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Shortly after midnight, on April 15, 1914, Buck Dunkum was awakened by cries of "fire!" and looked out of his bedroom window to see his store engulfed in flame. Later that same morning, Victor Hall was shot in the head and lay fatally wounded in his general store, just across the tracks from the smoldering ruins of Dunkum's store. His wife, Elizabeth Hall, was charged with his murder. The events of that fateful night and the sensational trial that followed are the subject of Murder at Green Springs: The True Story of the Hall Case, Firestorm of Prejudices. The book is a carefully researched account of the murder investigation and trial, and paints a vivid picture of life in rural Virginia at the time of the First World War.
Today, little remains of Green Springs. Rail passenger service ended in 1945 and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad demolished the Green Springs Depot and tore up the siding. Most of the other buildings, including the Hall house and store are gone. In 1914, Dunkum rebuilt his store on the original foundation and it stands vacant next to the tracks which are still in use. The Dunkum house is still occupied.
Murder at Green Springs by J.K. Brandau, Morgan James Publishing, Garden City, NY - 2007
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