DOCTOR MURDERED.
REFUSES TO PRESCRIBE WHISKY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 3, 1.30 a.m. New York January 2. Because of his refusal to issue a prescription ordering a pint of whisky, a man named Hatfield shot dead Dr. Thornton, a well known physician at Charleston, West Virginia. ■Tha latter was attending an injured person when killed. Hatfield fled, but was captured. Fearing that he may be lynched a force of sheriffs are guarding the prison.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 158, 3 January 1912, Page 5
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74DOCTOR MURDERED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 158, 3 January 1912, Page 5
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