THE DANVILLE REGISTER
Ridgeway, Va., July 25.
The assassination last night of Mayor A. H. Bousman, aged 55, who was killed by the explosion of a dynamite stick, hurled at him on the grass on which he was sleeping in his front yard, has aroused and mystified the inhabitants of this village and the surrounding country.
The crime, unprecedented in this section of the country, had apparently been carefully planned by its perpetrator whose identity the authorities or members of the family have been unable to even guess at. The dynamite bomb which tore the body of former Mayor Bousman to pieces was thrown from the street in front of his home last night.
The charge of dynamite in the bomb must have a heavy one. A part of the fuse of the bomb was today found on the roof of the Bousman residence.
The assassinated man is survived by a wife and son of 12 years.
Mr. Bousman was extensively engaged in farming and was a large grower of cabbage.
John O. Coan, a prominent tobacconist of Winston-Salem, N.C., is a brother-in-law of the dead man.
Mr. Bousman was connected with prominent families in Henry and Franklin counties.
He had been spending the hot evening sleeping in a hammock swung between two trees on the lawn in front of his residence. The bomb that was thrown landed in the hammock at his feet and in an instant. He died an hour later.
Every effort has been made to discover the assassin who escaped without being seen by anyone.
As Mayor of Ridgeway, Mr. Bousman presided over the police court of the town. It is thought that some person upon whom Bousman in his court had passed sentence of punishment held a grudge and had been awaiting for such an opportunity.
While returning from his farm in the county a week ago, some unknown person hurled an explosive at Mr. Bousman as he was riding past some woods.
A reward of $500.00 has been offered for the capture of the murderer.
To the rear of the Bousman yard in a little jungle of weeds and bushes today were discovered two sticks and two half sticks of dynamite.
Monday, July 27, 1910, p. 1, col. 4:
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Ridgeway, Va., July 26.
A long article regarding Bousmans' murder.
Rewards aggregating 1,500 have been offered for the capture of the assassin of Mayor A. H. Bousman of this place. The rewards have been the means of attracting a number of detectives to the scene and a large number of them are working on the case, but so far as is known, no clue has been found to the identity of the slayer, but it is generally believed a negro, in a plot with others of his race, threw the missile.
Mayor Bousmans' funeral was held this afternoon and was largely attended, people having gathered here from all over this section, trains from the north and south bringing in large crowds.
Business was suspended in the town during the afternoon, and the citizens gathered en masse to pay their respects.
Sat., Aug. 6, 1910, p. 1, col. 4:
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Roanoke, Va., Aug. 5.
A special tonight from Ridgeway, Va., says Detective Joseph Funk, of the Baldwin Detective Agency of Roanoke, who has been investigating the dynamite explosion which caused the death of Mayor A. H. Bousman of Ridgeway, is satisfied that he had solved the mystery. His inquiries have convinced him that the case was one of self destruction. He has so reported to the town council of Ridgeway and the report has been accepted officially and is universally believed to be correct even by Bousmans' closet friends. Mr. Bousman was deeply in debt and the belief now is that his debt drove him to take his own life. He held an accident insurance policy for $6,000, and had recently taken out two life policies, one for $1,000 and another for $2,000. It is believed he lay on his lawn at night, touched the fuse of a stick of dynamite and awaited results.
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Fri., Aug. 10, 1910, p. 1, col. 6:
(edited)
In a letter to a Roanoke newspaper, Acting Mayor J. W. Griggs thus corrects some erroneous impressions as to the report on the death of ex-Mayor Bousmans' death.
The report of Detective Gunk as laid before the council was not officially accepted as being correct.
In fact, the report did not contain any conclusion of the detective at all, but simply gave a list of circumstances that tended to the theory that Mayor Bousman might have been the author of his own destruction, but admitted that there were missing links that fell short of proving this theory.
===
Ref: Paul Martin: AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO FOLLOW THE PERIWINKLE, p. 7, Ridgeway Cemetery, Rt. 620 off Rt. 58 West of Axton:
A. H. Bousman, 2/2/1852 - 7/24/1910
Louise F. (Coan) Bousman, 1862 - 1929
Ridgeway, Va., July 25.
The assassination last night of Mayor A. H. Bousman, aged 55, who was killed by the explosion of a dynamite stick, hurled at him on the grass on which he was sleeping in his front yard, has aroused and mystified the inhabitants of this village and the surrounding country.
The crime, unprecedented in this section of the country, had apparently been carefully planned by its perpetrator whose identity the authorities or members of the family have been unable to even guess at. The dynamite bomb which tore the body of former Mayor Bousman to pieces was thrown from the street in front of his home last night.
The charge of dynamite in the bomb must have a heavy one. A part of the fuse of the bomb was today found on the roof of the Bousman residence.
The assassinated man is survived by a wife and son of 12 years.
Mr. Bousman was extensively engaged in farming and was a large grower of cabbage.
John O. Coan, a prominent tobacconist of Winston-Salem, N.C., is a brother-in-law of the dead man.
Mr. Bousman was connected with prominent families in Henry and Franklin counties.
He had been spending the hot evening sleeping in a hammock swung between two trees on the lawn in front of his residence. The bomb that was thrown landed in the hammock at his feet and in an instant. He died an hour later.
Every effort has been made to discover the assassin who escaped without being seen by anyone.
As Mayor of Ridgeway, Mr. Bousman presided over the police court of the town. It is thought that some person upon whom Bousman in his court had passed sentence of punishment held a grudge and had been awaiting for such an opportunity.
While returning from his farm in the county a week ago, some unknown person hurled an explosive at Mr. Bousman as he was riding past some woods.
A reward of $500.00 has been offered for the capture of the murderer.
To the rear of the Bousman yard in a little jungle of weeds and bushes today were discovered two sticks and two half sticks of dynamite.
Monday, July 27, 1910, p. 1, col. 4:
(edited)
Ridgeway, Va., July 26.
A long article regarding Bousmans' murder.
Rewards aggregating 1,500 have been offered for the capture of the assassin of Mayor A. H. Bousman of this place. The rewards have been the means of attracting a number of detectives to the scene and a large number of them are working on the case, but so far as is known, no clue has been found to the identity of the slayer, but it is generally believed a negro, in a plot with others of his race, threw the missile.
Mayor Bousmans' funeral was held this afternoon and was largely attended, people having gathered here from all over this section, trains from the north and south bringing in large crowds.
Business was suspended in the town during the afternoon, and the citizens gathered en masse to pay their respects.
Sat., Aug. 6, 1910, p. 1, col. 4:
(edited)
Roanoke, Va., Aug. 5.
A special tonight from Ridgeway, Va., says Detective Joseph Funk, of the Baldwin Detective Agency of Roanoke, who has been investigating the dynamite explosion which caused the death of Mayor A. H. Bousman of Ridgeway, is satisfied that he had solved the mystery. His inquiries have convinced him that the case was one of self destruction. He has so reported to the town council of Ridgeway and the report has been accepted officially and is universally believed to be correct even by Bousmans' closet friends. Mr. Bousman was deeply in debt and the belief now is that his debt drove him to take his own life. He held an accident insurance policy for $6,000, and had recently taken out two life policies, one for $1,000 and another for $2,000. It is believed he lay on his lawn at night, touched the fuse of a stick of dynamite and awaited results.
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Fri., Aug. 10, 1910, p. 1, col. 6:
(edited)
In a letter to a Roanoke newspaper, Acting Mayor J. W. Griggs thus corrects some erroneous impressions as to the report on the death of ex-Mayor Bousmans' death.
The report of Detective Gunk as laid before the council was not officially accepted as being correct.
In fact, the report did not contain any conclusion of the detective at all, but simply gave a list of circumstances that tended to the theory that Mayor Bousman might have been the author of his own destruction, but admitted that there were missing links that fell short of proving this theory.
===
Ref: Paul Martin: AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO FOLLOW THE PERIWINKLE, p. 7, Ridgeway Cemetery, Rt. 620 off Rt. 58 West of Axton:
A. H. Bousman, 2/2/1852 - 7/24/1910
Louise F. (Coan) Bousman, 1862 - 1929
THE DANVILLE REGISTER
Ridgeway, Va., July 25.
The assassination last night of Mayor A. H. Bousman, aged 55, who was killed by the explosion of a dynamite stick, hurled at him on the grass on which he was sleeping in his front yard, has aroused and mystified the inhabitants of this village and the surrounding country.
The crime, unprecedented in this section of the country, had apparently been carefully planned by its perpetrator whose identity the authorities or members of the family have been unable to even guess at. The dynamite bomb which tore the body of former Mayor Bousman to pieces was thrown from the street in front of his home last night.
The charge of dynamite in the bomb must have a heavy one. A part of the fuse of the bomb was today found on the roof of the Bousman residence.
The assassinated man is survived by a wife and son of 12 years.
Mr. Bousman was extensively engaged in farming and was a large grower of cabbage.
John O. Coan, a prominent tobacconist of Winston-Salem, N.C., is a brother-in-law of the dead man.
Mr. Bousman was connected with prominent families in Henry and Franklin counties.
He had been spending the hot evening sleeping in a hammock swung between two trees on the lawn in front of his residence. The bomb that was thrown landed in the hammock at his feet and in an instant. He died an hour later.
Every effort has been made to discover the assassin who escaped without being seen by anyone.
As Mayor of Ridgeway, Mr. Bousman presided over the police court of the town. It is thought that some person upon whom Bousman in his court had passed sentence of punishment held a grudge and had been awaiting for such an opportunity.
While returning from his farm in the county a week ago, some unknown person hurled an explosive at Mr. Bousman as he was riding past some woods.
A reward of $500.00 has been offered for the capture of the murderer.
To the rear of the Bousman yard in a little jungle of weeds and bushes today were discovered two sticks and two half sticks of dynamite.
Monday, July 27, 1910, p. 1, col. 4:
(edited)
Ridgeway, Va., July 26.
A long article regarding Bousmans' murder.
Rewards aggregating 1,500 have been offered for the capture of the assassin of Mayor A. H. Bousman of this place. The rewards have been the means of attracting a number of detectives to the scene and a large number of them are working on the case, but so far as is known, no clue has been found to the identity of the slayer, but it is generally believed a negro, in a plot with others of his race, threw the missile.
Mayor Bousmans' funeral was held this afternoon and was largely attended, people having gathered here from all over this section, trains from the north and south bringing in large crowds.
Business was suspended in the town during the afternoon, and the citizens gathered en masse to pay their respects.
Sat., Aug. 6, 1910, p. 1, col. 4:
(edited)
Roanoke, Va., Aug. 5.
A special tonight from Ridgeway, Va., says Detective Joseph Funk, of the Baldwin Detective Agency of Roanoke, who has been investigating the dynamite explosion which caused the death of Mayor A. H. Bousman of Ridgeway, is satisfied that he had solved the mystery. His inquiries have convinced him that the case was one of self destruction. He has so reported to the town council of Ridgeway and the report has been accepted officially and is universally believed to be correct even by Bousmans' closet friends. Mr. Bousman was deeply in debt and the belief now is that his debt drove him to take his own life. He held an accident insurance policy for $6,000, and had recently taken out two life policies, one for $1,000 and another for $2,000. It is believed he lay on his lawn at night, touched the fuse of a stick of dynamite and awaited results.
===
Fri., Aug. 10, 1910, p. 1, col. 6:
(edited)
In a letter to a Roanoke newspaper, Acting Mayor J. W. Griggs thus corrects some erroneous impressions as to the report on the death of ex-Mayor Bousmans' death.
The report of Detective Gunk as laid before the council was not officially accepted as being correct.
In fact, the report did not contain any conclusion of the detective at all, but simply gave a list of circumstances that tended to the theory that Mayor Bousman might have been the author of his own destruction, but admitted that there were missing links that fell short of proving this theory.
===
Ref: Paul Martin: AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO FOLLOW THE PERIWINKLE, p. 7, Ridgeway Cemetery, Rt. 620 off Rt. 58 West of Axton:
A. H. Bousman, 2/2/1852 - 7/24/1910
Louise F. (Coan) Bousman, 1862 - 1929
Ridgeway, Va., July 25.
The assassination last night of Mayor A. H. Bousman, aged 55, who was killed by the explosion of a dynamite stick, hurled at him on the grass on which he was sleeping in his front yard, has aroused and mystified the inhabitants of this village and the surrounding country.
The crime, unprecedented in this section of the country, had apparently been carefully planned by its perpetrator whose identity the authorities or members of the family have been unable to even guess at. The dynamite bomb which tore the body of former Mayor Bousman to pieces was thrown from the street in front of his home last night.
The charge of dynamite in the bomb must have a heavy one. A part of the fuse of the bomb was today found on the roof of the Bousman residence.
The assassinated man is survived by a wife and son of 12 years.
Mr. Bousman was extensively engaged in farming and was a large grower of cabbage.
John O. Coan, a prominent tobacconist of Winston-Salem, N.C., is a brother-in-law of the dead man.
Mr. Bousman was connected with prominent families in Henry and Franklin counties.
He had been spending the hot evening sleeping in a hammock swung between two trees on the lawn in front of his residence. The bomb that was thrown landed in the hammock at his feet and in an instant. He died an hour later.
Every effort has been made to discover the assassin who escaped without being seen by anyone.
As Mayor of Ridgeway, Mr. Bousman presided over the police court of the town. It is thought that some person upon whom Bousman in his court had passed sentence of punishment held a grudge and had been awaiting for such an opportunity.
While returning from his farm in the county a week ago, some unknown person hurled an explosive at Mr. Bousman as he was riding past some woods.
A reward of $500.00 has been offered for the capture of the murderer.
To the rear of the Bousman yard in a little jungle of weeds and bushes today were discovered two sticks and two half sticks of dynamite.
Monday, July 27, 1910, p. 1, col. 4:
(edited)
Ridgeway, Va., July 26.
A long article regarding Bousmans' murder.
Rewards aggregating 1,500 have been offered for the capture of the assassin of Mayor A. H. Bousman of this place. The rewards have been the means of attracting a number of detectives to the scene and a large number of them are working on the case, but so far as is known, no clue has been found to the identity of the slayer, but it is generally believed a negro, in a plot with others of his race, threw the missile.
Mayor Bousmans' funeral was held this afternoon and was largely attended, people having gathered here from all over this section, trains from the north and south bringing in large crowds.
Business was suspended in the town during the afternoon, and the citizens gathered en masse to pay their respects.
Sat., Aug. 6, 1910, p. 1, col. 4:
(edited)
Roanoke, Va., Aug. 5.
A special tonight from Ridgeway, Va., says Detective Joseph Funk, of the Baldwin Detective Agency of Roanoke, who has been investigating the dynamite explosion which caused the death of Mayor A. H. Bousman of Ridgeway, is satisfied that he had solved the mystery. His inquiries have convinced him that the case was one of self destruction. He has so reported to the town council of Ridgeway and the report has been accepted officially and is universally believed to be correct even by Bousmans' closet friends. Mr. Bousman was deeply in debt and the belief now is that his debt drove him to take his own life. He held an accident insurance policy for $6,000, and had recently taken out two life policies, one for $1,000 and another for $2,000. It is believed he lay on his lawn at night, touched the fuse of a stick of dynamite and awaited results.
===
Fri., Aug. 10, 1910, p. 1, col. 6:
(edited)
In a letter to a Roanoke newspaper, Acting Mayor J. W. Griggs thus corrects some erroneous impressions as to the report on the death of ex-Mayor Bousmans' death.
The report of Detective Gunk as laid before the council was not officially accepted as being correct.
In fact, the report did not contain any conclusion of the detective at all, but simply gave a list of circumstances that tended to the theory that Mayor Bousman might have been the author of his own destruction, but admitted that there were missing links that fell short of proving this theory.
===
Ref: Paul Martin: AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO FOLLOW THE PERIWINKLE, p. 7, Ridgeway Cemetery, Rt. 620 off Rt. 58 West of Axton:
A. H. Bousman, 2/2/1852 - 7/24/1910
Louise F. (Coan) Bousman, 1862 - 1929
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