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Show KILLS THREE AFTER ARREST ROMNEY, W. Va.f Dec. 18. (U.P) Enraged because of his arrest on a liquor law charge, Walter Crab-tree, Crab-tree, 28, called three men to the doors of their homes here early today to-day and shot them to death. The victims were Justice of the Peace H. C. Inskipp. 35; Ben Miller, Mill-er, 45, turnkey at the Hampshire county jail, and Ed Wolford, 18. Three women, caught in the line of fire, were slightly wounded. Crabtree, described by the sheriff as a "bad man," was arrested last week on charges of intoxication and possessing liquor. He was arraigned in Squire In-skipp's In-skipp's court, fined and sentenced to three days in jail. Young Wolford, according to the sheriff, gave the information which resulted in Crabtree's arrest. |