VANDIVIER
Haldon Vandivier, of This County, Shot Down in Cold Blood
Haldon Vandivier, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Vandivier, who live on Salt river, two miles from this place, and a brother of Rural Mail Carrier, Oscar Vandivier, was brutally murdered Thursday afternoon at King's Mountain, Lincoln Co, by Harvey Watts, a lumberman from Glenn Mary, Tenn. Mr. Vandivier was agent and operator for the Cincinnati Southern railway at King's Mountain. Watt's arrived at the station on the 2 o'clock accommodation the afternoon of the murder and started to a soldier's reunion some distance away. He raised a disturbance with some of (the) passengers in the public omnibus and after flourishing a revolver in the face of several women, Watts was ejected and returned to the station where Agent Vandivier and several others were seated on the platform. One of the men asked another for a chew of tobacco and Watts replied that he had a fine twist in his grip and told the man to open it. The man refused and Watts picked the valise up and set it next to Agent Vandivier and requested him to open it. The agent complied and Watts remarked: "You have opened my grip and I will open you," and fired two shots at Vandivier, the first ball entering his breast near the heart. Vandivier staggered into the waiting room and sank to the floor and expired in fifteen minutes without speaking. Watts then ran to the home of Prof. A. H. Long, a mile east of King's Mountain. Prof. Long was in a convalescent stage from a severe attack of typhoid fever. Watts entered the room where Long was confined in bed and beat and abused him in an unmerciful manner, and the indications are that he will not recover from the shock. Watts then threw his coat and revolver into the bushes and took a conveyance to the soldiers reunion grounds, where he laughed and talked with a number of gentlemen, who were unaware of his awful crime. Detective Helm, of Danville, was notified and with a posse went to King's Mountain on a special train. Officers from Stanford and Somerset were also summoned and Watts was arrested late that evening in the knobs and taken to Stanford, where he was placed in jail. He stated that he had never before seen young Vandivier, and that he did not know why he shot him. Watts is 40 years of age and is said to be a bad man in every sense of the word, and had been in several difficulties before. He had been in the King's Mountain neighborhood about a year ago and had a difficulty. He then disappeared and nothing more was known of him until he came back and killed Agent Vandivier. It is said that Watts represents his brother, who is said to be one of the richest lumber and mill men in the Kentucky and Tennessee mountains. Mr. Vandivier was 31 years of age, and was at one time railroad agent at Burgin, High Bridge and Nicholasville and was considered one of the most efficient men in the service and no man on the road was more highly esteemed. Officer Helm has received word from the officials of the Queen & Crescent route to the effect that no expense would be spared in prosecuting Watts and the best legal talent will be engaged. The remains of Mr. Vandivier were brought to the home of his parents, near town, Friday morning and funeral services were conducted at Berea church that afternoon by Rev. J. M. Roddy and the interment took place in the adjacent graveyard. The funeral was one of the largest ever held at that church. Mr.. Vandivier was a Knight of Pythias, his membership being at Nicholasville, and a delegation from that lodge came here and joined with the local lodge in the funeral ceremonies. Mr. Vandivier had visited his mother, who is an invalid, the Sunday before his death, and universal sorrow is expressed for the family in their great bereavement. The feeling is so bitter against Watts that the jail in Stanford was guarded Friday and Saturday nights. Mr. Vandivier carried $1,400 life insurance. Watts had his examining trial at Stanford Tuesday and was held over without bond. The commonwealth introduced nine witnesses and the defence none. Mr. Oscar Vandivier attended the trial.
(Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, KY, Thu Sep 26, 1907)
Submitted by Yvonne~~~ (#46818183)
Haldon Vandivier, of This County, Shot Down in Cold Blood
Haldon Vandivier, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Vandivier, who live on Salt river, two miles from this place, and a brother of Rural Mail Carrier, Oscar Vandivier, was brutally murdered Thursday afternoon at King's Mountain, Lincoln Co, by Harvey Watts, a lumberman from Glenn Mary, Tenn. Mr. Vandivier was agent and operator for the Cincinnati Southern railway at King's Mountain. Watt's arrived at the station on the 2 o'clock accommodation the afternoon of the murder and started to a soldier's reunion some distance away. He raised a disturbance with some of (the) passengers in the public omnibus and after flourishing a revolver in the face of several women, Watts was ejected and returned to the station where Agent Vandivier and several others were seated on the platform. One of the men asked another for a chew of tobacco and Watts replied that he had a fine twist in his grip and told the man to open it. The man refused and Watts picked the valise up and set it next to Agent Vandivier and requested him to open it. The agent complied and Watts remarked: "You have opened my grip and I will open you," and fired two shots at Vandivier, the first ball entering his breast near the heart. Vandivier staggered into the waiting room and sank to the floor and expired in fifteen minutes without speaking. Watts then ran to the home of Prof. A. H. Long, a mile east of King's Mountain. Prof. Long was in a convalescent stage from a severe attack of typhoid fever. Watts entered the room where Long was confined in bed and beat and abused him in an unmerciful manner, and the indications are that he will not recover from the shock. Watts then threw his coat and revolver into the bushes and took a conveyance to the soldiers reunion grounds, where he laughed and talked with a number of gentlemen, who were unaware of his awful crime. Detective Helm, of Danville, was notified and with a posse went to King's Mountain on a special train. Officers from Stanford and Somerset were also summoned and Watts was arrested late that evening in the knobs and taken to Stanford, where he was placed in jail. He stated that he had never before seen young Vandivier, and that he did not know why he shot him. Watts is 40 years of age and is said to be a bad man in every sense of the word, and had been in several difficulties before. He had been in the King's Mountain neighborhood about a year ago and had a difficulty. He then disappeared and nothing more was known of him until he came back and killed Agent Vandivier. It is said that Watts represents his brother, who is said to be one of the richest lumber and mill men in the Kentucky and Tennessee mountains. Mr. Vandivier was 31 years of age, and was at one time railroad agent at Burgin, High Bridge and Nicholasville and was considered one of the most efficient men in the service and no man on the road was more highly esteemed. Officer Helm has received word from the officials of the Queen & Crescent route to the effect that no expense would be spared in prosecuting Watts and the best legal talent will be engaged. The remains of Mr. Vandivier were brought to the home of his parents, near town, Friday morning and funeral services were conducted at Berea church that afternoon by Rev. J. M. Roddy and the interment took place in the adjacent graveyard. The funeral was one of the largest ever held at that church. Mr.. Vandivier was a Knight of Pythias, his membership being at Nicholasville, and a delegation from that lodge came here and joined with the local lodge in the funeral ceremonies. Mr. Vandivier had visited his mother, who is an invalid, the Sunday before his death, and universal sorrow is expressed for the family in their great bereavement. The feeling is so bitter against Watts that the jail in Stanford was guarded Friday and Saturday nights. Mr. Vandivier carried $1,400 life insurance. Watts had his examining trial at Stanford Tuesday and was held over without bond. The commonwealth introduced nine witnesses and the defence none. Mr. Oscar Vandivier attended the trial.
(Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, KY, Thu Sep 26, 1907)
Submitted by Yvonne~~~ (#46818183)
VANDIVIER
Haldon Vandivier, of This County, Shot Down in Cold Blood
Haldon Vandivier, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Vandivier, who live on Salt river, two miles from this place, and a brother of Rural Mail Carrier, Oscar Vandivier, was brutally murdered Thursday afternoon at King's Mountain, Lincoln Co, by Harvey Watts, a lumberman from Glenn Mary, Tenn. Mr. Vandivier was agent and operator for the Cincinnati Southern railway at King's Mountain. Watt's arrived at the station on the 2 o'clock accommodation the afternoon of the murder and started to a soldier's reunion some distance away. He raised a disturbance with some of (the) passengers in the public omnibus and after flourishing a revolver in the face of several women, Watts was ejected and returned to the station where Agent Vandivier and several others were seated on the platform. One of the men asked another for a chew of tobacco and Watts replied that he had a fine twist in his grip and told the man to open it. The man refused and Watts picked the valise up and set it next to Agent Vandivier and requested him to open it. The agent complied and Watts remarked: "You have opened my grip and I will open you," and fired two shots at Vandivier, the first ball entering his breast near the heart. Vandivier staggered into the waiting room and sank to the floor and expired in fifteen minutes without speaking. Watts then ran to the home of Prof. A. H. Long, a mile east of King's Mountain. Prof. Long was in a convalescent stage from a severe attack of typhoid fever. Watts entered the room where Long was confined in bed and beat and abused him in an unmerciful manner, and the indications are that he will not recover from the shock. Watts then threw his coat and revolver into the bushes and took a conveyance to the soldiers reunion grounds, where he laughed and talked with a number of gentlemen, who were unaware of his awful crime. Detective Helm, of Danville, was notified and with a posse went to King's Mountain on a special train. Officers from Stanford and Somerset were also summoned and Watts was arrested late that evening in the knobs and taken to Stanford, where he was placed in jail. He stated that he had never before seen young Vandivier, and that he did not know why he shot him. Watts is 40 years of age and is said to be a bad man in every sense of the word, and had been in several difficulties before. He had been in the King's Mountain neighborhood about a year ago and had a difficulty. He then disappeared and nothing more was known of him until he came back and killed Agent Vandivier. It is said that Watts represents his brother, who is said to be one of the richest lumber and mill men in the Kentucky and Tennessee mountains. Mr. Vandivier was 31 years of age, and was at one time railroad agent at Burgin, High Bridge and Nicholasville and was considered one of the most efficient men in the service and no man on the road was more highly esteemed. Officer Helm has received word from the officials of the Queen & Crescent route to the effect that no expense would be spared in prosecuting Watts and the best legal talent will be engaged. The remains of Mr. Vandivier were brought to the home of his parents, near town, Friday morning and funeral services were conducted at Berea church that afternoon by Rev. J. M. Roddy and the interment took place in the adjacent graveyard. The funeral was one of the largest ever held at that church. Mr.. Vandivier was a Knight of Pythias, his membership being at Nicholasville, and a delegation from that lodge came here and joined with the local lodge in the funeral ceremonies. Mr. Vandivier had visited his mother, who is an invalid, the Sunday before his death, and universal sorrow is expressed for the family in their great bereavement. The feeling is so bitter against Watts that the jail in Stanford was guarded Friday and Saturday nights. Mr. Vandivier carried $1,400 life insurance. Watts had his examining trial at Stanford Tuesday and was held over without bond. The commonwealth introduced nine witnesses and the defence none. Mr. Oscar Vandivier attended the trial.
(Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, KY, Thu Sep 26, 1907)
Submitted by Yvonne~~~ (#46818183)
Haldon Vandivier, of This County, Shot Down in Cold Blood
Haldon Vandivier, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Vandivier, who live on Salt river, two miles from this place, and a brother of Rural Mail Carrier, Oscar Vandivier, was brutally murdered Thursday afternoon at King's Mountain, Lincoln Co, by Harvey Watts, a lumberman from Glenn Mary, Tenn. Mr. Vandivier was agent and operator for the Cincinnati Southern railway at King's Mountain. Watt's arrived at the station on the 2 o'clock accommodation the afternoon of the murder and started to a soldier's reunion some distance away. He raised a disturbance with some of (the) passengers in the public omnibus and after flourishing a revolver in the face of several women, Watts was ejected and returned to the station where Agent Vandivier and several others were seated on the platform. One of the men asked another for a chew of tobacco and Watts replied that he had a fine twist in his grip and told the man to open it. The man refused and Watts picked the valise up and set it next to Agent Vandivier and requested him to open it. The agent complied and Watts remarked: "You have opened my grip and I will open you," and fired two shots at Vandivier, the first ball entering his breast near the heart. Vandivier staggered into the waiting room and sank to the floor and expired in fifteen minutes without speaking. Watts then ran to the home of Prof. A. H. Long, a mile east of King's Mountain. Prof. Long was in a convalescent stage from a severe attack of typhoid fever. Watts entered the room where Long was confined in bed and beat and abused him in an unmerciful manner, and the indications are that he will not recover from the shock. Watts then threw his coat and revolver into the bushes and took a conveyance to the soldiers reunion grounds, where he laughed and talked with a number of gentlemen, who were unaware of his awful crime. Detective Helm, of Danville, was notified and with a posse went to King's Mountain on a special train. Officers from Stanford and Somerset were also summoned and Watts was arrested late that evening in the knobs and taken to Stanford, where he was placed in jail. He stated that he had never before seen young Vandivier, and that he did not know why he shot him. Watts is 40 years of age and is said to be a bad man in every sense of the word, and had been in several difficulties before. He had been in the King's Mountain neighborhood about a year ago and had a difficulty. He then disappeared and nothing more was known of him until he came back and killed Agent Vandivier. It is said that Watts represents his brother, who is said to be one of the richest lumber and mill men in the Kentucky and Tennessee mountains. Mr. Vandivier was 31 years of age, and was at one time railroad agent at Burgin, High Bridge and Nicholasville and was considered one of the most efficient men in the service and no man on the road was more highly esteemed. Officer Helm has received word from the officials of the Queen & Crescent route to the effect that no expense would be spared in prosecuting Watts and the best legal talent will be engaged. The remains of Mr. Vandivier were brought to the home of his parents, near town, Friday morning and funeral services were conducted at Berea church that afternoon by Rev. J. M. Roddy and the interment took place in the adjacent graveyard. The funeral was one of the largest ever held at that church. Mr.. Vandivier was a Knight of Pythias, his membership being at Nicholasville, and a delegation from that lodge came here and joined with the local lodge in the funeral ceremonies. Mr. Vandivier had visited his mother, who is an invalid, the Sunday before his death, and universal sorrow is expressed for the family in their great bereavement. The feeling is so bitter against Watts that the jail in Stanford was guarded Friday and Saturday nights. Mr. Vandivier carried $1,400 life insurance. Watts had his examining trial at Stanford Tuesday and was held over without bond. The commonwealth introduced nine witnesses and the defence none. Mr. Oscar Vandivier attended the trial.
(Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, KY, Thu Sep 26, 1907)
Submitted by Yvonne~~~ (#46818183)
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