Earnest Darby; age 28 yrs, 5 months, 19 days; born 1 Jan 1900 in Mingo Co, WV; married; husband of Bessie Collins; miner; son of George and Helen (Thomas) Darby; died 19 Jun 1928 at Hensley, WV; from gunshot wounds thru chest and abdomen, gun fired by party from darkness, dying when found; "buried 21 Jun 1928 at Hensley, WV; informant, L.F. Smith, Hensley, WV.
"The Welch Daily News"; Wednesday Evening, 20 Jun 1928; Page 1.
"Two Brothers Shot to Death at Hensley Tuesday; Posse Searches For Cleave Atwell, murderer of Darby brothers.
"Funeral services will probably be held Thursday afternoon at the Holiness church, with internment in the Hensley Cemetery.
"The bodies of the victims were taken to the morgue of Hunter Bros, undertakers at Davy, to be prepared for burial.
"The Welch Daily News"; Wednesday Evening, 20 Jun 1928; Page 1.
"Two Brothers Shot to Death at Hensley Tuesday; Posse Searches For Cleave Atwell, murderer of Darby brothers.
"Funeral services will probably be held Thursday afternoon at the Holiness church, with internment in the Hensley Cemetery.
"The bodies of the victims were taken to the morgue of Hunter Bros, undertakers at Davy, to be prepared for burial.
Earnest Darby; age 28 yrs, 5 months, 19 days; born 1 Jan 1900 in Mingo Co, WV; married; husband of Bessie Collins; miner; son of George and Helen (Thomas) Darby; died 19 Jun 1928 at Hensley, WV; from gunshot wounds thru chest and abdomen, gun fired by party from darkness, dying when found; "buried 21 Jun 1928 at Hensley, WV; informant, L.F. Smith, Hensley, WV.
"The Welch Daily News"; Wednesday Evening, 20 Jun 1928; Page 1.
"Two Brothers Shot to Death at Hensley Tuesday; Posse Searches For Cleave Atwell, murderer of Darby brothers.
"Funeral services will probably be held Thursday afternoon at the Holiness church, with internment in the Hensley Cemetery.
"The bodies of the victims were taken to the morgue of Hunter Bros, undertakers at Davy, to be prepared for burial.
"The Welch Daily News"; Wednesday Evening, 20 Jun 1928; Page 1.
"Two Brothers Shot to Death at Hensley Tuesday; Posse Searches For Cleave Atwell, murderer of Darby brothers.
"Funeral services will probably be held Thursday afternoon at the Holiness church, with internment in the Hensley Cemetery.
"The bodies of the victims were taken to the morgue of Hunter Bros, undertakers at Davy, to be prepared for burial.
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