ALONZO BLAIR JR
  
65-Year-Old Saloon Man Charged With Killing Alonzo Blair, Jr., a
youth of about 20, was shot and instantly killed in front of the
Eagle's Nest, a whiskey and beer dispensary at Van Lear Junction
at 9:15 last Saturday night.
  
Jimmie Howard, 65 years old and proprietor of the Eagle's Nest was
arrested charged with the crime.
  
According to information the Blair youth and another youth were
playing on the sidewalk and in the scuffle accidentally broke a
plateglass window.
  
A dispute arose between Howard and the youth, it is said, which
resulted in the shooting.
  
An inquest was held by Magistrate Buckingham which resulted in a
verdict that Blair came to his death by pistol wounds, inflicted
by Howard. An examining trial was held before Judge H. B. Conley
Tuesday and Howard was held to the action of the grand jury
without bond. Howard was arrested shortly after the killing by
Sheriff Adams and Constable Manuel Fitzpatrick.  The officers said
that Howard was found in the attic of his home but did not resist
arrest.
  
Young Blair was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Blair of West Van
Lear and a member of a large and prominent family.
  
Much feeling has been caused over the killing of the youth.
  
Howard will probably be tried at the special term of Circuit Court
which has been called for April 26.
  
Funeral services for the slain youth were held Sunday afternoon
and burial in the family cemetery near the home.
  
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
April 15, 1937
       

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