Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Newspapers.....Assault, 1940 

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"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 20, No. 49, Thurs., Mar. 7, 1940, p. 1 

Zuni Merchant Badly Beaten By Negroes In His Store Thurs. 

  R.A. Horne, prominent merchant of Zuni, Isle of Wight County, was attacked 
Thursday morning about 12:30 o'clock by Negro burglars whom he heard in his 
store which adjoins his residence and was badly beaten over the head and face 
by one of the three while the others made a get away with about one hundred 
dollars worth of merchandise. 

  Mr. Horne closed his store as usual and went to his home which is adjoining 
the house.  A little after midnight he heard a noise in the store and opening 
the back door entered to find burglars in possession.  Mr. Horne showed fight 
and ordered the men out, when one of them attacked him and beat his face and 
head with some blunt instrument. 

  He notified Sheriff W.C. Whitehead, who is investigating the case and who 
has some clues to the intruders. 

  Mr. Horne, who is 60 years of age, was confined to his bed from the bruises 
and blows he received. 

  It is estimated that the intruders made off with merchandise worth at least 
$100. 

  Found in the store after the hold up was a grey cap with the label of a 
Norfolk loan office sewn in the top.  Reported missing were 15 cartons of 
cigarettes, a white shirt, seven colored shirts; 12 pairs of pants and 12 
assorted neckties in Christmas boxes. 


Robert Arthur HORNE, merchant, 
b. 20 Mar 1875, Isle of Wight Co., d. 5 Jul 1953, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery* 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Tucker Swamp list (TS-23): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #201195677. 

His obits ("Virginian-Pilot," "Suffolk News-Herald," "Tidewater News" & 
   "Smithfield Times," Apr. 1941) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h650r1ob.txt 


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