March 1930
Events that took place in Fairfax County in March, 1930:
- March 1 – The only barber shop in the town of Fairfax is closed when the owner, J. Razzo, is arrested by Sheriff Eppa P. Kirby and Prohibition Inspector Virgil Williams, who find 32 pints of liquor in Razzo's shop.[1]
- March 1 – Howard Sims is shot and mortally wounded at the home of Ida Jones in the Cookstown area of Herndon by 25-year-old Boston Williams. Sims is taken to the house of local physician Dr. William Myers, but dies shortly thereafter.[1]
- March 16 – 17-year-old cousins Marvin and Floyd Shepherd make a grisly discovery while walking along the road from Accotink to Accotink Station when they discover a brown sack weighted with bricks and containing the body of a dead infant in the Mill Branch Creek.[2]
- March 27 – Boston Williams is sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Howard W. Smith for the murder of Howard Sims on March 1.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Fairfax Prisoner Confesses Killing." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 16. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Mar 03 1930. Web. 10 Mar. 2012.
- ↑ "Body of Baby found Weighted in Creek." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 16. Mar 17 1930. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Web. 4 Sep. 2012 .
- ↑ "Man is Sentenced in Fairfax Murder." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 20. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Mar 28 1930. Web. 10 Mar. 2012.
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