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Name Murdered In Date
1 Victim - Name UnreportedBramwell, WVFebruary 1, 1896
1 Victim - Name UnreportedHuntington, WVOctober 14, 1910
1 Victim - Name UnreportedWelch, WVNovember 22, 1917
2 Victims - Names UnreportedWaniesdorf, WVJuly 25, 1902
2 Victims - Names UnreportedLogan County, WVJuly 25, 1902
Brooks, WilliamElkins, WVJuly 23, 1901
Brown, FrankMadison, WVFebruary 4, 1903
Carroll, WilliamWaniesdorf, WVJuly 25, 1902
Carter, JohnHunton, WVJuly 24, 1889
Clements, RudolphWaniesdorf, WVJuly 25, 1902
Coffee, CorneliusKeystone, WVDecember 5, 1892
Foote, AlexanderPrinceton, WVAugust 13, 1891
Holliday, AndersonElkhorn, WVAugust 2, 1894
Jackson, PeterElkins, WVJuly 25, 1902
Johnson, WalterBluefield, WVSeptember 5, 1912
Jones, EdgarWeston, WVJuly 6, 1892
Lee, WilliamHinton, WVMay 11, 1900
Lewis, CharlesSutton, WVNovember 3, 1903
Luther, MillsMercer County, WVMay 13, 1892
McCoy, GreenHamlin, WVOctober 25, 1889
Mitchell, EdwardMadison, WVJanuary 30, Year Unknown
Smith, JamesLogan County, WVMay 27, 1892
Smith, RedNaugatuck, WVMay 15, 1892
Thomas, JosephLuling, WVJanuary 26, 1903
Turner, JohnFayetteville, WVAugust 30, 1889
Williams, T.Glen Jean, WVFebruary 7, 1902
Johnson, RobertPrinceton, WVSeptember 5, 1912

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