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From: "jwoolley" <>
Subject: RE: [OHGALLIA-L] Murder of Carl Sims
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 03:53:56 -0400
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Marjorie,
Marjorie,
Kathy Lynch posted this on the Sims site... is this what your talking about?
(probably) MORNING IRONTONIAN
MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH OF MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN RIVER
August 17, 1911
Coroner ONEILL and Prosecuting attorney RILEY were called to Millersport
Wednesday to hold an inquest over the remains of Carlton SIMMS, aged 47
years of Buffalo City, W.Va. on the Kanawha river whose body was found
Wednesday morning in the Ohio river two miles above Millersport. Simms who
was raised in Gallia county had timber interests in West Va. He had been in
Huntington Monday and having some business up the river took passage on a
small gasoline boat belonging to Albert and Hiram LOCKHART , which during
the low water, is running between Crown City and Huntington.
The Lockhart brothers testified before the coroner that Simms had either
fallen off or walked off the boat Monday morning about 9 oclock.
A number of persons living in the vicinity of the Green Bottom xxxx , near
where Simms is alleged to have fallen overboard, testified that when the
boat passed up the river that there was much cursing and boisterous talking.
Simms and the men on the boat were alleged to have been drinking.
The body of Simms was badly decomposed, hence could not be examined closely.
Although the drowned man is alleged to have had $300 on his person when he
left Huntington but $2.77 were found on him when his body was recovered. His
gold watch and knife were also in his pockets.
The coroner and prosecutor arrived home late Wednesday night. They expect to
make further investigations before Coroner ONeill renders his verdict.
-----Original Message-----
From: Marjorie L. Gilliam Wood [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 8:41 PM
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Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Murder of Carl Sims
I think someone ask me about the murder of Carl Sims a few years back on the
list.( or maybe not) anyway, there is an entry for 22 Sept 1911 that says,
"Mr. Burl Sims was here today. He had Albert and Herman Lockhart arrested
for murder. They bashed Carl Sims on the head and threw him off a boat. It
is a sad thing for both families. "
Marjorie
If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to
dance.
George Bernard Shaw
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