Word: ves
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...defendant, one Ves Wingler, married Candace Miller in 1891, and went with her to a cabin in the mountains " 17 or 18 miles from North Wilkesboro, N. C." In May, 1893, she met a violent death. Her husband was the sole witness. On his testimony the coroner's jury brought in a verdict of accidental death, caused by a fall from a loft in the cabin onto the stone hearth in front of the fireplace. In April, 1922, Ves Wingler was arrested, tried and convicted and the judgment affirmed by the Supreme Court carried an indeterminate sentence of from...