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The Hillsville Massacre of 1912
YouTube ^ | 10-10-2018 | The History Guy

Posted on 10/10/2018 5:35:25 PM PDT by NRx

The frontier culture meets civilization in rural Virginia. In 1912 a misplaced kiss set off a string of events that pitted a powerful frontier clan against their political rivals and concepts of modern justice. The events that followed shocked and captivated the nation.

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1 posted on 10/10/2018 5:35:25 PM PDT by NRx
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To: NRx

I like Floyd Allen...


2 posted on 10/10/2018 5:53:37 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Hehe I figured he was going to get some fan mail on here.


3 posted on 10/10/2018 5:59:12 PM PDT by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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To: NRx

2 levels of Justice have a long history.


4 posted on 10/10/2018 6:04:34 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: NRx

Wow.


5 posted on 10/10/2018 6:11:14 PM PDT by Notthereyet (Notthereyet)
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To: NRx

You tube links are useless, got any info about this?


6 posted on 10/10/2018 6:11:20 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: EEGator

Great history.


7 posted on 10/10/2018 6:14:39 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: MileHi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsville,_Virginia#Carroll_County_Courthouse_shooting


8 posted on 10/10/2018 6:16:47 PM PDT by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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To: NRx
This one is interesting as well: Fall from an SR-71

In 1966 an SR-71 "Blackbird" disintegrated at 78,000 feet. The pilot's first thought was "No one could live through what just happened. Therefore, I must be dead."

9 posted on 10/10/2018 6:22:44 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: NRx
Floyd Allen:


10 posted on 10/10/2018 6:22:45 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: NRx

Thank you for that


11 posted on 10/10/2018 6:23:49 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Chainmail

In 1912 everyone’s attention was on the sinking of the Titanic.


12 posted on 10/10/2018 6:31:36 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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True: good catch.


13 posted on 10/10/2018 6:35:24 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: NRx

Sounds like Floyd Allen (who might be my relative on my mom’s side) was a sociopath.


14 posted on 10/10/2018 6:37:44 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Kindness and truth shall meet." Ps. 85:10)
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The news as reported in the New York Tribune on March 15, 1912...

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1912-03-15/ed-1/seq-1/#


15 posted on 10/10/2018 6:39:01 PM PDT by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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Yeah. I kinda got the feeling that he was not the sort that played and got along well with others.


16 posted on 10/10/2018 6:40:02 PM PDT by NRx (A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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To: NRx

People like that cause a lot of social disruption, not to mention death and loss of business profits.


17 posted on 10/10/2018 6:42:18 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Kindness and truth shall meet." Ps. 85:10)
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To: Tax-chick; NRx

To be fair to Floyd, he did tell the judge he would kill him...


18 posted on 10/10/2018 6:49:28 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: NRx

Sounds like the town bully.


19 posted on 10/10/2018 6:49:40 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: EEGator

Like the judge needed to be told.


20 posted on 10/10/2018 6:50:51 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Kindness and truth shall meet." Ps. 85:10)
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