Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-04-23
FROM BLUEFIELD.
Hines L. Foster Buried Alive-A HOrri'
BILE Crime at Keystone.

BLUBFrELD, W. Va, April IL, '9S.
Mr.. Editor
In the little town known ss
keystone, w. Va, Ga better name,
little h-D situated on the Eikhorn
Division OF the n. < w. Ry., about 80
miles vest OF this city, occurred one OF
the most tragical crimes ever suppos-
ed to bel in this section of the country
which took place on the night OF March
25. 1898. Hines L. Foster, who has
heen in the coalfeld at work little
over a wear. employed first by the Pu-
laski Coal and Coke Co., of Eckman, w
Va. for quite awhile; and recently
had been working for the Elk Ridge
Colliarv. went to an ill-famed house run
bv Fanny johnson on the above name
date stated and place, we are ADVISED
to purchase a lunch and alter the
lunch was served the young man got
IN and settled for the same Inc
proprietor seeing. as he thought
GOOD deal OF money, induced him 20
Sat mn 10 beer etc. he did so, and she
hsing we'll up to her tricks" on his
absence TO get the beer, she hastens
to the drug store and purchased. as we
are reliably informed poisonous drugs
and nut the same in beer for the young
man. While he was upstairs In
room with others having a jolly time,
as he was thinking, and as soon as he
drank the beer in which the poison
was. he fell asleep in about ten min
utes and was robbed o all the money
he had on his person, which was III
tie over twenty dollars, and at very
| late hour in the night, these parties
who were connected IN the analr oe-
lievinp the Young man had been sleep
inc long enough endeavored to awake
him. but their efforts were In vain.
They tried all the restorations IN their
mower and seeing he woeld not wake,
they supposed he was dead They
| waited until Just before daylight, car
ried the man down stairs ana out from
the town. about two hundred yards,
dag a nit about two feet in the ground
there they buried him, covering him
over with stone and dirt
The young man had been missing
several days and no one could give any
account of him as TO his whereabouts
and finally the my stery was revealed
Nv sick man in one OF the rooms o.
!. tbat hnildine who named the following
parties in the crime: Fanny johnson
Inc Smith. William Swan, Henry Hair
ston and Kinkle Linsley. These peo-
ME are now confined in Jail at Welch
w Va. the county seat OF mcdowell
awaiting their trial, that will take
plgce one day this week.
A searching party was formed ans
was hunting for his body three day
. and found il on Thursday. April 1th
! Upon investigation and examining tn
body. the doctors discovered he dle'
: from an over dose OF morphine, Juo
$ ing from the quantity gwen he mus
. have lived two or three days after n
= was buried. The young man was high
. lv thought OF by all who knew him.
= is true he was like great many sc
called s'nice" young men who WIS.,
o these improper places, who had III
faults like others and came to his en-
with a sad RECORD.
= MIR. Foster protested TO have owne
a part IN Christ, but who can tell If tn
= Young man is saved2 We hope he is.
He was a first cousin of Prof. M. {
/; Brown, A b., graduate OF class ~
4 the V. n. * q. /. of petersburg, va
now residing in Elkhorn, VINO Is
present teaching school in Mayberr.
I. w Va. Prof. Brown was united in ii
- holy bonds of wedlock few weeks ae
: TO Mrs. Leila J. Edmonds of Elkhorl
y Also Mr.. Peter l.. Brown, who Is
h brother OF Prof Brown.
n Mr.. Foster lived at Pamplins Va
- where his remains were shipped, bell
- accom- panied by Mr.. Brown and brot
- er of the deceased. This was the Hr
time the young man had ever BET
- from home, and was arranging TO r
. turn on the following Sunday OF
s. death. He had saved up considerab
IL cash to carry home to his mother 1
- had only twenty odd dollars on /
y person on that fatal night. 1t W
e heart breaking with that loving mot
ss er to greet and gaze upon that de
son's form as it lay cold in death.
w. r. PATTERSON.