ASHLAND DAILY INDEPENDENT
June 27, 1917 Five Cents per Copy
DEATH CLAIMS YOUNG WM. BLEVINS
WHO WAS SHOT AT WEBB VILLE
William Jefferson Blevins, who was shot and seriously wounded Sunday, June 10th in the church grounds at Webbville, Lawrence County, and was brought to this city and taken to the King's Daughters' Hospital where he underwent several operations for the removal of the bullet, died last night.
Young Blevins was twenty-five years of age and single. He was the son of Mr. And Mrs. T.T. Blevins, and was said to have been an excellent young man. Charles Robinson, his neighbor, who lives in Elliot County, only two miles away, is under one thousand dollar bond charged with shooting Blevins. The whole affair occurred just as the Providence Church at Webbville was being dismissed.
The Junior Order had been holding services there, and they were marching to decorate the graves when they were startled by the firing of a pistol,and they saw Blevins reel and fall and on going to him found him in a critical condition from a bullet wound. The news was soon carried to his Mother and Father, who live near the church, and they were almost frantic over the sad news.
Many of the men who were attending the services placed Mr. Blevins on a cot and carried him to the Webbville station where a special train was chartered and brought him to Hitchins, where they held the AC&I train an hour waiting for the coach that had the wounded man in it.
They brought him to the Ashland King's Daughters' Hospital where he was given the best medical and surgical attention and a special nurse employed for him. It was thought for awhile that he would rally, but he was compelled to undergo three operations in search for the bullet, but a few days ago he began sinking and all realized his life was hanging as it were a thread, and last night the final summons came.
It was not known exactly how the trouble between Mr. Blevins and Mr. Robinson originated, though it never appeared to be of a serious nature. On last Christmas, brothers of Chas. Robinson and Blevins had a little dispute but still remained on apparently friendly terms. On that Sunday there was an old grudge which seemed to have been rekindled, and the above tragedy was the result.
William Blevins was born and reared in Webbville and belonged to one of the best families there. He is survived by four brothers, Lonnie, Carson, Taylor, and Calvin, all of Webbville, and four sisters, Alma, Belva, Sadie, and Jesse Lee.
Mr. Lafayette Conway of Webbville, who is a friend of the Blevins family, visited the wounded man yesterday and said he realized fully his condition. He asked him if he knew in whom to put his trust and he said he did, and though young Blevins did not say much about his chances for recovery he realized it fully. His brothers and different members of the family visited him while at the hospital and were here today and left on the one o'clock train with his remains for his home at Webbville, where the funeral services will occur Thursday at his late home.
June 27, 1917 Five Cents per Copy
DEATH CLAIMS YOUNG WM. BLEVINS
WHO WAS SHOT AT WEBB VILLE
William Jefferson Blevins, who was shot and seriously wounded Sunday, June 10th in the church grounds at Webbville, Lawrence County, and was brought to this city and taken to the King's Daughters' Hospital where he underwent several operations for the removal of the bullet, died last night.
Young Blevins was twenty-five years of age and single. He was the son of Mr. And Mrs. T.T. Blevins, and was said to have been an excellent young man. Charles Robinson, his neighbor, who lives in Elliot County, only two miles away, is under one thousand dollar bond charged with shooting Blevins. The whole affair occurred just as the Providence Church at Webbville was being dismissed.
The Junior Order had been holding services there, and they were marching to decorate the graves when they were startled by the firing of a pistol,and they saw Blevins reel and fall and on going to him found him in a critical condition from a bullet wound. The news was soon carried to his Mother and Father, who live near the church, and they were almost frantic over the sad news.
Many of the men who were attending the services placed Mr. Blevins on a cot and carried him to the Webbville station where a special train was chartered and brought him to Hitchins, where they held the AC&I train an hour waiting for the coach that had the wounded man in it.
They brought him to the Ashland King's Daughters' Hospital where he was given the best medical and surgical attention and a special nurse employed for him. It was thought for awhile that he would rally, but he was compelled to undergo three operations in search for the bullet, but a few days ago he began sinking and all realized his life was hanging as it were a thread, and last night the final summons came.
It was not known exactly how the trouble between Mr. Blevins and Mr. Robinson originated, though it never appeared to be of a serious nature. On last Christmas, brothers of Chas. Robinson and Blevins had a little dispute but still remained on apparently friendly terms. On that Sunday there was an old grudge which seemed to have been rekindled, and the above tragedy was the result.
William Blevins was born and reared in Webbville and belonged to one of the best families there. He is survived by four brothers, Lonnie, Carson, Taylor, and Calvin, all of Webbville, and four sisters, Alma, Belva, Sadie, and Jesse Lee.
Mr. Lafayette Conway of Webbville, who is a friend of the Blevins family, visited the wounded man yesterday and said he realized fully his condition. He asked him if he knew in whom to put his trust and he said he did, and though young Blevins did not say much about his chances for recovery he realized it fully. His brothers and different members of the family visited him while at the hospital and were here today and left on the one o'clock train with his remains for his home at Webbville, where the funeral services will occur Thursday at his late home.
ASHLAND DAILY INDEPENDENT
June 27, 1917 Five Cents per Copy
DEATH CLAIMS YOUNG WM. BLEVINS
WHO WAS SHOT AT WEBB VILLE
William Jefferson Blevins, who was shot and seriously wounded Sunday, June 10th in the church grounds at Webbville, Lawrence County, and was brought to this city and taken to the King's Daughters' Hospital where he underwent several operations for the removal of the bullet, died last night.
Young Blevins was twenty-five years of age and single. He was the son of Mr. And Mrs. T.T. Blevins, and was said to have been an excellent young man. Charles Robinson, his neighbor, who lives in Elliot County, only two miles away, is under one thousand dollar bond charged with shooting Blevins. The whole affair occurred just as the Providence Church at Webbville was being dismissed.
The Junior Order had been holding services there, and they were marching to decorate the graves when they were startled by the firing of a pistol,and they saw Blevins reel and fall and on going to him found him in a critical condition from a bullet wound. The news was soon carried to his Mother and Father, who live near the church, and they were almost frantic over the sad news.
Many of the men who were attending the services placed Mr. Blevins on a cot and carried him to the Webbville station where a special train was chartered and brought him to Hitchins, where they held the AC&I train an hour waiting for the coach that had the wounded man in it.
They brought him to the Ashland King's Daughters' Hospital where he was given the best medical and surgical attention and a special nurse employed for him. It was thought for awhile that he would rally, but he was compelled to undergo three operations in search for the bullet, but a few days ago he began sinking and all realized his life was hanging as it were a thread, and last night the final summons came.
It was not known exactly how the trouble between Mr. Blevins and Mr. Robinson originated, though it never appeared to be of a serious nature. On last Christmas, brothers of Chas. Robinson and Blevins had a little dispute but still remained on apparently friendly terms. On that Sunday there was an old grudge which seemed to have been rekindled, and the above tragedy was the result.
William Blevins was born and reared in Webbville and belonged to one of the best families there. He is survived by four brothers, Lonnie, Carson, Taylor, and Calvin, all of Webbville, and four sisters, Alma, Belva, Sadie, and Jesse Lee.
Mr. Lafayette Conway of Webbville, who is a friend of the Blevins family, visited the wounded man yesterday and said he realized fully his condition. He asked him if he knew in whom to put his trust and he said he did, and though young Blevins did not say much about his chances for recovery he realized it fully. His brothers and different members of the family visited him while at the hospital and were here today and left on the one o'clock train with his remains for his home at Webbville, where the funeral services will occur Thursday at his late home.
June 27, 1917 Five Cents per Copy
DEATH CLAIMS YOUNG WM. BLEVINS
WHO WAS SHOT AT WEBB VILLE
William Jefferson Blevins, who was shot and seriously wounded Sunday, June 10th in the church grounds at Webbville, Lawrence County, and was brought to this city and taken to the King's Daughters' Hospital where he underwent several operations for the removal of the bullet, died last night.
Young Blevins was twenty-five years of age and single. He was the son of Mr. And Mrs. T.T. Blevins, and was said to have been an excellent young man. Charles Robinson, his neighbor, who lives in Elliot County, only two miles away, is under one thousand dollar bond charged with shooting Blevins. The whole affair occurred just as the Providence Church at Webbville was being dismissed.
The Junior Order had been holding services there, and they were marching to decorate the graves when they were startled by the firing of a pistol,and they saw Blevins reel and fall and on going to him found him in a critical condition from a bullet wound. The news was soon carried to his Mother and Father, who live near the church, and they were almost frantic over the sad news.
Many of the men who were attending the services placed Mr. Blevins on a cot and carried him to the Webbville station where a special train was chartered and brought him to Hitchins, where they held the AC&I train an hour waiting for the coach that had the wounded man in it.
They brought him to the Ashland King's Daughters' Hospital where he was given the best medical and surgical attention and a special nurse employed for him. It was thought for awhile that he would rally, but he was compelled to undergo three operations in search for the bullet, but a few days ago he began sinking and all realized his life was hanging as it were a thread, and last night the final summons came.
It was not known exactly how the trouble between Mr. Blevins and Mr. Robinson originated, though it never appeared to be of a serious nature. On last Christmas, brothers of Chas. Robinson and Blevins had a little dispute but still remained on apparently friendly terms. On that Sunday there was an old grudge which seemed to have been rekindled, and the above tragedy was the result.
William Blevins was born and reared in Webbville and belonged to one of the best families there. He is survived by four brothers, Lonnie, Carson, Taylor, and Calvin, all of Webbville, and four sisters, Alma, Belva, Sadie, and Jesse Lee.
Mr. Lafayette Conway of Webbville, who is a friend of the Blevins family, visited the wounded man yesterday and said he realized fully his condition. He asked him if he knew in whom to put his trust and he said he did, and though young Blevins did not say much about his chances for recovery he realized it fully. His brothers and different members of the family visited him while at the hospital and were here today and left on the one o'clock train with his remains for his home at Webbville, where the funeral services will occur Thursday at his late home.
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