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HISTORICAL NOTES OF FAYETTE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. Pages 126-127
HISTORICAL NOTES OF FAYETTE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA.
Pages 126-127
NICHOLS, Jim ("Sar
Nichols, a black n
early @ge and roam
~Ring')
ative of Buckingham Co., Virginia, left home at an
ed the entire eastern K&XBSEEAX part of the United
States before arrivarig at Fire Creek, Fayette Co., W. Va. He worked
at odd jobs there,
also in Fayette Co
had accumulated bo
favorite BEEE avoc
and lost all of hi
at St. Clair and at Powellton, both of which were
» When he left Powellton, he had $71.00 which he
th by working and by gambling which was one of his
ations. He returned to St. Clair where he spent
S money. In early 1895, he was in a whore house
Sleeping with his head in the lap of one of the women when Henry
Carr, a black man with a bad reputation, entered and started an ar-
gument with him,
cursing his murder
ton where he was c¢
trial, he claimed
Carr was going for
Several eye-witnes
Sentenced to die,
Nichols shot Carr several times and Carr died
6re Nichols escaped and made his way to Charles-
aptured and returned to Fayette County. xm At his
that he had killed Carr because he thought that
& weapon when he reached for his back pocket.
Ses testified against him and he was convicted and
He was hanged at Fayetteville off Dec. 13, 1895,
NICHOLS, Jim ("@ar-Ring")
Nichols, a black native of Buckingham Co., Virginia, left home at an
early ege and roamed the ehtire eastern KXEKEEKAX part of the United
States before arrivirig at Fire Creek, Fayette Co., W. Va. He worked
at odd jobs there, at St. Clair and at Powellton, both of which were
also in Fayette Co. When he left Powellton, he had $71.00 which he
had accumlated both by working and by gambling which was one of his
favorite SEEK avocations, He returned to St. Clair where he spent
and lost all of his money. In early 1895, he was in a whore house
Sleeping with his head in the lap of one of the women when Henry
Carr, a black man with a bad reputation, entered and started an ar-
gument with him. Nichols shot Carr several times and Carr died
cursing his murderer, Nichols escaped and made his way to Charles-
ton where he was captured and returned to Fayette County.%m At his
trial, he claimed that he had killed Carr because he thought that
Carr was going for a weapon when he reached for his back pocket.
Several eye-witnesses testified against him and he was convicted and
Sentenced to die, He was hanged at Fayetteville of Dec. 13, 1895,
NICHOLS, Jim ("Bar-Ring")
Cos, Virginia, left home at an
‘tern EBHESEEAX part of the United
Fayette Co., W. Va.
and he was convicted and
Wille of Dec. 13, 1895,
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