This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ketchum, Hines, Spradley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1460.1 Message Board Post: THE WINFIELD COURIER. WINFIELD, COWLEY COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1885. POLITICAL FEUD. An Editor Shot by an Enterprising Candidate and Relatives. Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 1, 1885. LYNCHBURG, VA., September 29. Judge G. W. Ward, editor of the Examiner, and Commonwealth Attorney for Washington City, while about to enter the Colonnade Hotel in Abingdon yesterday about four p.m., was fired upon by Dr. William White, independent candidate for State Senator, who had been concealed in a store room nearly opposite the hotel. White stepped out of the door and discharged one barrel of a shotgun loaded with buckshot at Ward, who fell face foremost, but recovering on his knees, drew his pistol and fired three shots at a young relative of White's, who was on the opposite side of the street behind a tree. White had stepped inside the door, but hearing the firing, came out again and fired a second barrel at Ward, who fell. While he was lying on the ground, two of White's relatives, one of whom Ward had already shot at and whom he though had shot at him, walked up and fired seven shots at him, all of which took effect. Ward is in a very critical condition and it is t! hought he cannot live. Dr. White and his two relatives have been arrested and were bailed in the sum of $7,000 each. Great excitement exists, but no fear of further violence is entertained. Found by Google
This is quite interesting. Does anyone know who Dr. William White's parents were? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 4:22 PM Subject: [VAWASHIN] Re: G.W. Ward Murder - Need Info > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Ketchum, Hines, Spradley > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1460.1 > > Message Board Post: > > THE WINFIELD COURIER. > > WINFIELD, COWLEY COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1885. > > POLITICAL FEUD. > > An Editor Shot by an Enterprising Candidate and Relatives. > > Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 1, 1885. > > LYNCHBURG, VA., September 29. Judge G. W. Ward, editor of the Examiner, > and Commonwealth Attorney for Washington City, while about to enter the > Colonnade Hotel in Abingdon yesterday about four p.m., was fired upon by > Dr. William White, independent candidate for State Senator, who had been > concealed in a store room nearly opposite the hotel. White stepped out of > the door and discharged one barrel of a shotgun loaded with buckshot at > Ward, who fell face foremost, but recovering on his knees, drew his pistol > and fired three shots at a young relative of White's, who was on the > opposite side of the street behind a tree. White had stepped inside the > door, but hearing the firing, came out again and fired a second barrel at > Ward, who fell. While he was lying on the ground, two of White's > relatives, one of whom Ward had already shot at and whom he though had > shot at him, walked up and fired seven shots at him, all of which took > effect. Ward is in a very critical condition and it is t! > hought he cannot live. Dr. White and his two relatives have been arrested > and were bailed in the sum of $7,000 each. Great excitement exists, but no > fear of further violence is entertained. > > Found by Google > > > ==== VAWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Washington County Historical Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawashin/historic.htm >