JOHN ELLIOTT BLEVINS
  
'TURKEY KNOB' SCENE OF SHOOTING LAST SUNDAY John E. Blevins, Dies From
Wounds Allegedly Inflicted by Vincell VanHoose; Daughter Also Shot
  
Within the past two weeks the environs of Paintsville have been the scene
of two shootings which resulted in the death of one man in each instance.
A strange coincidence of these tragedies is that each took place on
Sunday and at about the same hour in the afternoon.
  
Last Sunday at about 3:00 pm, John Elliot Blevins, 66, was fatally shot
and his daughter wounded. The night before another man was shot but not
seriously.
  
The trouble took place in the section known as 'Turkey Knob', near the C.
& O. depot, which has been a source of annoyance to peace officers for
the
past several years.
  
SHOOTING AT BLEVINS HOME
  
In the absence of an examinating trial, full particulars are lacking.
However it is reported that the shooting was done by Vincell VanHoose,
age about 25, who is alleged to have first fired a shot at Blevins
daughter, Mary, age 22,  the ball taking effect in the arm.
  
As Blevins emerged from the house, VanHoose is alleged to have fired the
shot, the ball taking effect in the stomach.  Only the two shorts were
fired, it is said, both by VanHoose, who left the premises. Following the
shooting Belvins was taken to the hospital where he died Monday at 11:00
am.  Miss Blevins was not seriously wounded.
  
VanHoose was arrested Sunday night by Deputy Sheriff Harry Adams at the
home of his father, Manual VanHoose and placed in jail. A charge of
murder was placed against him and his examining trial will held before
County Judge Claude Buckingham Friday.
  
BROTHER OF ARTHUR VANHOOSE Vincell VanHoose is a brother of Arthur
VanHoose who was ...
  
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
December 15, 1938

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