The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-02
TWO YOUNG MEN
HELD FOR MURDER
They Are Charged With Killing
George Stump on. Easter
Sunday.
BOTH LODGED IN JAIL
Deny knowledge OF Crime,
but Statements Are
Conflicting.
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Special to The imeS-DispatchJ
Roanoke Va. April IA telephone
message from Rocky Mount says That
the dead body OF George Stump was
found Sunday near his springhouse
and within a short distance of his home
IN the Galloway neighborhood. after he
had been missing for week.
That he was murdered is certainty.
His head was terribly bruised. Search
had been instituted for the missing
man but he could not be found 1t
was known that on Easter sunday he
had trouble with some people and that
he had been pretty badly used up. lie
staggered of after being struck over
the head with gun. and evidently
died either fror lie effects OF his in
juries on from, exposure
officers were Summoned, and yester-
day Commemorative Attorney Herbert
" billiard. with Deputy Sheriff Furrow,
OF the Galloway section, went 10 the
,cene and after an investigation war
rants We're sworn out for George
stump. Jr. and Charles Guilliams. two
Young men in the neighbor. stump
being near relative of the dead man.
Ejoth of the men were charged with
the crime and taken to Rocky Mount
and lodged in Jail The regular term
OF the Circuit Court of Franklin be-
Gins on Monday. and it now looks as IL
both men will be held over for the
grand jury.
Both deny any knowledge OF the
crime. but both have made conflicting
statements concerning the murder
They borrowed q shotgun from neigh
Dor short time before the trouble, ON
Easter SHrG,,w; and since Ihat time the
s.,;7it'his not been returned The wea-
'iton was sent for yesterday. and had
blood on il.
1t was learned over the telephone
from Galloway that George Stump was
about sixty-hve years old, and he had
a wife and several children. He had
leen married the second time He was
= farmer and lived on lands of Henry
Mason. about two and one half miles
west OF Galloway, at the foot OF the
Bluc Ridge.
Easter sunday it is said that a
number OF persons were at the stump
home, and they were drinking A
drunken row ensued. in which stump
was badly beaten. Later he left has
home. saying he was going to Gallo
way TO get a warrant for his assail-
ants. He was not seen again until hia
dead body was found. partly covered
iy water. about zoo or 300 yards from
his home. Il week later. DIR. Lemon.
who examined the body, stated that
the skull was fractured and there were
ten slashes in his face. The indica-
tons are that he was followed after
leaving his house and again assaulted
ana kIIISu ana ms bOuN thrown lnlO
the creek The large number Of
wounds and smashed skull would indi-
cate that he was attacked after leaving
his home.
During the week the freshet had oc-
CURED, and the water has risen over
the body, but every appearance indi-
Gated that he had lain in the same
spot as before the heavy rains.
peculiar circumstance Is the fact
that the man had been missing a whole
week and nothing had been heard OF
him by his family or neighbors before
a search was instituted. On Sunday
morning the neighbors turned out TO
nnd the missing man, and about II
o'clock came upon the dead body in tho
ravine. The man may have fallen over
8 slight precipice after having been
beaten at his home, but from informa.
tion received there is but little doub!
that he was attacked the second timo
The gun referred TO above was the
property of Ebert Mason At the in
quest held Yesterday 1T developed tina,
Mason had loaned his gun to Georr,
stump Jr.. and to Guilliams. but they
md not returped IL They were sent
Tor. and the officer also secured the
a;un, which was covered with blood