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WHOA: Walnut Ridge & Hoxie Online ArchiveMain MenuIntroduction & NavigationArchive CrossroadsView Archive By Source LocationsView Archive By Source TypeView Archive By Source ThemeView Archive By Timeline of SourcesView Research on Pre-WWII WR & HoxieEdward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/Old WR Courthouse With Trees - CourthouseHistory.jpg2020-05-02T13:18:54-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743Government TagsEdward Harthorn5structured_gallery9919892020-05-28T14:00:19-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431905-03-06 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.pngplain2020-05-07T16:42:16-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1882-01-08 KKK in Lawrence County - Topeka Daily Commonwealth KS pg 1_thumb.jpg2020-05-13T21:02:46-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431882-01-08 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.jpgplain2020-05-13T21:07:59-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1883-10-25 Late Train Thwarts Would-Be Robbers - Arkansas Democrat pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-14T11:57:35-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431883-10-25 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.pngplain2020-05-14T12:01:50-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431893-04-06 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.pngplain2020-05-26T16:07:14-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431879-07-31 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.pngplain2020-05-13T19:39:30-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1894-04-20 Epic Article About Hoxies Curse of Chronic Robbers - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-05-27T16:12:26-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431894-04-20 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.pngplain2020-05-27T16:19:00-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1895-01-20 More Counterfeiters Captured in Southern LawCo - Girard KS pg 3_thumb.png2020-05-28T12:01:57-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431895-01-20 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.pngplain2020-05-28T12:03:15-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1905-10-21 Memphis Cmcl Appeal pg 3 - Both Bagleys Acquitted (Alf Shot Someone Too)_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:25:10-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431905-10-21 Memphis Cmcl Appeal pg 32Ridgeway 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).pngplain2020-05-07T20:27:05-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431890-08-29 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.pngplain2020-05-26T11:22:26-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431894-04-25 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.pngplain2020-05-27T16:34:27-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1908-10-26 Jonesboro Daily News pg 3 - Lee Ridgeway Shot, Childers Account_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:31:25-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431908-10-26 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.pngplain2020-05-07T20:33:27-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431893-04-02 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.pngplain2020-05-26T15:33:57-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431894-04-29 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.pngplain2020-05-28T07:03:15-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1908-10-30 Arkansas Gazette pg 2 - Alf Bagley Held Without Bail_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:54:03-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431908-10-30 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.pngplain2020-05-07T20:58:43-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1893-04-04 More Details on Disastrous Downtown WR Fire - AR Gazette pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-26T15:41:11-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431893-04-04 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.pngplain2020-05-26T15:49:13-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1894-05-11 Attempts to Break up Gang of Hoxie Robbers - Memphis Commercial pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-28T07:08:02-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431894-05-11 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.pngplain2020-05-28T07:10:34-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431878-05-19 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.jpgplain2020-05-13T19:04:58-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1883-10-26 Update- Attempted Robbery Actually Wasnt - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-14T12:06:35-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431883-10-26 St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 12A 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.pngplain2020-05-14T12:09:32-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431894-05-11 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.pngplain2020-05-28T07:18:20-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431878-08-21 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.pngplain2020-05-13T19:18:42-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431884-05-02 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.jpgplain2020-05-14T12:35:23-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431893-05-07 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.pngplain2020-05-26T16:32:29-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1894-05-19 Three More Members of Hoxie Gang Arrested - AR Gazette pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-28T07:23:52-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431894-05-19 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.pngplain2020-05-28T07:26:53-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1888-01-05 WR and Hoxie Turn Dry Towns - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-17T14:20:13-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431888-01-05 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.pngplain2020-05-17T14:24:24-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431893-08-06 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.pngplain2020-05-27T08:21:48-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1894-05-25 Daring Robbery Hoxie, with nice editorial - Memphis Commercial TN pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-28T07:36:21-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431894-05-25 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.pngplain2020-05-28T10:25:24-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1905-03-09 Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 1 - Bagley Shot News Report 2_thumb.png2020-05-07T16:37:40-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431905-03-09 Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 12Newspaper informant was in WR when Ed Bagley was shot and gives further details of the tragedy.media/1905-03-09 Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 1 - Bagley Shot News Report 2.pngplain2020-05-07T16:44:37-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431888-12-31 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.pngplain2020-05-17T15:09:26-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431894-02-21 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.pngplain2020-05-27T15:49:44-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1894-05-31 Gang of Hoxie Robbers Broken Up Further - Moulton Advertiser AL pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-28T10:36:31-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431894-05-31 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.pngplain2020-05-28T10:38:23-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
1media/1905-03-14 Jonesboro Evening Sun pg 1 - Lee Ridgeway Indicted_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:14:55-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431905-03-14 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.pngplain2020-05-07T20:18:05-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743
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 Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec17431890-08-27 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.pngplain2020-05-26T09:49:24-07:00Edward Harthorn37aa49169a51b77c4dbfed8a58fe8a8724ec1743