Drinking Session Ends In Shooting Of 32-Year-Old Man
Paul E. Hall Shot 3 Times; Staggs Is Held
A three-hour drinking session near the Old “L” quarry three miles northwest of town ended in the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old Bloomington man late Thursday, police reported today.
PAUL E. HALL, 32, R. 7, Bloomington, was dead-on-arrival at Bloomington Hospital, Detective Chief Willis E. Routen said.
DONALD F. STAGGS, 29, R. 3, Bloomington, is being held on investigation of first-degree murder, Sheriff Clifford Kinser said.
G. L. (JACK) CARPENTER, 32, of 1200 W. 6th St., is being held as a material witness.
Hall apparently lay at the quarry for about three hours before his shooting was reported to Sheriff Kinser, officers said today.
Kinser reported that Staggs walked into the Monroe County Jail at 8:19 p.m. Thursday, saying “I’ve just shot a man.” City Patrolmen Harold Aynes and Boyd Rife and Deputies Mark Stanger and Kenneth Sipes then took Staggs in an ambulance to the shooting scene. Hall was found lying face down in some bushes at the quarry, Aynes reported. Staggs told Detective James East that he, Hall and Carpenter rode to the quarry Thursday afternoon, and that Hall was “beating up” Carpenter, East said.
Staggs said he “warned” Hall to stop hitting Carpenter, and that Hall replied: “Do you want some of it?”
At this point Staggs and Hall got out of the car, and Staggs hit Hall, knocking him down. Hall slashed Staggs with a knife, Staggs told State Police Detective Sgt. Verl Clark, who is in charge of the investigating team. Then, Staggs said, the pair reentered the car, Hall getting into the rear seat.
“Then he (Hall) kept up the argument, and came over the back seat for my throat,” Staggs told newsmen in his cell this morning. Staggs said he picked up a .22 caliber automatic, got out of the car saying “I’m going to shoot you,” and fired “four or five” shots at Hall through the open window, Det. East reported. Hall was hit “at least three times,” in the body and head, Sgt. Clark said.
Staggs told officers that he and Carpenter then dragged Hall’s body out of the car, leaving it in some nearby bushes, officers said. Then the pair walked about ¾ of a mile to Staggs’ father’s home, Staggs said. On the way, Staggs handed the gun to Carpenter, telling him to “get rid of it,” police quoted Staggs as saying. Carpenter said he did so, throwing it away “somewhere” between the car and the home. Officers found the gun shortly before noon today on W. 17th St., about 1-1/2 miles from the scene of the slaying. It was wrapped in a bloody T-shirt, police said.
Carpenter’s story conflicts with Staggs’ on some points, officers said. Carpenter told investigators that he “absolutely” had no argument with Hall, and that Staggs and Hall argued because “Staggs accused” Hall of “damaging” Staggs’ car, which the three men were using, the officers reported. Too, officers quoted Carpenter as saying he “did not” help Staggs drag the body out of the car, but, instead, ran from the car when the shooting started.
An autopsy will be conducted to determine the time of death and the number of shots fired into the body. A preliminary hearing in the case was scheduled at 1 p.m. today in City Court. Attorney Richard Wilder represented Staggs. The body has been taken to the Day Funeral Home, pending service arrangements.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Nancy Jane Hall, with whom he lived on Gray Drive; two daughters, Barbara June, 8, and Paula Ann, 10, at home; one brother, Arlie Hall of Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. Velda Pearl Chambers, W. 14th St., and Mrs. Emma Smith, Columbus. Also surviving are three half-sisters, Mrs. Alice Pardue, 503 N. Oolitic; Mrs. Ina Maule, W. 7th St., and Mrs. Merrell Moore, Springville, and four half-brothers, Abraham Hoff and Albert Lawyer, Gray Drive; George and Miner Lawyer, R. 7.
A native of Monroe County, Hall was a quarryworker and a member of the Henderson St. Pentecostal Church.
[Daily Herald-Telephone, September 11, 1959, page 1]
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Paul E. Hall
Funeral services for Paul E. Hall, 32, S. (sic) 7, who died Thursday, have been set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Knight Ridge Church. Rev. Oscar Hughes will officiate and burial will be in the Knight Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers will be George Lawyer, Arla Hall, Abe Hoff, Romie Pardue, Ted Hoff and Russell Lawyer. Flowerbearers will be Peggy Sue Nunn, Thelma Fowler, Angie Hartman and Nancy Smith. Friends may call after 7:30 p.m. today at the Day Funeral Home.
[Daily Herald-Telephone, September 12, 1959]
Contributor: David Tate (47381026) • [email protected]
Paul E. Hall Shot 3 Times; Staggs Is Held
A three-hour drinking session near the Old “L” quarry three miles northwest of town ended in the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old Bloomington man late Thursday, police reported today.
PAUL E. HALL, 32, R. 7, Bloomington, was dead-on-arrival at Bloomington Hospital, Detective Chief Willis E. Routen said.
DONALD F. STAGGS, 29, R. 3, Bloomington, is being held on investigation of first-degree murder, Sheriff Clifford Kinser said.
G. L. (JACK) CARPENTER, 32, of 1200 W. 6th St., is being held as a material witness.
Hall apparently lay at the quarry for about three hours before his shooting was reported to Sheriff Kinser, officers said today.
Kinser reported that Staggs walked into the Monroe County Jail at 8:19 p.m. Thursday, saying “I’ve just shot a man.” City Patrolmen Harold Aynes and Boyd Rife and Deputies Mark Stanger and Kenneth Sipes then took Staggs in an ambulance to the shooting scene. Hall was found lying face down in some bushes at the quarry, Aynes reported. Staggs told Detective James East that he, Hall and Carpenter rode to the quarry Thursday afternoon, and that Hall was “beating up” Carpenter, East said.
Staggs said he “warned” Hall to stop hitting Carpenter, and that Hall replied: “Do you want some of it?”
At this point Staggs and Hall got out of the car, and Staggs hit Hall, knocking him down. Hall slashed Staggs with a knife, Staggs told State Police Detective Sgt. Verl Clark, who is in charge of the investigating team. Then, Staggs said, the pair reentered the car, Hall getting into the rear seat.
“Then he (Hall) kept up the argument, and came over the back seat for my throat,” Staggs told newsmen in his cell this morning. Staggs said he picked up a .22 caliber automatic, got out of the car saying “I’m going to shoot you,” and fired “four or five” shots at Hall through the open window, Det. East reported. Hall was hit “at least three times,” in the body and head, Sgt. Clark said.
Staggs told officers that he and Carpenter then dragged Hall’s body out of the car, leaving it in some nearby bushes, officers said. Then the pair walked about ¾ of a mile to Staggs’ father’s home, Staggs said. On the way, Staggs handed the gun to Carpenter, telling him to “get rid of it,” police quoted Staggs as saying. Carpenter said he did so, throwing it away “somewhere” between the car and the home. Officers found the gun shortly before noon today on W. 17th St., about 1-1/2 miles from the scene of the slaying. It was wrapped in a bloody T-shirt, police said.
Carpenter’s story conflicts with Staggs’ on some points, officers said. Carpenter told investigators that he “absolutely” had no argument with Hall, and that Staggs and Hall argued because “Staggs accused” Hall of “damaging” Staggs’ car, which the three men were using, the officers reported. Too, officers quoted Carpenter as saying he “did not” help Staggs drag the body out of the car, but, instead, ran from the car when the shooting started.
An autopsy will be conducted to determine the time of death and the number of shots fired into the body. A preliminary hearing in the case was scheduled at 1 p.m. today in City Court. Attorney Richard Wilder represented Staggs. The body has been taken to the Day Funeral Home, pending service arrangements.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Nancy Jane Hall, with whom he lived on Gray Drive; two daughters, Barbara June, 8, and Paula Ann, 10, at home; one brother, Arlie Hall of Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. Velda Pearl Chambers, W. 14th St., and Mrs. Emma Smith, Columbus. Also surviving are three half-sisters, Mrs. Alice Pardue, 503 N. Oolitic; Mrs. Ina Maule, W. 7th St., and Mrs. Merrell Moore, Springville, and four half-brothers, Abraham Hoff and Albert Lawyer, Gray Drive; George and Miner Lawyer, R. 7.
A native of Monroe County, Hall was a quarryworker and a member of the Henderson St. Pentecostal Church.
[Daily Herald-Telephone, September 11, 1959, page 1]
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Paul E. Hall
Funeral services for Paul E. Hall, 32, S. (sic) 7, who died Thursday, have been set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Knight Ridge Church. Rev. Oscar Hughes will officiate and burial will be in the Knight Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers will be George Lawyer, Arla Hall, Abe Hoff, Romie Pardue, Ted Hoff and Russell Lawyer. Flowerbearers will be Peggy Sue Nunn, Thelma Fowler, Angie Hartman and Nancy Smith. Friends may call after 7:30 p.m. today at the Day Funeral Home.
[Daily Herald-Telephone, September 12, 1959]
Contributor: David Tate (47381026) • [email protected]
Drinking Session Ends In Shooting Of 32-Year-Old Man
Paul E. Hall Shot 3 Times; Staggs Is Held
A three-hour drinking session near the Old “L” quarry three miles northwest of town ended in the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old Bloomington man late Thursday, police reported today.
PAUL E. HALL, 32, R. 7, Bloomington, was dead-on-arrival at Bloomington Hospital, Detective Chief Willis E. Routen said.
DONALD F. STAGGS, 29, R. 3, Bloomington, is being held on investigation of first-degree murder, Sheriff Clifford Kinser said.
G. L. (JACK) CARPENTER, 32, of 1200 W. 6th St., is being held as a material witness.
Hall apparently lay at the quarry for about three hours before his shooting was reported to Sheriff Kinser, officers said today.
Kinser reported that Staggs walked into the Monroe County Jail at 8:19 p.m. Thursday, saying “I’ve just shot a man.” City Patrolmen Harold Aynes and Boyd Rife and Deputies Mark Stanger and Kenneth Sipes then took Staggs in an ambulance to the shooting scene. Hall was found lying face down in some bushes at the quarry, Aynes reported. Staggs told Detective James East that he, Hall and Carpenter rode to the quarry Thursday afternoon, and that Hall was “beating up” Carpenter, East said.
Staggs said he “warned” Hall to stop hitting Carpenter, and that Hall replied: “Do you want some of it?”
At this point Staggs and Hall got out of the car, and Staggs hit Hall, knocking him down. Hall slashed Staggs with a knife, Staggs told State Police Detective Sgt. Verl Clark, who is in charge of the investigating team. Then, Staggs said, the pair reentered the car, Hall getting into the rear seat.
“Then he (Hall) kept up the argument, and came over the back seat for my throat,” Staggs told newsmen in his cell this morning. Staggs said he picked up a .22 caliber automatic, got out of the car saying “I’m going to shoot you,” and fired “four or five” shots at Hall through the open window, Det. East reported. Hall was hit “at least three times,” in the body and head, Sgt. Clark said.
Staggs told officers that he and Carpenter then dragged Hall’s body out of the car, leaving it in some nearby bushes, officers said. Then the pair walked about ¾ of a mile to Staggs’ father’s home, Staggs said. On the way, Staggs handed the gun to Carpenter, telling him to “get rid of it,” police quoted Staggs as saying. Carpenter said he did so, throwing it away “somewhere” between the car and the home. Officers found the gun shortly before noon today on W. 17th St., about 1-1/2 miles from the scene of the slaying. It was wrapped in a bloody T-shirt, police said.
Carpenter’s story conflicts with Staggs’ on some points, officers said. Carpenter told investigators that he “absolutely” had no argument with Hall, and that Staggs and Hall argued because “Staggs accused” Hall of “damaging” Staggs’ car, which the three men were using, the officers reported. Too, officers quoted Carpenter as saying he “did not” help Staggs drag the body out of the car, but, instead, ran from the car when the shooting started.
An autopsy will be conducted to determine the time of death and the number of shots fired into the body. A preliminary hearing in the case was scheduled at 1 p.m. today in City Court. Attorney Richard Wilder represented Staggs. The body has been taken to the Day Funeral Home, pending service arrangements.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Nancy Jane Hall, with whom he lived on Gray Drive; two daughters, Barbara June, 8, and Paula Ann, 10, at home; one brother, Arlie Hall of Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. Velda Pearl Chambers, W. 14th St., and Mrs. Emma Smith, Columbus. Also surviving are three half-sisters, Mrs. Alice Pardue, 503 N. Oolitic; Mrs. Ina Maule, W. 7th St., and Mrs. Merrell Moore, Springville, and four half-brothers, Abraham Hoff and Albert Lawyer, Gray Drive; George and Miner Lawyer, R. 7.
A native of Monroe County, Hall was a quarryworker and a member of the Henderson St. Pentecostal Church.
[Daily Herald-Telephone, September 11, 1959, page 1]
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Paul E. Hall
Funeral services for Paul E. Hall, 32, S. (sic) 7, who died Thursday, have been set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Knight Ridge Church. Rev. Oscar Hughes will officiate and burial will be in the Knight Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers will be George Lawyer, Arla Hall, Abe Hoff, Romie Pardue, Ted Hoff and Russell Lawyer. Flowerbearers will be Peggy Sue Nunn, Thelma Fowler, Angie Hartman and Nancy Smith. Friends may call after 7:30 p.m. today at the Day Funeral Home.
[Daily Herald-Telephone, September 12, 1959]
Contributor: David Tate (47381026) • [email protected]
Paul E. Hall Shot 3 Times; Staggs Is Held
A three-hour drinking session near the Old “L” quarry three miles northwest of town ended in the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old Bloomington man late Thursday, police reported today.
PAUL E. HALL, 32, R. 7, Bloomington, was dead-on-arrival at Bloomington Hospital, Detective Chief Willis E. Routen said.
DONALD F. STAGGS, 29, R. 3, Bloomington, is being held on investigation of first-degree murder, Sheriff Clifford Kinser said.
G. L. (JACK) CARPENTER, 32, of 1200 W. 6th St., is being held as a material witness.
Hall apparently lay at the quarry for about three hours before his shooting was reported to Sheriff Kinser, officers said today.
Kinser reported that Staggs walked into the Monroe County Jail at 8:19 p.m. Thursday, saying “I’ve just shot a man.” City Patrolmen Harold Aynes and Boyd Rife and Deputies Mark Stanger and Kenneth Sipes then took Staggs in an ambulance to the shooting scene. Hall was found lying face down in some bushes at the quarry, Aynes reported. Staggs told Detective James East that he, Hall and Carpenter rode to the quarry Thursday afternoon, and that Hall was “beating up” Carpenter, East said.
Staggs said he “warned” Hall to stop hitting Carpenter, and that Hall replied: “Do you want some of it?”
At this point Staggs and Hall got out of the car, and Staggs hit Hall, knocking him down. Hall slashed Staggs with a knife, Staggs told State Police Detective Sgt. Verl Clark, who is in charge of the investigating team. Then, Staggs said, the pair reentered the car, Hall getting into the rear seat.
“Then he (Hall) kept up the argument, and came over the back seat for my throat,” Staggs told newsmen in his cell this morning. Staggs said he picked up a .22 caliber automatic, got out of the car saying “I’m going to shoot you,” and fired “four or five” shots at Hall through the open window, Det. East reported. Hall was hit “at least three times,” in the body and head, Sgt. Clark said.
Staggs told officers that he and Carpenter then dragged Hall’s body out of the car, leaving it in some nearby bushes, officers said. Then the pair walked about ¾ of a mile to Staggs’ father’s home, Staggs said. On the way, Staggs handed the gun to Carpenter, telling him to “get rid of it,” police quoted Staggs as saying. Carpenter said he did so, throwing it away “somewhere” between the car and the home. Officers found the gun shortly before noon today on W. 17th St., about 1-1/2 miles from the scene of the slaying. It was wrapped in a bloody T-shirt, police said.
Carpenter’s story conflicts with Staggs’ on some points, officers said. Carpenter told investigators that he “absolutely” had no argument with Hall, and that Staggs and Hall argued because “Staggs accused” Hall of “damaging” Staggs’ car, which the three men were using, the officers reported. Too, officers quoted Carpenter as saying he “did not” help Staggs drag the body out of the car, but, instead, ran from the car when the shooting started.
An autopsy will be conducted to determine the time of death and the number of shots fired into the body. A preliminary hearing in the case was scheduled at 1 p.m. today in City Court. Attorney Richard Wilder represented Staggs. The body has been taken to the Day Funeral Home, pending service arrangements.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Nancy Jane Hall, with whom he lived on Gray Drive; two daughters, Barbara June, 8, and Paula Ann, 10, at home; one brother, Arlie Hall of Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. Velda Pearl Chambers, W. 14th St., and Mrs. Emma Smith, Columbus. Also surviving are three half-sisters, Mrs. Alice Pardue, 503 N. Oolitic; Mrs. Ina Maule, W. 7th St., and Mrs. Merrell Moore, Springville, and four half-brothers, Abraham Hoff and Albert Lawyer, Gray Drive; George and Miner Lawyer, R. 7.
A native of Monroe County, Hall was a quarryworker and a member of the Henderson St. Pentecostal Church.
[Daily Herald-Telephone, September 11, 1959, page 1]
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Paul E. Hall
Funeral services for Paul E. Hall, 32, S. (sic) 7, who died Thursday, have been set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Knight Ridge Church. Rev. Oscar Hughes will officiate and burial will be in the Knight Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers will be George Lawyer, Arla Hall, Abe Hoff, Romie Pardue, Ted Hoff and Russell Lawyer. Flowerbearers will be Peggy Sue Nunn, Thelma Fowler, Angie Hartman and Nancy Smith. Friends may call after 7:30 p.m. today at the Day Funeral Home.
[Daily Herald-Telephone, September 12, 1959]
Contributor: David Tate (47381026) • [email protected]
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