Fisher Family Genealogy
News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL
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Thomas Fisher witness to murder 1912
"A little after eight o'clock on last Saturday night residents of south main street were startled by a loud pistol shot and the sound of a buggy being driven toward the south at a furious gait. An hour later the lifeless body of Asa Langford was found lying in the road almost in front of the Thos Fisher home with a bullet from a 32 calibre revolver embedded in the brain" Marion Bond, Blandinsville Marshall, was called to the scene to investigate and identified the body. Charles Barrier who had spent the day drinking with Langford was charged with the murder. A pistol of the type used to shoot Langford was found in his home. At trial, several witnesses were called who had seen or heard Barrier in the company of Langford that day, or who saw Barrier speeding away from Blandinsville in his buggy about the time of the murder. "Thomas Fisher who lives close to the scene of the murder, testified that he and his wife heard the shot distinctly at between fifteen and twenty minutes after eight o'clock and at the same moment the quick rattle of a buggy as of someone leaving the place at a furious pace." At the conclusion of the trial, the jury of local residents found Barrier guilty of the murder of Asa Langford.
Owner of original | Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, p 1 and 10 |
Date | 25 Apr 1912 |
File name | Thomas Fisher witness to murder 1912.png |
File Size | 8.15m |
Dimensions | 2714 x 5859 |
Linked to | News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL; BOND, Marion L; FARRIS Mary Ann; FISHER Thomas H. |
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