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/1870-07-28 Horse Thief and Counterfeiter Robbins at WR Shot - AR Gazette pg 2_thumb.jpg2020-05-12T12:26:16-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61870-07-28 Arkansas Gazette pg 23News items include the shootings of S. S. Dowell of Clover Bend and WR counterfeiter/horse thief R. R. Robbins, as well as increased interest in a Pocahontas railroad.media/1870-07-28 Horse Thief and Counterfeiter Robbins at WR Shot - AR Gazette pg 2.jpgplain2020-05-31T19:50:58-07:0007/28/1870Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1906-02-15 Newsboy Shoots at Passenger on Train Near WR - Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 8_thumb.png2020-06-05T14:27:07-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61906-02-15 Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 83A newsboy shoots at a passenger on a train near Walnut Ridge, but misses him and leaves a hole in the hat of another passenger instead.media/1906-02-15 Newsboy Shoots at Passenger on Train Near WR - Poplar Bluff Citizen MO pg 8.pngplain2020-06-05T14:30:53-07:0002/15/1906Edward 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/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/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/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/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/1900-07-20 Man Shot at Lemonade Stand on July 4 - Arkansas Democrat pg 6_thumb.png2020-05-13T18:51:13-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61900-07-20 Arkansas Democrat pg 63A lemonade stand attendant is shot dead by a drunk man on the Fourth of July.media/1900-07-20 Man Shot at Lemonade Stand on July 4 - Arkansas Democrat pg 6.pngplain2020-05-13T18:55:01-07:0007/20/1900Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1894-07-19 Farmers in Hoxie Get in Taxes Fight, One Shot - Scottsboro Citizen AL pg 1_thumb.png2020-05-28T10:48:03-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61894-07-19 Scottsboro Citizen AL pg 12Two farmers near Hoxie get in an argument about taxes; one is shot and drowns in a pond.media/1894-07-19 Farmers in Hoxie Get in Taxes Fight, One Shot - Scottsboro Citizen AL pg 1.pngplain2020-05-28T10:50:26-07:0007/19/1894Edward 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/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/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/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/1902-12-11 African-American Man Shot By RR Cook for Taking Double Meat - Poplar Bluff pg 5_thumb.png2020-06-03T19:05:47-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61902-12-11 Poplar Bluff Citizen pg 52An African-American man working on a railroad tie train at WR was shot by the crew's cook for asking for a double serving of meat.media/1902-12-11 African-American Man Shot By RR Cook for Taking Double Meat - Poplar Bluff pg 5.pngplain2020-06-03T19:12:59-07:0012/11/1902Edward 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/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/1931-03-26 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/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/1884-02-11 John Rhea Stabbs Mr. Bottoms in Saloon - Alton IL pg 2_thumb.jpg2020-05-14T12:14:18-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61884-02-11 Alton Evening Telegraph IL pg 22A fight in a Walnut Ridge saloon results in a man stabbed in the neck with a penknife.media/1884-02-11 John Rhea Stabbs Mr. Bottoms in Saloon - Alton IL pg 2.jpgplain2020-05-14T12:15:46-07:0002/11/1884Edward 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/1904-03-10 Gun Accident Blows Up Hoxie Boys Face - Fort Smith Times pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-04T14:51:06-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61904-03-10 Fort Smith Times pg 12A Hoxie boy dies after accidentally shooting himself while hunting.media/1904-03-10 Gun Accident Blows Up Hoxie Boys Face - Fort Smith Times pg 1.pngplain2020-06-04T14:53:40-07:0003/10/1904Edward 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/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/1917-03-26 RR Mans Arm Cut Off After Fight With Hobos - AR Gazette pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-13T13:38:15-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61917-03-26 Arkansas Gazette pg 22A special agent for the Iron Mountain railroad has his arm amputated after a hobo shoots it and shatters the bone.media/1917-03-26 RR Mans Arm Cut Off After Fight With Hobos - AR Gazette pg 2.pngplain2020-06-13T13:41:42-07:0003/26/1917Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1910-09-15 Arkansas Gazette pg 3 - Hughes Shoots Alf Bagley as Frosting Time Approaches_thumb.png2020-07-07T08:44:28-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61910-09-15 Arkansas Gazette pg 32Dr. J. C. Hughes of Walnut Ridge fires six shots at Alf Bagley; the article notes "Bagley is alleged to have said that he would 'get Dr. Hughes before it frosted.'"media/1910-09-15 Arkansas Gazette pg 3 - Hughes Shoots Alf Bagley as Frosting Time Approaches.pngplain2020-07-07T08:46:54-07:0009/15/1910Edward 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/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/1910-09-15 Jonesboro Daily Tribune pg 1 - Bagley and Hughes Had Tense Exchange Before Shots_thumb.png2020-07-07T08:55:13-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61910-09-15 Jonesboro Daily Tribune pg 12A Jonesboro man who had been in WR at the time of the Hughes-Bagley shooting reports that there were several tense exchanges between the two men before shots were fired.media/1910-09-15 Jonesboro Daily Tribune pg 1 - Bagley and Hughes Had Tense Exchange Before Shots.pngplain2020-07-07T08:57:14-07:0009/15/1910Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1885-04-02 African-American Porter Shoots at Hoxie Safe-Crackers - Ironton MO pg 4_thumb.jpg2020-05-14T13:58:43-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61885-04-02 Ironton County Register MO pg 42Would-be burglars at a Hoxie hotel flee in the dark after the porter shoots at them through a smoke-filled room.media/1885-04-02 African-American Porter Shoots at Hoxie Safe-Crackers - Ironton MO pg 4.jpgplain2020-05-14T14:03:11-07:0004/02/1885Edward 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/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/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/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/1873-05-30 Shooting on the Train - Memphis Avalanche TN pg 2_thumb.jpg2020-05-12T12:37:09-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61873-05-30 Memphis Avalanche TN pg 22Two men draw revolvers on each other on the Cairo & Fulton Railroad at Walnut Ridge, and one is shot.media/1873-05-30 Shooting on the Train - Memphis Avalanche TN pg 2.jpgplain2020-05-12T12:45:07-07:0005/30/1873Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1886-01-05 Fight in Sexton Drug Store with Frank Israel - Topeka KS pg 3_thumb.jpg2020-05-14T14:27:37-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61886-01-05 Topeka Citizen KS pg 32A druggist attempts to break up a fight in his store, but is hit with a club and lashes back with a knife.media/1886-01-05 Fight in Sexton Drug Store with Frank Israel - Topeka KS pg 3.jpgplain2020-05-14T14:31:33-07:0001/05/1886Edward 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/1905-06-29 Farmer Shoots Brother-in-Law Over Money - AR Democrat pg 1_thumb.png2020-06-05T12:50:33-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61905-06-29 Arkansas Democrat pg 12A farmer near Walnut Ridge shoots his brother-in-law over a spat about money he owed.media/1905-06-29 Farmer Shoots Brother-in-Law Over Money - AR Democrat pg 1.pngplain2020-06-05T12:53:19-07:0006/29/1905Edward 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/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/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/1873-05-30 Shooting Takes Place at Saloon in Walnut Ridge - AR Gazette pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-13T12:20:37-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61873-05-30 Arkansas Gazette pg 42A shooting takes place in a Walnut Ridge saloon after a Canadian painter is refused another drink.media/1873-05-30 Shooting Takes Place at Saloon in Walnut Ridge - AR Gazette pg 4.pngplain2020-05-13T12:27:23-07:0005/30/1873Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1886-12-05 Saloon Owner Slashed With Knife - St. Louis Globe-Democrat pg 4_thumb.jpg2020-05-17T13:43:42-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61886-12-05 St. Louis Globe-Democrat MO pg 42A Walnut Ridge saloon owner is slashed with a knife by an out-of-town customer.media/1886-12-05 Saloon Owner Slashed With Knife - St. Louis Globe-Democrat pg 4.jpgplain2020-05-17T13:46:24-07:0012/05/1886Edward 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/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/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/1930-06-10 Justices Car Has 50K Miles and Bullet Holes - Sacramento Bee CA pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-17T12:19:13-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-06-10 Sacramento Bee CA pg 62A justice of the peace drives a car with bullet holes and sections missing due to thievery, but "insists to ambitious motor salesmen that it is only beginning to perform."media/1930-06-10 Justices Car Has 50K Miles and Bullet Holes - Sacramento Bee CA pg 6.pngplain2020-06-17T12:22:56-07:0006/10/1930Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1912-08-06 Arkansas Gazette pg 2 - Hughes Narrowly Misses Midnight Death by Ambush_thumb.png2020-07-07T10:06:01-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61912-08-06 Arkansas Gazette pg 22Dr. J. C. Hughes of Walnut Ridge narrowly escapes a midnight assassination attempt.media/1912-08-06 Arkansas Gazette pg 2 - Hughes Narrowly Misses Midnight Death by Ambush.pngplain2020-07-07T10:08:16-07:0008/06/1912Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1890-06-05 Hoxie Station Agent Stabbed Three Times - Ironton County Register MO pg 4_thumb.png2020-05-17T20:11:30-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61890-06-05 Ironton County Register MO pg 42A Hoxie railroad station agent is stabbed three times, with his outlook for survival grim.media/1890-06-05 Hoxie Station Agent Stabbed Three Times - Ironton County Register MO pg 4.pngplain2020-05-17T20:12:38-07:0006/05/1890Edward 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/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/1912-11-22 Gad Angle of BR Sees Editor of Blade and Flees, Due to WR Shootings - AR Gazette pg 6_thumb.png2020-06-11T19:24:49-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61912-11-22 Arkansas Gazette pg 62Gad Angle of Black Rock sees the editor of the Walnut Ridge Blade and flees, due to recent shootings in Walnut Ridge.media/1912-11-22 Gad Angle of BR Sees Editor of Blade and Flees, Due to WR Shootings - AR Gazette pg 6.pngplain2020-06-11T19:26:24-07:0011/22/1912Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1930-10-29 WR Girl Shoots Brother Because of His Date - St Louis Star and Times pg 2_thumb.png2020-06-17T13:07:28-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61930-10-29 St Louis Star and Times MO pg 22A young lady in Walnut Ridge shoots her brother because of his date.media/1930-10-29 WR Girl Shoots Brother Because of His Date - St Louis Star and Times pg 2.pngplain2020-06-17T13:08:30-07:0010/29/1930Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a6
1media/1912-10-10 Arkansas Gazette pg 1 - John Bagley Shot by Carpenter_thumb.png2020-07-07T10:24:52-07:00Edward Harthornfba9b3ada4485df137f2d7376f8d510d319522a61912-10-10 Arkansas Gazette pg 12John Bagley is shot five times by carpenter Wolf Benningfield while they and four others were gathered at contractor Solon Crook's office.media/1912-10-10 Arkansas Gazette pg 1 - John Bagley Shot by Carpenter.pngplain2020-07-07T10:26:28-07:0010/10/1912Edward 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/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