Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dashiell, George Frederick "Fred" December 19, 1917
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark December 20, 1917

G. FRED DASHIELL SHOT TO DEATH BY TWO NEGROES        

Enter Union Street Store, Buy Pistols, Load Them And Open Fire On Proprietor

Murderers Make Quick Get-Away
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$250 Reward Offered For Arrest Of Men
A reward of $250 will be paid
for the arrest and conviction of
the party or parties who killed
George Fred Dashiell, in his Union
street sporting goods store early
last night.  This offer was made
last night by H.W. and D.A.
Dashiell, brothers of the murdered
man.
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George Fred Dashiell, 36 years old, of 256 Maple avenue, Berkley, one of 
Norfolk's foremost young business men, was shot to death in his sporting goods 
store, 417 Union street, a few minutes after 6 o'clock last night by two negroes 
to whom he had just sold pistols.  The negroes escaped and were last reported in 
the vicinity of the union station, headed for Brambleton.  Mr. Dashiell was 
killed with pistols he had just sold the negroes but for which he never received 
pay.
The police were notified and the search was kept up all night although with 
little hope of success because the description furnished of the two men was very 
meagre.  Mr. Dashiell was shot three times through the back of the head and 
death was instantaneous.  The guns used, both of which were carried away by the 
fleeing negroes, were .38 calibre Colts.

                       Shot Down in Store
When shot Mr. Dashiell was standing at the end of the store counter within two 
or three feet of the front door and in falling his body blocked the door.  One 
of the negroes got his clothes caught in the door and experienced some 
difficulty in freeing himself, but succeeded in getting away before Hunter 
Sorey, a clerk employed in the Dashiell store, could reach the front of the 
building.
The shooting occurred between 6 and 6:15 o'clock.  Mr. Sorey, the fourth man in 
the store, was unable to fix the exact time.  He stated that the two negroes 
entered the store and asked to look at some "guns".  Mr. Dashiell was waiting on 
them and he stated that he paid very little attention to the men, thinking no 
more of it than he would of any other sale.  The negroes examined the pistols 
thoroughly and then proceeded to load them.
He stated that he heard Mr. Dashiell ask if there was anything else they wanted, 
turning his back to them for an instant.  Without the least warning, both men 
opened fire and Mr. Dashiell crumpled to the floor, the negroes, with the guns 
in their hands, hurrying from the building and going east.  He was positive that 
the conversation between the three men while the pistols were being examined and 
the sale made was of the ordinary nature and that the voices of neither were 
raised at any time. The object could not have been robbery as no effort was made 
to molest Mr. Dashiell, in the opinion of Mr. Sorey.  He could see no other 
motive than the desire to carry off the two pistols in question without paying 
for them.
                           Well Known Young Man
Fred Dashiell, as he was known to his friends, was one of the best known young 
business men in Norfolk and enjoyed the confidence and respect of all with whom 
he came in contact.  He was associated with his father, the late George V. 
Dashiell, in the sporting goods business and had conducted the business since 
his death a few years ago.  He was unmarried and lived with his brothers and 
sisters in Berkley.
The body was removed from the store at 7:45 o'clock and turned over to an 
undertaker to be prepared for burial.
The deceased is survived by three brothers, H.W., R.G. and D.A. Dashiell, all of 
Berkley; also four sisters, Miss Margaret Dashiell, Berkley; Mrs. H.L. Foster, 
New York; Mrs. J.E. White, Berkley and Mrs. Paul Hough, Los Angeles, Ca.
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The funeral of George Frederick Dashiell, who was murdered in his place of 
business on Union street on Wednesday night by two unknown negroes, will be 
conducted at St. Paul's Episcopal Church this afternoon at  3 o'clock by Rev. 
R.R. Phelps, rector.  Interment will be in Magnolia Cemetery.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark December 21, 1917


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