LESLIE CASTLE
Accused of the murder of a man at whose home he had eaten
supper only a short time before, Dewey Castle, son of the
late Joe Castle of Greentown, is being held without bond in
the county jail on a charge of willfully murdering Leslie
Castle, 31 year old veteran of World War II, early Sunday
night. The accused man waived examining trial Monday to
await the action of the grand jury.
According to reports, Mrs. Castle and her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Ulysses Castle, who lived on Lindy Branch near Nippa,
heard cries at about seven P.M. Sunday and Ulysses Castle
went in search of the person calling for help. At a place
on the roadside within 125 yards of John Castle's home,
Leslie Castle was found in a semi-conscious condition,
apparantly critically wounded. Ulysses Castle returned to
his home for a horse and sled to remove the injured man.
After wrapping him in blankets and placing him on the sled,
the victim was taken to the home of Beecher Music, at which
place he died within a short time.
At a coroner's inquest held Monday afternoon it is
understood that Harrison Castle, an uncle of the slain man,
positively identified the accused as the man who was with
Leslie shortly before the latter was found. Testimony
showed that Dewey had accompanied Leslie home for supper
Saturday night.
The coroner's jury held that Leslie Castle had been struck
at the base of the skull with some unknown weapon, and the
undertaker testified that he died from a skull fracture.
The dead man was discharged from the service on January
13. He had served three years, twenty-nine months of which
had been spent in the Pacific theater. He was the son of
the late Elijah Castle and Mrs. Sarah A. Castle who resides
at Nippa. Prior to joining the armed forces he had worked
on WPA.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Oma Hale of Lima, Ohio, and Mrs. Bertha Music. A
brother, Lacy, was killed in Germany.
The body was prepared for burial by the Jones Funeral Home
and was taken Monday afternoon to the mother's home at
Nippa. Funeral services were held Wednesday. Burial being
made in the Castle cemetery in Sycamore.
Note: This cemetery is also known as the "Clark Castle
Cemetery".
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
February 14, 1946
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Dewey Castle was given a life sentence Friday evening for
the murder of Leslie Castle which took place on Lindy Branch
of Tom's Creek on February 10.
The all-man jury was selected from forty jurors summoned by
the sheriff. The jury, after hearing the evidence, argument
of counsel and instructions of the code, returned to the
courtroom with a verdict fixing the punishment at
confinement in the penitentiary for life.
The defendant was represented by Ed King and William
Johnson. The Commonwealth was represented by J. B. Clark,
Commonwealth Attorney assisted by J. L. Harrington.
Swift punishment was meted out, the defendant being placed
in jail soon after the murder occurred, and the indictment
and trial taking place at this term of court.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
March 14, 1946
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