Joseph H. Virgin ran the shoe shop at Zalma, a skilled shoemaker and was killed by an unknown assassin at the home of Mr. Vest about one and one-half miles from Zalma, where he resided. Using, .32 caliber weapon, on a Saturday night, the assassin fired four bullets through the window into the room where Virgin was sitting on the edge of a bed. Seated round him In the same room were Mr. and Mrs. Vest, Mrs. Dora Ladd, who was a widow, and her three daughters. Virgin was hit by three bullets, the fatal one entering the left temple just over the eye. No one else was injured. He was rushed to a hospital at Cape Girardeau and died the following evening. Joseph's death certificate states he died from a "gun shot wound".
Joseph died in the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. His correct date of death is 30 Dec 1928. The inscription on his tombstone and in register is in error as supported by Missouri death certificate and a newspaper article, "Joseph Virgin, of Zalma, Killed by Assassin," in Marble Hill Press, 3 Jan 1929.
Joseph died in the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. His correct date of death is 30 Dec 1928. The inscription on his tombstone and in register is in error as supported by Missouri death certificate and a newspaper article, "Joseph Virgin, of Zalma, Killed by Assassin," in Marble Hill Press, 3 Jan 1929.
Joseph H. Virgin ran the shoe shop at Zalma, a skilled shoemaker and was killed by an unknown assassin at the home of Mr. Vest about one and one-half miles from Zalma, where he resided. Using, .32 caliber weapon, on a Saturday night, the assassin fired four bullets through the window into the room where Virgin was sitting on the edge of a bed. Seated round him In the same room were Mr. and Mrs. Vest, Mrs. Dora Ladd, who was a widow, and her three daughters. Virgin was hit by three bullets, the fatal one entering the left temple just over the eye. No one else was injured. He was rushed to a hospital at Cape Girardeau and died the following evening. Joseph's death certificate states he died from a "gun shot wound".
Joseph died in the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. His correct date of death is 30 Dec 1928. The inscription on his tombstone and in register is in error as supported by Missouri death certificate and a newspaper article, "Joseph Virgin, of Zalma, Killed by Assassin," in Marble Hill Press, 3 Jan 1929.
Joseph died in the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. His correct date of death is 30 Dec 1928. The inscription on his tombstone and in register is in error as supported by Missouri death certificate and a newspaper article, "Joseph Virgin, of Zalma, Killed by Assassin," in Marble Hill Press, 3 Jan 1929.
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