The Enterprise, Stuart, Virginia, Thursday June 20, 1929
Headline: JOHN LEWIS MARTIN Killed in Shooting
John Lewis Martin, 28, son of Robert Martin, was shot and instantly killed about 7 o'clock by Ed Newman, age 60, at a spring near the home of P. R. Goad of Patrick Springs, about 6 miles east of Stuart.
Martin was shot six times, the last shot, according to witnesses, being fired after Newman had beaten the prostrate man with the butt of his revolver, washed the blood from his weapon at a branch near by and returned to the scene of the shooting.
There were four witnesses to the tragedy. Two boys, Tommie and Willie Goad, were right at the scene of the shooting but the other two witnesses, D. R. Goad and R. T. Goad, were about 200 yards distant.
The account of the shooting as obtained from the witnesses follows: Martin, who had been to his father's to carry home his mother, was returning to his own home with his two small children, a boy of four and a girl of six, in the car with him. He was hailed by Newman, who had been at the Goad spring with Tommie and Willie Goad for several hours. Newman accused Martin of having reported him to prohibition officers, who a short while ago seized some liquor found under his porch during a raid.
Martin, according to the Goad boys, had stopped his car at this point, got out of the machine with his gun in his hand and approaching Newman said, "Eddie, you've got to stop talking about me that way or I'll kill you." At this Newman is said to have drawn a gun which he was holding in his pocket and began firing. Five shots were fired, two taking effect in the right breast, two in the left breast, and one in the abdomen. Martin fell and Newman, bending over him, crushed his skull with blows delivered with the pistol. He is said to have then walked a short distance to a branch, washed the blood from the pistol, and returned to fire the only remaining cartridge in the pistol into the back of Martin's right shoulder.
In the excitement, Martin's two children jumped out of the car and ran to the home of a friend about a mile distant.
The county coroner, commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and other officers were summoned immediately and were soon upon the scene. A coroner's jury was made up from the rapidly gathering crowd and an inquest held which revealed that all six of the shots fired by Newman had taken effect. Martin's gun was found lying on the ground underneath his body, but examination showed that it had not been fired.
Sheriff F. D. Mays and Bud Leach went in search of Newman who had left the scene immediately after the killing and found him at home. He was placed under arrest, brought to Stuart, and lodged in jail, pending action.
Headline: JOHN LEWIS MARTIN Killed in Shooting
John Lewis Martin, 28, son of Robert Martin, was shot and instantly killed about 7 o'clock by Ed Newman, age 60, at a spring near the home of P. R. Goad of Patrick Springs, about 6 miles east of Stuart.
Martin was shot six times, the last shot, according to witnesses, being fired after Newman had beaten the prostrate man with the butt of his revolver, washed the blood from his weapon at a branch near by and returned to the scene of the shooting.
There were four witnesses to the tragedy. Two boys, Tommie and Willie Goad, were right at the scene of the shooting but the other two witnesses, D. R. Goad and R. T. Goad, were about 200 yards distant.
The account of the shooting as obtained from the witnesses follows: Martin, who had been to his father's to carry home his mother, was returning to his own home with his two small children, a boy of four and a girl of six, in the car with him. He was hailed by Newman, who had been at the Goad spring with Tommie and Willie Goad for several hours. Newman accused Martin of having reported him to prohibition officers, who a short while ago seized some liquor found under his porch during a raid.
Martin, according to the Goad boys, had stopped his car at this point, got out of the machine with his gun in his hand and approaching Newman said, "Eddie, you've got to stop talking about me that way or I'll kill you." At this Newman is said to have drawn a gun which he was holding in his pocket and began firing. Five shots were fired, two taking effect in the right breast, two in the left breast, and one in the abdomen. Martin fell and Newman, bending over him, crushed his skull with blows delivered with the pistol. He is said to have then walked a short distance to a branch, washed the blood from the pistol, and returned to fire the only remaining cartridge in the pistol into the back of Martin's right shoulder.
In the excitement, Martin's two children jumped out of the car and ran to the home of a friend about a mile distant.
The county coroner, commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and other officers were summoned immediately and were soon upon the scene. A coroner's jury was made up from the rapidly gathering crowd and an inquest held which revealed that all six of the shots fired by Newman had taken effect. Martin's gun was found lying on the ground underneath his body, but examination showed that it had not been fired.
Sheriff F. D. Mays and Bud Leach went in search of Newman who had left the scene immediately after the killing and found him at home. He was placed under arrest, brought to Stuart, and lodged in jail, pending action.
The Enterprise, Stuart, Virginia, Thursday June 20, 1929
Headline: JOHN LEWIS MARTIN Killed in Shooting
John Lewis Martin, 28, son of Robert Martin, was shot and instantly killed about 7 o'clock by Ed Newman, age 60, at a spring near the home of P. R. Goad of Patrick Springs, about 6 miles east of Stuart.
Martin was shot six times, the last shot, according to witnesses, being fired after Newman had beaten the prostrate man with the butt of his revolver, washed the blood from his weapon at a branch near by and returned to the scene of the shooting.
There were four witnesses to the tragedy. Two boys, Tommie and Willie Goad, were right at the scene of the shooting but the other two witnesses, D. R. Goad and R. T. Goad, were about 200 yards distant.
The account of the shooting as obtained from the witnesses follows: Martin, who had been to his father's to carry home his mother, was returning to his own home with his two small children, a boy of four and a girl of six, in the car with him. He was hailed by Newman, who had been at the Goad spring with Tommie and Willie Goad for several hours. Newman accused Martin of having reported him to prohibition officers, who a short while ago seized some liquor found under his porch during a raid.
Martin, according to the Goad boys, had stopped his car at this point, got out of the machine with his gun in his hand and approaching Newman said, "Eddie, you've got to stop talking about me that way or I'll kill you." At this Newman is said to have drawn a gun which he was holding in his pocket and began firing. Five shots were fired, two taking effect in the right breast, two in the left breast, and one in the abdomen. Martin fell and Newman, bending over him, crushed his skull with blows delivered with the pistol. He is said to have then walked a short distance to a branch, washed the blood from the pistol, and returned to fire the only remaining cartridge in the pistol into the back of Martin's right shoulder.
In the excitement, Martin's two children jumped out of the car and ran to the home of a friend about a mile distant.
The county coroner, commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and other officers were summoned immediately and were soon upon the scene. A coroner's jury was made up from the rapidly gathering crowd and an inquest held which revealed that all six of the shots fired by Newman had taken effect. Martin's gun was found lying on the ground underneath his body, but examination showed that it had not been fired.
Sheriff F. D. Mays and Bud Leach went in search of Newman who had left the scene immediately after the killing and found him at home. He was placed under arrest, brought to Stuart, and lodged in jail, pending action.
Headline: JOHN LEWIS MARTIN Killed in Shooting
John Lewis Martin, 28, son of Robert Martin, was shot and instantly killed about 7 o'clock by Ed Newman, age 60, at a spring near the home of P. R. Goad of Patrick Springs, about 6 miles east of Stuart.
Martin was shot six times, the last shot, according to witnesses, being fired after Newman had beaten the prostrate man with the butt of his revolver, washed the blood from his weapon at a branch near by and returned to the scene of the shooting.
There were four witnesses to the tragedy. Two boys, Tommie and Willie Goad, were right at the scene of the shooting but the other two witnesses, D. R. Goad and R. T. Goad, were about 200 yards distant.
The account of the shooting as obtained from the witnesses follows: Martin, who had been to his father's to carry home his mother, was returning to his own home with his two small children, a boy of four and a girl of six, in the car with him. He was hailed by Newman, who had been at the Goad spring with Tommie and Willie Goad for several hours. Newman accused Martin of having reported him to prohibition officers, who a short while ago seized some liquor found under his porch during a raid.
Martin, according to the Goad boys, had stopped his car at this point, got out of the machine with his gun in his hand and approaching Newman said, "Eddie, you've got to stop talking about me that way or I'll kill you." At this Newman is said to have drawn a gun which he was holding in his pocket and began firing. Five shots were fired, two taking effect in the right breast, two in the left breast, and one in the abdomen. Martin fell and Newman, bending over him, crushed his skull with blows delivered with the pistol. He is said to have then walked a short distance to a branch, washed the blood from the pistol, and returned to fire the only remaining cartridge in the pistol into the back of Martin's right shoulder.
In the excitement, Martin's two children jumped out of the car and ran to the home of a friend about a mile distant.
The county coroner, commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and other officers were summoned immediately and were soon upon the scene. A coroner's jury was made up from the rapidly gathering crowd and an inquest held which revealed that all six of the shots fired by Newman had taken effect. Martin's gun was found lying on the ground underneath his body, but examination showed that it had not been fired.
Sheriff F. D. Mays and Bud Leach went in search of Newman who had left the scene immediately after the killing and found him at home. He was placed under arrest, brought to Stuart, and lodged in jail, pending action.
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