MADISON COUNTY, NC - OBITUARY - Ambrose Randall, 21 Apr 1929
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Asheville Citizens
Newspaper Date: 4-26-1929
Microfilm page 133

Ambrose Randall Murdered
Farmer of Doe Branch, Near Barnard, Found Dead.  Herman Anderson In Jail.

The body of Ambrose Randall, of the Doe Branch section of Madison County
near Barnard, was found on the side of the road Sunday.  At first it was
reported that his throat had been slashed, but later reports were to the 
effect that death had been caused by a bullet.
The Coroner's inquest resulted in a verdict that the dead man had come to
his death by a gun shot wound caused by some other person and that the
Sheriff arrest the guilty party if possible.
About ten o'clock that night Herman Anderson was locked up in the county
jail charged with the murder.
Mr. Randall, aged 44, was said to be a well known farmer and good citizen
and at one time was a deputy sheriff under Sheriff Ramsey, who pronounced
him a splendid officer.
Funeral services were Tuesday morning at ten o'clock, interment following at
the Big Pine cemetery.  Mr. Randall leaves his wife, sister of Mr. Wm.
Worley of Marshall, and three children, Pearl, Torry, and Albert.  He also
leaves two brothers, Erwin and Johnnie, both of Madison County.
Herman Anderson, held for the murder of Mr. Randall, is said to be a cousin
of "Wild Bill" Anderson, who is now in jail charged with the murder of Bill
Tyson.  It is said that young Anderson, age 20, had been paying attention to
Mr. Randall's daughter, to which the father of the girl objectd.
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