Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....McVey, John H.  November 5, 1921
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Ashland Progress
John Henry McVey, a well-known resident of the eastern part of the county, was 
shot and killed Saturday by Tom Dunaway, a resident of the same community. McVey 
is said to have been struck in live places with pistol balls. Reports concerning 
the trouble are that the two men were not on good terms and that on the day of 
the shooting McVey and his son-in-law were driving a cow by Dunaway's house. He 
objected to her being driven through his yard and the shooting followed. A short 
time after shooting McVey, Dunaway is said to have also fired a shot at a negro 
nearby, inflicting dangerous wound. Dunaway was captured near Delta Saturday, 
night and indeed in jail. McVey leaves a family, while Dunaway is not married 
and resided with his mother. The affair occurred some eight or nine miles east 
of Ashland. 

Additional Comments:
April 2, 1922, Lineville Headlight:
Last Friday the jury brought in a verdict of guilty and gave Tom Dunaway 18 
years for the murder of John Henry McVey. This murder was committed last 
November and grew out of a quarrel over driving of McVey's cows through 
Dunaway's back yard. 

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