Scioto-Brown-Hamilton County OhArchives News.....Funeral Services & Burial of Ernest Lee September 8 1924
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The Evening News, Jefferson, Ind
The funeral services for Ernest Lee, who was shot and killed Sunday by Charles 
Baldwin, his brother-in-law, was conducted from the Coots Chapel yesterday 
afternoon and burial was at Walnut Ridge Cemetery.  Mrs. Virginia Baldwin, 
sister of Lee, and wife of his slayer, was in attendance.

Froman M Coots, coroner, said his verdict will be this:  Lee came to death from 
gunshot wounds at the hands of Baldwin, at the home of the latter.
 
Edward Wyatt, Baldwin's stepson, who lived on a shanty boat with Lee and his 
brother, John Lee, said he was in the yard when Ernest Lee came to the home.  
He said he saw Lee and heard the shooting, but did not see an exposed pistol in 
Lee's hands.  Lee held a cigarette in one hand and knocked on the door with the 
other, Wyatt declared.

Mrs. Baldwin came to the door, the witness stated, but declined to admit her 
brother.  Lee shoved the door open, it was testified, and found Baldwin in the 
house with a shotgun.

"I cam for my gun", Lee is quoted as saying as he walked up to Baldwin.

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Additional Comments:
also looking for information on Charles Baldwin, the person who shot Ernest Lee
Was he convicted???
There is an account of the shoting in the newspaper also.

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