Varl Harrison WINDERS

1905 - 1931  (25 years)

• Name	Varl Harrison WINDERS  [1]
  Birth	12 Oct 1905	, Todd, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	8175529855ED4FFFAD8C32D4BCC818CA1525
  Death	22 Aug 1931	, Todd, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I18310	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2012

  
  

  Father	Seymore M. WINDERS,   b. 22 Mar 1881, , Todd, Kentucky, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Pelina Janie THOMPSON,   b. 1878, , Todd, Kentucky, USA d. 28 Sep 1951, , Christian, Kentucky, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1900	, Todd, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F6494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Oct 1905 - , Todd, Kentucky, USA Death - 22 Aug 1931 - , Todd, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Todd County Standard, 27 Aug 1931: Two men are dead, a woman lies critically injured in a Hopkinsville hospital, one man is at liberty under a $5,000 bond, while another remains in jail in default of a $1,000 bond as the result of one of the worst disasters that has happened in Todd County for years, and which fairly shook the community surrounding the scene of the killing. The dead are Varl Winders, 26, and his brother, Bill Winders, 24, sons of Mr.and Mrs. Seymour Winders. Mrs. Lou Harris, 38, mother-in-law of Bill Winders, lies in a critical condition at Jennie Stuart Hospital, Hopkinsville. Her husband, Dudley Harris, 43, was charged with the murder of the two men, has executed bond and is at liberty. Isaac Winders, who was arrested a short time after the gun battle, is charged of shooting and wounding Mrs. Harris and is held in jail after failing to execute a thousand dollar bond. Ill feeling was said to have existed between the two families as far back as last June when an argument arose between Bill Winders and Harris at a dance. The argument ended in a fight, of which Harris was said to have been the victor. Shortly after this Bill Winders and Mildred, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harris, ran away and were married, later going to Denver, Colorado, to live. Upon returning to the Allegre community a few days ago the Harris family inquired as to the whereabouts of their daughter, to which Winders failed to give an answer which they thought satisfactory. The Harrises were further enraged at the attitude of their son-in-law after several days investigation failed to reveal the information they were seeking in regard of the wife of Winders. The shooting began Saturday night as a number of people began to depart from church services which were being held on the grounds of the Libert Christian Church. It is said that the three Winders boys accosted Mr. and Mrs. Harris as they were walking to their car. Bill was said to have told Harris that he had whipped him once but couldn't do it again. In a crowded courthouse, Dudley Harris was acquitted of the murders after the defense attorney entered a plea of self-defense.

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] Johnny D. Walker, Jun 2002 (Reliability: 3).