Hillsville, Va. (1912)
Mar. 14, 1912: In a courthouse assassination “a judge, a
prosecutor, a sheriff and two bystanders were killed and two others were
wounded seriously.” The underlying crime
that caused this bloody jailbreak was two inmates awaiting trial for disturbing
the peace, after attempting to eject a pastor, the uncle of one of the defendant,
from his pulpit.
Category: public.
Suicide: no.
Cause: Overreaction to minor criminal charge.[1]
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