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MITCHELL, Ahbert ‘
Mitchell, a Louisa Co., Va., black man, occassionally did odd jobs
for a white merchant, Charles K, Walton, who allowed him to sleep
on the floor of Walton's store. On the night ofMarch 10,°1879,
Mitchell, planning to marry the next day and wanting the means for
a sumptious wedding feabt, waited until Walton went to mek sleep in
his living quarters located in the same building with the store and
then bludgeoned the merchant to death with an iron bar. He filled a
salt sack with various foodstuffs from the store, stole the money from
the cash drawer, sprinkled kerosene over the premises and fired the
building. Mitchell was suspected when a ximsm thorough inspection of
éhe puins revealed that the store had been ransecked and it was known
that he gccasiionally slept there at night. He was married the next
day on schedule and arrested that night at his wedding supper. After
his conviction, his case was taken to the Virginia Court of Appeals
and while it was pending there, he escaped from jail and remained at
large for severa 1 months until he was captured after he jumped off
a freight train ih the Blue Ridge Tunnel, fell under the train and
had a leg cut off. He attempted to escape once more but was un-
successful and, after his appeal had failed, he was hanged at Louisa
Sourt House on Nov. 5, 1880.
MITCHELL, Abbert i
Mitchell, a Louisa Co., Vae, black man, occassionally did odd jobs
for a white merchant, Charles K, Walton, who allowed him to sleep
on the floor of Walton's store. On the night ofMarch 10,°1879,
Mitchell, planning to marry the next day and wanting the means for
a sumptious wedding feabt, waited until Walton went to sek sleep in
his living quarters located in the same building with the store and
then bludgeoned the merchant to death with an iron bar. He filled a
salt sack with various foodstuffs from the store, stole the money fron
the cash drawer, sprinkled kerosene over the premises and fired the
building. Mitchell was suspected when a xktmes thorough inspection of
fhe buins revealed that the store had been ransecked and it was known
that he gccasionally slept there at night. He was married the next
day on schedule and arrested that night at his wedding supper. After
his conviction, his case was taken to the Virginia Court of Appeals
and while it was pending there, he escaped from jail and remained at
large for severa 1 months until he was captured after he jumped off
a freight train ih the Blue Ridge Tunnel, fell under the train and
had a fae cut off. He attempted to escape once more but was un-
successful and, after his appeal had failed, he was hanged at Louisa
Fourt House on Nov. 5, 1880.
MITCHELL, Aaber i
Mitchell, a Louisa Co., Va., black man, occassionally did odd jobs
ra white merchant, Charles K, Walton, who allowed him to sleep
on the floor of Walton's store. On the night ofMarch 10,~1879,
fitchell, planning to marry the next day and wanting the means for
a sumptious wedding feast, waited until Walton went to xmk sleop in
iving quarters located in the same building with th
then bludgeoned the merchant to death with an iron bar.
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the cash draver, sprinkled kerosene over the premises and fired
building. ‘Mitchell was suspected when a stums thorough inspection of
fhe buins revealed that the store had been ransacked and it was known
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day on schedule and arrested that night at his wedding supper.
conviction, his case was taken to the Virginia Sourt of Ap;
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