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Subject: Balls.Trials.Are.Delayed.1923.Bell.NEWS


Balls Trials Are Delayed June 4, 1923
Bell County KyArchives News

Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky June 4, 1923

FRANK, FLOYD AND ALVA BALL TO BE TRIED IN LONDON WEDNESDAY FOR PINEVILLE 
SHOOTING

The cases of the Commonwealth against Frank, Floyd and Alva Ball set for trial 
today at London have been passed until Wednesday, according to word received 
here this afternoon.  A number of witnesses went from here to London today to 
attend the trials.

The three Balls are to be tried in connection with the sensational shooting at 
the Pineville Courthouse May 17 a year ago, in which Riley Ball was killed and 
John Hurst, Frank Ball and Clay Colson were shot.  Who started the shooting or 
who was responsible for it has never been determined.  The occasion was the 
trial of George Colson.  Colson, tried at Richmond last month, was given seven 
years for killing Ira Ball, the offense for which he was to have been tried 
the day of this shooting.



Submitted by: Pat Akers Lacy
eplacy@worldnet.att.net



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