering town.media/1895-03-11 Smallpox Quarantine in Effect in Hoxie - Chanute Daily Tribune KS pg 1.pngplain2020-05-29T13:44:01-07:0003/11/1895Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1912-05-09 WR Race War of 1912 Article - Bamberg SC pg 3_thumb.png2020-06-11T14:35:36-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61912-05-09 Bamberg Herald SC pg 32A newspaper account describes a sequence of conflicts between a group of violent nightriders and an anti-nightrider coalition of black and white citizens, local law enforcement, and the state militia, in what became known as the Walnut Ridge Race War of 1912 (see https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/walnut-ridge-race-war-of-1912-7418/ for details).media/1912-05-09 WR Race War of 1912 Article - Bamberg SC pg 3.pngplain2020-06-11T14:57:28-07:0005/09/1912Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1913-08-05 Jailbreak in Walnut Ridge - Montgomery Times AL pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-12T14:23:56-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61913-08-05 Montgomery Times AL pg 12Two out of three inmates escape from the Walnut Ridge jail using iron bars secretly given to them.media/1913-08-05 Jailbreak in Walnut Ridge - Montgomery Times AL pg 1.pngplain2020-06-12T14:25:42-07:0008/05/1913Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1931-01-17 Seized Train is White Elephant for LawCo Law Enforcement - Madison WI pg 10_thumb.png2020-06-17T15:37:01-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61931-01-17 Madison Wisconsin State Journal WI pg 102The engine, boxcars, and caboose seized from the Frisco Railroad become a white elephant for Lawrence County law enforcement.media/1931-01-17 Seized Train is White Elephant for LawCo Law Enforcement - Madison WI pg 10.pngplain2020-06-17T15:39:33-07:0001/17/1931Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1893-04-02 African-American Hotel Cook Accused of Starting the WR Fire - Memphis TN pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-26T15:30:56-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61893-04-02 Memphis Commercial TN pg 12The Star Hotel's cook is arrested and accused of starting the fire that killed two and destroyed a good portion of the town.media/1893-04-02 African-American Hotel Cook Accused of Starting the WR Fire - Memphis TN pg 1.pngplain2020-05-26T15:33:57-07:0004/02/1893Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1937-03-24 Physicians Tip Lands 3 Juvenile Burglars in Jail - Talladega AL pg 3_thumb.png2020-06-18T13:34:25-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61937-03-24 Talladega Mountain Home AL pg 32A trio of juvenile burglars end up in jail after one of them seeks medical care, due to having rolled into a campfire in his sleep.media/1937-03-24 Physicians Tip Lands 3 Juvenile Burglars in Jail - Talladega AL pg 3.pngplain2020-06-18T13:36:33-07:0003/24/1937Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1894-04-29 Deputy US Marshal Doubles Down on Statement on Hoxie Crime - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-05-28T06:57:18-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61894-04-29 Arkansas Gazette pg 62Deputy Marshal J. L. White doubles down on his statement about Hoxie crime, and explains how the town's robbers work.media/1894-04-29 Deputy US Marshal Doubles Down on Statement on Hoxie Crime - AR Gazette pg 6.pngplain2020-05-28T07:03:15-07:0004/29/1894Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1914-10-20 Batesville Daily Guard pg 1 - Hughes Indicted for Murder_thumb.png2020-07-07T14:34:42-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61914-10-20 Batesville Daily Guard pg 12The Batesville Guard notes that Solon Crook had been "assassinated at his home in Walnut Ridge while he was sitting in his room reading."media/1914-10-20 Batesville Daily Guard pg 1 - Hughes Indicted for Murder.pngplain2020-07-07T14:37:33-07:0010/20/1914Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1895-03-29 County Treasurers Safe Blown Open at Powhatan - Springfield MO pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-29T13:50:43-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61895-03-29 Springfield Leader and Press MO pg 12A man is charged with blowing the safe open at the county treasurer's office in Powhatan.media/1895-03-29 County Treasurers Safe Blown Open at Powhatan - Springfield MO pg 1.pngplain2020-05-29T13:52:26-07:0003/29/1895Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1916-02-15 Alicia Men Knock WR Sheriff in Head and Escape - Batesville Daily Guard pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-13T12:59:57-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61916-02-15 Batesville Daily Guard pg 12Two burglars from Alicia knock the Lawrence County Sheriff in the head and escape into the darkness.media/1916-02-15 Alicia Men Knock WR Sheriff in Head and Escape - Batesville Daily Guard pg 1.pngplain2020-06-13T13:05:22-07:0002/15/1916Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1923-08-26 Man Killed Near Cache River Said to Have Killed 7 Himself - Montgomery AL pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-16T20:36:13-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61923-08-26 Montgomery Advertiser AL pg 12A man killed on the Cache River is said to have killed seven people himself.media/1923-08-26 Man Killed Near Cache River Said to Have Killed 7 Himself - Montgomery AL pg 1.pngplain2020-06-16T20:40:22-07:0008/26/1923Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1905-03-14 Jonesboro Evening Sun pg 1 - Lee Ridgeway Indicted_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:14:55-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61905-03-14 Jonesboro Evening Sun pg 12Lee Ridgeway is indicted for the murder of Ed Bagley, and bond is furnished.media/1905-03-14 Jonesboro Evening Sun pg 1 - Lee Ridgeway Indicted.pngplain2020-05-07T20:18:05-07:0003/14/1905Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1930-01-03 WR Man Fined 25 dollars for Pet Possum - Oakland CA pg 10_thumb.png2020-06-17T10:03:36-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-01-03 Oakland Tribune CA pg 102A Walnut Ridge man is fined twenty-five dollars because of his pet possum.media/1930-01-03 WR Man Fined 25 dollars for Pet Possum - Oakland CA pg 10.pngplain2020-06-17T10:04:39-07:0001/03/1930Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1931-03-26 WR Man Sells Mortgaged Equipment With Restaurant, Indicted - Poplar Bluff MO pg 8_thumb.png2020-06-17T15:47:15-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61931-03-26 Poplar Bluff Republican MO pg 82A former WR restaurant owner is indicted for failing to mention, when selling the business, that the equipment is still mortgaged.media/1931-03-26 WR Man Sells Mortgaged Equipment With Restaurant, Indicted - Poplar Bluff MO pg 8.pngplain2020-06-17T15:53:40-07:0003/26/1931Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1893-04-04 More Details on Disastrous Downtown WR Fire - AR Gazette pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-26T15:41:11-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61893-04-04 Arkansas Gazette pg 42More details are given on the businesses destroyed by the Star Hotel fire in Walnut Ridge, and investigations of potential culprits behind the fire continue.media/1893-04-04 More Details on Disastrous Downtown WR Fire - AR Gazette pg 4.pngplain2020-05-26T15:49:13-07:0004/04/1893Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1937-03-26 WR Woman Held in Houseboat Killing Charged With Murder - St Louis pg 28_thumb.png2020-06-18T13:55:03-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61937-03-26 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 282A Walnut Ridge woman is charged with murdering a snagboat engineer in his houseboat.media/1937-03-26 WR Woman Held in Houseboat Killing Charged With Murder - St Louis pg 28.pngplain2020-06-18T13:56:55-07:0003/26/1937Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1894-05-11 Attempts to Break up Gang of Hoxie Robbers - Memphis Commercial pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-28T07:08:02-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61894-05-11 Memphis Commercial TN pg 12Not long after the deputy marshal's statements about Hoxie's robbers, one of the gang is caught and put in jail.media/1894-05-11 Attempts to Break up Gang of Hoxie Robbers - Memphis Commercial pg 1.pngplain2020-05-28T07:10:34-07:0005/11/1894Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6