Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Weaver, Albert October 13, 1919
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Ashland Progress
In a shooting affair on the streets of Ashland Monday night, Albert Weaver, a 
negro, received two pistol wounds from which he died Tuesday afternoon. The 
fatal shots are alleged to have been fired by Blake Steed, a young white man who 
resides at Lineville, where he is prominently connected.  The trouble occurred 
near the north-west corner of the square about the time the crowd was returning 
from the night exhibit of Haag's show. Details are meager, but it is reported 
that the shooting followed a quarrel in which the negro is said to have cursed 
Steed. One ball went through the negro's body in the region of the stomach, and 
another entered higher up and is thought to have pierced the lungs. Steed came 
in Wednesday night and gave up to the sheriff.

Dec 17, 1919, Our Mountain Home:
Blake Steed was tried in the circuit court here last week on a charge of murder 
in that first shot and killed a negro, Albert Weaver, on the streets of Ashland 
in October. The testimony the negro used some very vile epithets and threatened 
Steed before he shot him. The jury acquitted him. Steed and the negro were both 
ex-soldiers of the late war.



Additional Comments:
Note: Cannot locate a WWI war record for an Albert Weaver.

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