Ben Hunter was shot by my great uncle, Edward Oakley Burt at approx. 12:25 a.m. Friday morning, July 22, 1938 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Coleman, just outside of Londonderry, Ohio (Liberty Township, Ross County). He was taken to the office of Dr. Ovid Owen Burt in Londondery by Mr. Ray Swaney, arriving at approx. 12:50 a.m. Ben died in Dr. Burt's home/office at 1:15 a.m July 22, 1938. Dr. O.O. Burt was my Grandmother's first cousin, and Edward Oakley Burt was her half brother.
Edward Burt was charged, arrested and arraigned for 1st degree premeditated murder on Wednesday July, 27, 1938 and held without bail in the Ross County Jail until the Grand Jury convened in October 1938. The Grand Jury indicted Edward in October 1938 of 1st degree murder, and he was held without bail until his trial began December 5, 1938.
On December 9, 1938, Edward was found guilty of Manslaughter by the Jury. Judge W. M. McKenzie sentenced Edward to not less than one, nor more than twenty years in the Ohio State Penitentiary on December 17, 1938.
The entire case file for State of Ohio v. Edward Burt may be obtained by contacting me at my Contributor Page.
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Hunter Funeral Planned For Sunday
Funeral services for Benjamin F. Hunter, Jr. will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Ware's Funeral Home where friends may call Saturday morning and after. The Rev. L. V. Simms of Walnut Street M.E. Church will officiate. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Hunter was born Nov. 25, 1877, in Chillicothe, the son of Benjamin and Sarah Campbell Hunter. His wife, the former Bess Jeffries preceded him in death.
There survive, two daughters, Mrs. Verne Campbell of Wellston and Mrs. John Knab, Jr., 213 1/2 South Paint Street; a son, Edgar; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. H.O. Garrison and Addie Hunter, both of Columbus, and 5 brothers; Albert, 638 Pine Street, Ralph, Arthur and Carl of Columbus and Fred, a scout for the Boston Red Sox.
Obit from: Chillicothe Scioto Gazette, Friday Evening July 22, 1938 Edition -
The story of Ben Hunter's killing ran as the headline story of the same edition.
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Edward Burt was charged, arrested and arraigned for 1st degree premeditated murder on Wednesday July, 27, 1938 and held without bail in the Ross County Jail until the Grand Jury convened in October 1938. The Grand Jury indicted Edward in October 1938 of 1st degree murder, and he was held without bail until his trial began December 5, 1938.
On December 9, 1938, Edward was found guilty of Manslaughter by the Jury. Judge W. M. McKenzie sentenced Edward to not less than one, nor more than twenty years in the Ohio State Penitentiary on December 17, 1938.
The entire case file for State of Ohio v. Edward Burt may be obtained by contacting me at my Contributor Page.
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Hunter Funeral Planned For Sunday
Funeral services for Benjamin F. Hunter, Jr. will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Ware's Funeral Home where friends may call Saturday morning and after. The Rev. L. V. Simms of Walnut Street M.E. Church will officiate. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Hunter was born Nov. 25, 1877, in Chillicothe, the son of Benjamin and Sarah Campbell Hunter. His wife, the former Bess Jeffries preceded him in death.
There survive, two daughters, Mrs. Verne Campbell of Wellston and Mrs. John Knab, Jr., 213 1/2 South Paint Street; a son, Edgar; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. H.O. Garrison and Addie Hunter, both of Columbus, and 5 brothers; Albert, 638 Pine Street, Ralph, Arthur and Carl of Columbus and Fred, a scout for the Boston Red Sox.
Obit from: Chillicothe Scioto Gazette, Friday Evening July 22, 1938 Edition -
The story of Ben Hunter's killing ran as the headline story of the same edition.
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Ben Hunter was shot by my great uncle, Edward Oakley Burt at approx. 12:25 a.m. Friday morning, July 22, 1938 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Coleman, just outside of Londonderry, Ohio (Liberty Township, Ross County). He was taken to the office of Dr. Ovid Owen Burt in Londondery by Mr. Ray Swaney, arriving at approx. 12:50 a.m. Ben died in Dr. Burt's home/office at 1:15 a.m July 22, 1938. Dr. O.O. Burt was my Grandmother's first cousin, and Edward Oakley Burt was her half brother.
Edward Burt was charged, arrested and arraigned for 1st degree premeditated murder on Wednesday July, 27, 1938 and held without bail in the Ross County Jail until the Grand Jury convened in October 1938. The Grand Jury indicted Edward in October 1938 of 1st degree murder, and he was held without bail until his trial began December 5, 1938.
On December 9, 1938, Edward was found guilty of Manslaughter by the Jury. Judge W. M. McKenzie sentenced Edward to not less than one, nor more than twenty years in the Ohio State Penitentiary on December 17, 1938.
The entire case file for State of Ohio v. Edward Burt may be obtained by contacting me at my Contributor Page.
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Hunter Funeral Planned For Sunday
Funeral services for Benjamin F. Hunter, Jr. will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Ware's Funeral Home where friends may call Saturday morning and after. The Rev. L. V. Simms of Walnut Street M.E. Church will officiate. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Hunter was born Nov. 25, 1877, in Chillicothe, the son of Benjamin and Sarah Campbell Hunter. His wife, the former Bess Jeffries preceded him in death.
There survive, two daughters, Mrs. Verne Campbell of Wellston and Mrs. John Knab, Jr., 213 1/2 South Paint Street; a son, Edgar; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. H.O. Garrison and Addie Hunter, both of Columbus, and 5 brothers; Albert, 638 Pine Street, Ralph, Arthur and Carl of Columbus and Fred, a scout for the Boston Red Sox.
Obit from: Chillicothe Scioto Gazette, Friday Evening July 22, 1938 Edition -
The story of Ben Hunter's killing ran as the headline story of the same edition.
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Edward Burt was charged, arrested and arraigned for 1st degree premeditated murder on Wednesday July, 27, 1938 and held without bail in the Ross County Jail until the Grand Jury convened in October 1938. The Grand Jury indicted Edward in October 1938 of 1st degree murder, and he was held without bail until his trial began December 5, 1938.
On December 9, 1938, Edward was found guilty of Manslaughter by the Jury. Judge W. M. McKenzie sentenced Edward to not less than one, nor more than twenty years in the Ohio State Penitentiary on December 17, 1938.
The entire case file for State of Ohio v. Edward Burt may be obtained by contacting me at my Contributor Page.
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Hunter Funeral Planned For Sunday
Funeral services for Benjamin F. Hunter, Jr. will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Ware's Funeral Home where friends may call Saturday morning and after. The Rev. L. V. Simms of Walnut Street M.E. Church will officiate. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Hunter was born Nov. 25, 1877, in Chillicothe, the son of Benjamin and Sarah Campbell Hunter. His wife, the former Bess Jeffries preceded him in death.
There survive, two daughters, Mrs. Verne Campbell of Wellston and Mrs. John Knab, Jr., 213 1/2 South Paint Street; a son, Edgar; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. H.O. Garrison and Addie Hunter, both of Columbus, and 5 brothers; Albert, 638 Pine Street, Ralph, Arthur and Carl of Columbus and Fred, a scout for the Boston Red Sox.
Obit from: Chillicothe Scioto Gazette, Friday Evening July 22, 1938 Edition -
The story of Ben Hunter's killing ran as the headline story of the same edition.
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