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May-December Romance

2/26/2014

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dec. 29, 1904
Isle of Wight County resident Richard T. Frazier, 65, married Mattie S. English, 39 years his junior. The bridegroom said that he loved the girl since she was a child.

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A Turkey Shoot

2/19/2014

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The Richmond Daily Dispatch, April 22, 1862
Nathan Mountfort of Isle of Wight County was hunting turkeys in a field near his residence when he spied what he thought was a turkey 30 yards away near a fence. After firing his gun, he ran to inspect his kill. Instead of a turkey, he saw his nephew John Hall, 17, lying in the agonies of death.
Hall was also hunting turkeys. Neither imagined that the other was near.


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It's Okay. I'm with the Feds.

2/12/2014

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Oct. 31, 1905
A former resident of North Carolina and soldier during the Spanish-America War, W.R. Cherry was arrested on charges of representing himself as a government revenue official. He collected sums ranging from $10 to $25 from small distillers in Southampton County and Isle of Wight County with the promise that he would “protect” them from further revenue tax.
Cherry had given up his pension as a war veteran and assumed another name. He was arrested by federal authorities in Florida and brought back to Virginia for trial.


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Well-Dressed but Pursued by Bloodhounds

2/5/2014

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 18, 1901 Authorities near Windsor pursued an unknown suspect who broke into and robbed the house of Mr. Tobe Britt near Zuni. The suspect stole three suits of clothes, one pistol and $2.50. The thief was pursued by Constable W.J. Bradshaw along with Suffolk private detective Johnny "Hurricane" Branch and his bloodhounds.

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