i : "dered and the fire deliberately started.
Heeb Boone ecevescce anen tt wasicound that ne bad Cie nid Ise
~~ with a hatchet and Mrs. Justus’ lantern was Located at his house,
His wife discovered that he had been seeing another woman for four
years and planned to leave the country with her and she revealed
that he had come home early on the morning after the murders wearing
clothes that were torn and bloody. Feeling against him was so in-
tense that he was taken to the jail in RussellxCounty for safekeep-
ing. A mob formed and headed. there: to lynch him and this was narrow-
ly averted when he was rushed from there to the jail at’ Roanoke where
he was held until his trial, The evidence against him was purely
circumstantial, but he was convicted by a jury thate deliberated for
only 2) minutes and sentenced to die.He was electrocuted at the Va,
State Prison on,Februay 11, 1910. Many persons who knew Little and
who were familiar with the case believed in his innocencee
BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 11, 1910,
Mimeographed History of Buchanan County by Dr. A. S. Richardson. P 8
LOOKING BACK TOO YEERS by Hannibal Albert Compton, 1958, Pages 37-38
BOUNTIFUL AND BHAUTIFUL: A BI-CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF BUCHANAN COUNTY
by Nancy Virginia Baker, Copyright, 1976, Pages 80-81
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focal ide At
i é dered and the fire deliberately started.
feeb en ecemeycasuereat when it was found that he had cut his leg
"witha hatchet and Mrs. Justus’ lantern was Located at his house.
His wife discovered that he had been seeing another woman for four
years and planned to leave the country with her and she revealed
that he had come home early on the morning after the murders wearing
clothes that were torn and bloody. Feeling against him was so in-
tense that he was taken to the jail in RussellxCounty for safekeep-
ing. A mob formed and headed. there. to lynch him and this was narrow-
ly averted when he was rushed from there to the jail at’ Roanoke where
he was held until his trial, The evidence against him was purely
circumstantial, but he was convicted by a jury thate deliberated for
only 2 minutes and sentenced to die.He was electrocuted at the Va.
State Prison on.Februay 11, 1910. Many persons who knew Little and
who were familiar with the case believed in his innocence,
BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Ala,, Feb. 11, 1910,
Mimeographed History of Buchanan County by Dr. A. S. Richardson. P 8
LOOKING BACK TOO YMRS by Hannital Miesrt Compton, 1958. Pages 37-38
BOUNTIFUL AND BHAUTIFUL: A BI-CENTZNNIAL HISTORY OF BUCHANAN COUNTY
by Nancy Virginia Baker, Copyright, 1976, Pages 80-81
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ily ha dered and the fire deliberately started.
theta thegemtlysbed.pese mueceres ao rcund thet he had out his les
with a hatchet and Mrs. Justis’ lantern was Located at his house,
His wife discovered that he had been seeing another woman for four
BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Ala,, Feb, 11, 1910,
Mimeographed History of Buchanan County by Dr. A, Ss Richardson. P 8
LOOKING BACK oy Hann: rt Compton, 1958. Pages 37-36]
BOUNTIFUL AND BSAUTIFUL: A BI-CENTANNIAL HISTORY OF BUCHANAN COUNTY
by Nancy Virginia Baker, Copyright, 1976, Pages 80-81
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ebruary 11, 1910
LITTLE, Howard , a ae
Little, a 38-year-old white man, had served as U, S. Marshal for the
Eastern District of Kentucky for several years until he killed a man
named George Kinney and was sentenced to imprisonment for life, After
a few years, he was pardoned and moved to Hurley, Buchanan Co., Va.,;
where he was employed as foreman and purchasing agent for a large lum~
ber company. Early in September, 1909, he purchased a stand of tim~
ber from Mrs, Elizabeth (Aunt Betsy) Justus, an aged widow who lived
with her son-in-law, George Meadows, Mrs, Meadows and their three voun
children, Mrs. Justus received over $1,600 in @ash for the timber and
Little, who had paid the money to her, knew that she distrusted banks
and would likely hide it some place in her log cabin, On the night of
September 21, he returned, ostensibly for a vistt andy purposely stay-
ing late, requested permission to Spend the night. The family had
known him for a long éime and, suspecting nothing, they retired around
nine o'clock, After they had gone to sleep, Little killed them all,
using a revolver that he had borrowed, a knife and a hatchet, After
ransacking the house and stealing arouhd $700, all of the money that
&
fire’ to the dwelling at nt
cepteen thatibaa paslcneee to Mrs, Justus to light his way. The ruins
i the bodies ha
f£ the cabin were discovered the next morning and y as
; not be n completely consumed by the flames, it was evident
ebruary 11, 1910
LITTLE, Howard 4 mae
Little, a 38-year-old white man, had served as U, S. Marshal for the
Eastern District of Kentucky for several years until he killed a man
named George Kinney and was sentenced to imprisonment for life, After
a few years, he was pardoned and moved to Hurley, Buchanan Cosy Vaey
where he was employed as foreman and purchasing agent for a large lum-
ber company. Early in September, 1909, he purchased a stand of tim-
ber from Mrs, Elizabeth (Aunt Betsy) Justus, an aged widow who lived
with her son-in-law, George Meadows, Mrs, Meadows and their three young
children. Mrs. Justus received over $1,600 in &ash for the timber and
Little, who had paid the money to her, knew that she distrusted banks
and would likely hide it some place in her log cabin, On the night of
September 21, he returned, ostensibly for a vistt andy purposely stay-
ing late, requested permission to Spend the night. The family had
known him for a long éime and, suspecting nothing, they retired around
nine-otclock, After they had gone to sleep, little killed them all,
using a revolver that he had borrowed, a fa and a hatchet. After
ransacking the house and stealing arouhd $700, all of the at
he could find, he set fire to the qvellin rant hon, "ae
lantern that had belonged to Mrs. Justus to light). . waye ne ohn :
of the cabin were discovered the next morning and, as the vhargraan
not be n completely consumed by the flames, it was ev
D1 y 11, 1910
LITTLE, Howard Eeoruary 9.
little, a 38-year-old white man, had served as U, S. Marshal for the
Eastern District of Kentucky for
named George K:
a few years,
vhere he was
ber company,
with her son-in-law,
children,
ed them all,
tchet. After
ee
tern that had be. Us: his way. The rut
citiet cebinimerenteenrarsantn rer morning and,"as tie'bodlss had”
not ben coupletely consumed dy the flames, it was evident
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