WHOA: Walnut Ridge & Hoxie Online ArchiveMain MenuIntroduction & NavigationArchive CrossroadsView Archive By Source ThemeView Archive By Timeline of SourcesView Archive By Source LocationsView Archive By Source TypeView Research on Pre-WWII WR & HoxieEdward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
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/1930-08-16 WR Auto Dealer Accused of Murder - Dothan Eagle AL pg 8_thumb.png2020-06-17T12:34:22-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-08-16 Dothan Eagle AL pg 83A Walnut Ridge garage owner is accused of murdering his half brother.media/1930-08-16 WR Auto Dealer Accused of Murder - Dothan Eagle AL pg 8.pngplain2020-06-17T12:49:36-07:0008/16/1930Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1930-08-18 Murder Charge Against WR Man May Be Dropped - Alexandria LA pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-17T12:40:49-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-08-18 Alexandria Town Talk LA pg 13Murder charges against Walnut Ridge garage owner George Hopps may be dropped due to additional evidence received.media/1930-08-18 Murder Charge Against WR Man May Be Dropped - Alexandria LA pg 1.pngplain2020-06-17T12:54:38-07:0008/18/1930Edward 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/1884-08-09 Juvenile Murder in WR - Bloomfield MO pg 3_thumb.jpg2020-05-14T13:30:01-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61884-08-09 Bloomfield Vindicator MO pg 33A nine-year-old boy shoots a five-year-old during a quarrel with the boy's brother.media/1884-08-09 Juvenile Murder in WR - Bloomfield MO pg 3.jpgplain2020-05-14T13:35:24-07:0008/09/1884Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1908-10-27 Memphis Cmcl Appeal pg 7 - Ridgeway Dies From Wounds_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:41:59-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61908-10-27 Memphis Commercial Appeal TN pg 73Lee Ridgeway dies from his wounds after being shot, and is buried.media/1908-10-27 Memphis Cmcl Appeal pg 7 - Ridgeway Dies From Wounds.pngplain2020-05-31T20:05:30-07:0010/27/1908Edward 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/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/1908-10-26 Memphis Cmcl Appeal pg 7 - Lee Ridgeway Shot_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:37:35-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61908-10-26 Memphis Commercial Appeal TN pg 73Lee Ridgeway is not expected to live after being shot by Alf Bagley.media/1908-10-26 Memphis Cmcl Appeal pg 7 - Lee Ridgeway Shot.pngplain2020-05-31T20:05:37-07:0010/26/1908Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1908-10-21 Candy Pull Smoking Shooting Account II - Sedalia Democrat MO pg 3_thumb.png2020-06-07T18:18:51-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61908-10-21 Sedalia Democrat MO pg 33Another article notes that the murder of a man for smoking took place at a candy pull in Walnut Ridge.media/1908-10-21 Candy Pull Smoking Shooting Account II - Sedalia Democrat MO pg 3.pngplain2020-06-07T18:21:15-07:0010/21/1908Edward 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/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/1910-03-09 Wealthy Shirey Calls Himself Lothario After Being Shot - Cincinnati OH pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-10T08:22:28-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61910-03-09 Cincinnati Enquirer OH pg 13Minturn resident A. W. Shirey, "perhaps the wealthiest man in Northeast Arkansas," is shot to death at his store.media/1910-03-09 Wealthy Shirey Calls Himself Lothario After Being Shot - Cincinnati OH pg 1.pngplain2020-06-10T08:36:46-07:003/09/1910Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1910-10-23 Arkansas Democrat pg 1 - Slayer of Lee Ridgeway Dies from 4 Winchester Wounds-min_thumb.png2020-07-07T09:03:59-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61910-10-23 Arkansas Democrat pg 12Alf Bagley is shot and killed on the streets of Walnut Ridge, followed by the murder of his father I. J. Bagley two hours later.media/1910-10-23 Arkansas Democrat pg 1 - Slayer of Lee Ridgeway Dies from 4 Winchester Wounds-min.pngplain2020-07-07T09:06:46-07:0010/23/1910Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1879-06-18 Jealous WR Man Tries to Kill Himself and Wife, Fails at Both - AR Democrat pg 1_thumb.jpg2020-05-13T19:27:00-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61879-06-18 Arkansas Democrat pg 12Notes that in Walnut Ridge "a jealous husband attempted to commit suicide, but failing in that, tried to kill her, and made a second failure."media/1879-06-18 Jealous WR Man Tries to Kill Himself and Wife, Fails at Both - AR Democrat pg 1.jpgplain2020-05-13T19:31:33-07:0006/18/1879Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1898-08-06 Powhatan Man Kills Another With Hammer - Arkansas Democrat pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-31T16:04:37-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61898-08-06 Arkansas Democrat pg 42A Powhatan man is killed with a hammer at his own blacksmith shop.media/1898-08-06 Powhatan Man Kills Another With Hammer - Arkansas Democrat pg 4.pngplain2020-05-31T16:07:42-07:0008/06/1898Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1906-08-17 Alicia Farmhand Says Murder Victims Wife Assisted - Globe-Democrat pg 5_thumb.png2020-06-06T09:20:34-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61906-08-17 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 52An Alicia farmhand pleads guilty to murder, but implicates the wife of the murdered man as well.media/1906-08-17 Alicia Farmhand Says Murder Victims Wife Assisted - Globe-Democrat pg 5.pngplain2020-06-06T09:23:50-07:0008/17/1906Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1910-04-29 Potential Shirey Murder Weapon Found in Minturn - Poplar Bluff MO pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-10T08:55:40-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61910-04-29 Poplar Bluff Weekly Citizen Democrat MO pg 12Pieces of a broken shotgun, thought to have been used to murder A. W. Shirey, are found near a bridge at Minturn.media/1910-04-29 Potential Shirey Murder Weapon Found in Minturn - Poplar Bluff MO pg 1.pngplain2020-06-10T08:57:45-07:0004/29/1910Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1922-03-09 Hoxie Man on Murder Trial Nominated for Alderman - Oklahoma City OK pg 21_thumb.png2020-06-16T17:46:35-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61922-03-09 Oklahoma City Times OK pg 212A murder suspect, later acquitted of the charges against him, is nominated to be a Hoxie alderman.media/1922-03-09 Hoxie Man on Murder Trial Nominated for Alderman - Oklahoma City OK pg 21.pngplain2020-06-16T17:54:16-07:0003/09/1922Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1910-10-23 Arkansas Gazette pg 1 - Both Bagleys Shot 100 Yards Apart_thumb.png2020-07-07T09:12:16-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61910-10-23 Arkansas Gazette pg 12The Arkansas Gazette's account of the double murder of Alf and Isom Bagley notes that Isom had come downtown to buy a suit to bury his son in, but was then murdered on the street as well.media/1910-10-23 Arkansas Gazette pg 1 - Both Bagleys Shot 100 Yards Apart.pngplain2020-07-07T09:18:36-07:0010/23/1910Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1881-09-24 Shooting in WR - Nashville TN pg 1_thumb.jpg2020-05-13T20:52:25-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61881-09-24 The Tennessean Nashville TN pg 12A St. Louis Post-Dispatch news brief notes a fatal shooting in Walnut Ridge.media/1881-09-24 Shooting in WR - Nashville TN pg 1.jpgplain2020-05-13T20:54:38-07:0009/24/1881Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1898-08-07 Says That Powhatan Man Was Killed Over Watermelon - Washington DC pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-31T17:44:51-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61898-08-07 Washington Times DC pg 12A news brief alleges that the dispute in which Powhatan blacksmith Douglas Horton was killed was about a watermelon.media/1898-08-07 Says That Powhatan Man Was Killed Over Watermelon - Washington DC pg 1.pngplain2020-05-31T17:47:58-07:0008/07/1898Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1906-12-22 Rabbit Hunters Find Baby in Tin Box - Anaconda Standard MT pg 3_thumb.png2020-06-06T10:20:40-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61906-12-22 Anaconda Standard MT pg 32Two rabbit hunters stumble across an infant boy buried alive in a bread tin; the article does not make clear if the child was alive or dead when found.media/1906-12-22 Rabbit Hunters Find Baby in Tin Box - Anaconda Standard MT pg 3.pngplain2020-06-06T10:24:46-07:0012/22/1906Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1911-02-06 Five-Year-Old Boy Accidentally Shoots Older Sister - Jackson Daily News MS pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-10T12:39:22-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61911-02-06 Jackson Daily News MS pg 12A five-year-old boy accidentally shoots and kills his older sister, and is seriously injured by the recoil.media/1911-02-06 Five-Year-Old Boy Accidentally Shoots Older Sister - Jackson Daily News MS pg 1.pngplain2020-06-10T12:41:05-07:0002/06/1911Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1922-03-18 Man Gets Life in Prison for Murder During Alicia Bank Robbery - Bartlesville OK pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-16T18:27:46-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61922-03-18 Bartlesville Morning Examiner OK pg 12A Missouri man is sentenced to life in prison for murdering a man during an Alicia bank robbery.media/1922-03-18 Man Gets Life in Prison for Murder During Alicia Bank Robbery - Bartlesville OK pg 1.pngplain2020-06-16T18:29:13-07:0003/18/1922Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1912-10-11 Arkansas Democrat pg 6 - John Bagley Declared Dead_thumb.png2020-07-07T10:29:16-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61912-10-11 Arkansas Democrat pg 62John Bagley is later declared dead after having been shot by Wolf Benningfield.media/1912-10-11 Arkansas Democrat pg 6 - John Bagley Declared Dead.pngplain2020-07-07T10:31:08-07:0010/11/1912Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1898-11-23 Ravenden Man Killed Over a Can of Salmon - Lawrence KS pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-31T18:01:23-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61898-11-23 Lawrence Daily Journal KS pg 12A man is shot and killed at the Ravenden railroad station over a can of salmon.media/1898-11-23 Ravenden Man Killed Over a Can of Salmon - Lawrence KS pg 1.pngplain2020-05-31T18:03:50-07:0011/23/1898Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1907-09-19 Children Find Body in Hoxie Culvert - Atlanta Constitution GA pg 7_thumb.png2020-06-07T09:18:03-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61907-09-19 Atlanta Constitution GA pg 72A group of children at play discover a dead body in a Hoxie culvert.media/1907-09-19 Children Find Body in Hoxie Culvert - Atlanta Constitution GA pg 7.pngplain2020-06-07T09:20:41-07:0009/19/1907Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1911-04-16 Girl stabs another in Alicia - Hutchinson KS pg 8_thumb.png2020-06-10T13:07:48-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61911-04-16 Hutchinson Gazette KS pg 82A jury fails to convict an Alicia woman who stabbed another woman to death on a sidewalk.media/1911-04-16 Girl stabs another in Alicia - Hutchinson KS pg 8.pngplain2020-06-10T13:15:20-07:0004/16/1911Edward 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/1930-11-01 Waives Murder Hearing on Her Brothers Death - Courier News Blytheville pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-17T13:15:17-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-11-01 Blytheville Courier News pg 12The young woman from Walnut Ridge who shot her brother waives her murder hearing.media/1930-11-01 Waives Murder Hearing on Her Brothers Death - Courier News Blytheville pg 1.pngplain2020-06-17T13:17:15-07:0011/01/1930Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1914-09-23 Batesville Daily Guard pg 3 - Solon Crook Reported Killed_thumb.png2020-07-07T14:09:40-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61914-09-23 Batesville Daily Guard pg 32Walnut Ridge resident Solon Crook, who "had long been a figure in the Bagley-Hughes feud," is shot and killed.media/1914-09-23 Batesville Daily Guard pg 3 - Solon Crook Reported Killed.pngplain2020-07-07T14:10:39-07:0009/23/1914Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1883-12-26 Man Kills His Uncle Near WR - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 4_thumb.jpg2020-05-14T10:09:28-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61883-12-26 St Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 42A man kills his uncle near Walnut Ridge in a violent exchange involving a knife, a shovel, and a pistol.media/1883-12-26 Man Kills His Uncle Near WR - St Louis Globe-Democrat pg 4.jpgplain2020-05-14T10:12:14-07:0012/26/1883Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1899-08-05 Sedgwick Man Shoots and Kills Wife-Stealer - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 2_thumb.png2020-05-31T18:32:06-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61899-08-05 St Louis Post-Dispatch MO pg 22A Sedgwick man shoots and kills the man who had abducted and whipped his wife.media/1899-08-05 Sedgwick Man Shoots and Kills Wife-Stealer - St Louis Post-Dispatch pg 2.pngplain2020-05-31T18:35:45-07:0008/05/1899Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1908-10-20 Man Killed at Candy Pull for Smoking in Front of Ladies - Indianapolis IN pg 8_thumb.png2020-06-07T18:03:07-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61908-10-20 Indianapolis News IN pg 82A young man is killed in Walnut Ridge for smoking in front of women.media/1908-10-20 Man Killed at Candy Pull for Smoking in Front of Ladies - Indianapolis IN pg 8.pngplain2020-06-07T18:07:52-07:0010/20/1908Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1912-11-01 Marcus Collier Murders - Junction City Daily Union KS pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-11T19:14:02-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61912-11-01 Junction City Daily Union KS pg 12A Walnut Ridge merchant shoots his sister, his wife, and himself in what is described as "a fit of temporary insanity."media/1912-11-01 Marcus Collier Murders - Junction City Daily Union KS pg 1.pngplain2020-06-11T19:16:02-07:0011/01/1912Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1938-03-22 Two Men Killed While Walking Along Pocahontas-WR Hwy 67 - Hope Star pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-18T13:47:52-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61938-03-22 Hope Star pg 12Two men are struck and killed while walking along Highway 67 between Walnut Ridge and Pocahontas.media/1938-03-22 Two Men Killed While Walking Along Pocahontas-WR Hwy 67 - Hope Star pg 1.pngplain2020-06-18T13:50:51-07:0003/22/1938Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1915-04-26 St Louis Star and Times pg 1 - Paper Says Effort to Punish Slayers Has Failed-min_thumb.png2020-07-08T09:54:11-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61915-04-26 St Louis Star & Times pg 12The Star & Times notes that there might have been some connection between the Bagley-Ridgeway Feud and the murder of A. W. Shirey of Minturn.media/1915-04-26 St Louis Star and Times pg 1 - Paper Says Effort to Punish Slayers Has Failed-min.pngplain2020-07-08T09:56:53-07:0004/26/1915Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1908-10-20 Candy Pull Smoking Shooting Account III - Shreveport LA pg 8_thumb.png2020-06-07T18:14:02-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61908-10-20 Shreveport Times LA pg 82The escalation that led to a young man's death in Walnut Ridge began when another man knocked a cigarette from the man's mouth.media/1908-10-20 Candy Pull Smoking Shooting Account III - Shreveport LA pg 8.pngplain2020-06-07T18:15:54-07:0010/20/1908Edward 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/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/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/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/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/1938-10-31 Ravenden Boy Held at WR for Murder of Father - Hope Star pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-18T14:34:48-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61938-10-31 Hope Star pg 12A fifteen-year-old from near Ravenden is held in Walnut Ridge on a charge of murdering his father.media/1938-10-31 Ravenden Boy Held at WR for Murder of Father - Hope Star pg 1.pngplain2020-06-18T14:37:23-07:0010/31/1938Edward 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/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/1910-03-09 Shireys Life Had Been Threatened Before - Natchez MS pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-10T08:30:05-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61910-03-09 Natchez Democrat MS pg 12The murdered A. W. Shirey of Minturn had garnered enemies from multiple lawsuits, and "his life is said to have been threatened on numerous occasions."media/1910-03-09 Shireys Life Had Been Threatened Before - Natchez MS pg 1.pngplain2020-06-10T08:35:43-07:0003/09/1910Edward 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/1939-01-02 WR Woman Killed on Highway 67 While Walking to Church - NW AR Times pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-18T14:40:20-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61939-01-02 Fayetteville NW Arkansas Times pg 62A woman is killed in a hit-and-run accident while walking to church along Highway 67 near Walnut Ridge.media/1939-01-02 WR Woman Killed on Highway 67 While Walking to Church - NW AR Times pg 6.pngplain2020-06-18T14:42:04-07:0001/02/1939Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1908-10-28 Jonesboro Weekly Sun pg 2 - Ridgeway Shot, Lynching Feared_thumb.png2020-05-07T20:46:16-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61908-10-28 Jonesboro Weekly Sun pg 22The Jonesboro Sun provides further details on the circumstances of Alf Bagley's murder of Lee Ridgeway on Main Street.media/1908-10-28 Jonesboro Weekly Sun pg 2 - Ridgeway Shot, Lynching Feared.pngplain2020-05-07T20:48:22-07:0010/28/1908Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1898-06-23 WR Boy Accidentally Kills Younger Brother With Gun - AR Democrat pg 5_thumb.png2020-05-31T15:15:01-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61898-06-23 Arkansas Democrat pg 52A Walnut Ridge boy accidentally kills his younger brother when messing with a shotgun at home.media/1898-06-23 WR Boy Accidentally Kills Younger Brother With Gun - AR Democrat pg 5.pngplain2020-05-31T15:17:17-07:0006/23/1898Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1905-12-29 Telegraph Operator Killed For Slow Reply to Message - Mattoon IL pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-05T13:40:24-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61905-12-29 Mattoon Journal Gazette IL pg 12A man murders a Hoxie telegraph operator, "because he did not receive a reply to a telegram as quickly as he wished."media/1905-12-29 Telegraph Operator Killed For Slow Reply to Message - Mattoon IL pg 1.pngplain2020-06-05T13:47:52-07:0012/29/1905Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1921-09-02 Hoxie Mayor Accused of Aiding Murder - Duncan OK pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-16T15:31:34-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61921-09-02 Duncan Banner OK pg 12The mayor of Hoxie is accused of aiding in a murder, leading the city council to ask for his resignation.media/1921-09-02 Hoxie Mayor Accused of Aiding Murder - Duncan OK pg 1.pngplain2020-06-16T15:34:06-07:0009/02/1921Edward 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