Historic Hanging: ; 100 Years Ago, Mob Killed Police Chief's Shooter

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Precisely why or when Joe Brown settled near the remote Randolph County community of Whitmer in the early 1900s remains unclear. But his departure from that town - and his life - 100 years ago remains the stuff of legend.

According to various news accounts, Brown was born in Virginia, moved in from Kentucky, and had been on the lam for nearly four years after sawing through the bars at the Randolph County Jail in Elkins, after he had been charged with assault.

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Historic Hanging: ; 100 Years Ago, Mob Killed Police Chief's Shooter

That charge might have been related to his arrest in 1904 for firing his revolvers in the air while walking down a street in the Randolph County town of Horton, firing on a poss...

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