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Verner Sims

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Verner Sims

Birth
USA
Death
31 Dec 1916 (aged 16)
Scott County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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The stone says Verner S son of D B and Mary Sims
Murdered
December 31, 1916.
Verner was a good friend of my grandfather. They were standing side by side when Charles Douthitt showed up and shot Verner. He pointed the gun at my grandfather and pulled the trigger, but the gun didn't fire. Charlie was sentenced to die in the electric chair but his sentence was commuted to life and he was out of prison in just a few years.
The stone says Verner S son of D B and Mary Sims
Murdered
December 31, 1916.
Verner was a good friend of my grandfather. They were standing side by side when Charles Douthitt showed up and shot Verner. He pointed the gun at my grandfather and pulled the trigger, but the gun didn't fire. Charlie was sentenced to die in the electric chair but his sentence was commuted to life and he was out of prison in just a few years.


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