Por el Editor de Edison
CalPatty Press reporter
How about this…. A mysterious death in SAME AREA as the Mike and Julie Flanagan Murder just a few short months ago!
How SOON everyone just forgot!
BODY OF MELODY RUSH AT MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE – Discovered On Sycamore Creek New Year’s Day
(01/02/2009)
The State Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death of a Calhoun woman identified as Melody Rush, whose lifeless body was discovered beside Sycamore Creek early New Years Day.
Rush, in her early 30s, had been to the George Parsons residence at Russett New Year’s Eve night, after which her sister called 911 about 2 a.m. Thursday, stating she was missing from her car.
The car was near the Parsons residence, apparently stuck or stalled, after which she apparently fell over a steep hillside landing near Sycamore Creek, according to Sheriff Allen Parsons.
Grantsville volunteer firemen joined the search in an area about 150-yards below a low-water bridge, her body discovered as temperatures dropped to about 15 degrees.
This mysterious death was just ignored which certainly sounds like foul play to me and close enough to practically throw a rock at the house of this latest murder. A killer is among us and has been!
Bobby Ray Shamblin was suspected of the 2003 double murder of Ward Groves and his ex-wife Mary Hicks found dead just a stones throw away from the Flanagan double homicide.
Groves died from a gunshot wound to the head and Hicks, whose body was found in another room, died of a gunshot wound to the left side of her body.
A mentally challenged 16 year old, Ronnie Rush was charged with the murder.
Those of us in the know-know that Ronnie Rush was not the killer of Groves and Hicks!
But convenient to arrest a retarded person.
Double Homicides Worry County – Red Star indicates location
of double murder of Mike and Julie Flanagan on Left Fork Rd.
(Sycamore) 2009 and Blue Star indicates location of double
murder of Ward Groves and Mary Hicks 2003 along US 33-11
The CalPatty Press has brought to you the real truth and the real facts about CRIME and MISCONDUCT of public officials which seem to go hand in hand.
La Prensa CalPatty ha traído a usted la verdad y los hechos reales sobre delincuencia y la mala conducta de los funcionarios públicos que parecen ir de la mano.
THE REAL STORY was told to CalPatty Press readers in regard to the Calhoun County Chief Deputy Bandy trial, which never went to trial at all just like we predicted. Oh…we hoped as our articles indicated, but what we thought was an honest circuit court judge in the 5th judicial circuit was not honest at all, or how could anyone just agree to letting a public official charged with eight felonies walk out of the courtroom with no consequences for their crimes.
Bandy was just one of many many many bad cops!
The CalPatty Press was right about the fact as soon as they brought Hough in on the case, that the fix is in.
If you follow this link(below) you will see for yourself how Rina correctly predicted how a beautiful promising young woman died in a tragic incident that somehow, someway Rina hit right on the head even when being told she was wrong, but she ended up being 100% correct about the death of the young woman and explained how the death occured.
We fully gave you the heads up on Shane Dellinger before he ever committed a crime as a cop! We predicted his arrest and demise, since he was seen having party after party with known police informants and was also known to do drugs himself. Dellinger was convicted of several felonies and faced 40 years in prison but Crooked County Court Judge Richard A Facemire (the most crooked) gave his pal 60 days in jail, big deal!
Ron Gordon the rapist Police CHIEF we knew about, before YOU did and told you about it!
We know of over 15 women that were threatened with immediate jail if they did not perform sexual favors for the Police Chief of the County Seat of Calhoun County! They were told if they ever said anything, then expect the worst!
NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE TO TELL BUT RINA HAS BEEN RECEIVING THREATS!
We can’t repeat what was said, it was horrific!
We do know the source and contacted our attorneys so that matter is documented. We have in the past retained some very well-known attorneys and most of the good ones in WV know who we are, since we have been trying to retain some of them for specific civil law actions and have been conducting interviews.
Now we are very concerned about the Flanagan murder because we have seen so much bad stuff that includes bad cops and crooked public officials come out of central West Virginia that we have published about one million words on the matter.
CalPatty Press reporter Rina McCoy has an uncanny ability to get to the heart and truth of the matter, and often times it is not always what we want to hear.
For now the article and comment section involving information provided to Rina we have to keep among the members that have a pass code since some important new information has been brought forth involving suspects involved in this heinous crime.
For the family of the deceased, if Calhoun State Police lead this investigation, you can expect it to be bungled in the jungle and the evidence will just be swinging from a tree somewhere, like a bald assed monkey.
Welcome to the hell hole known as central West Virginia where honest hard working people from Ohio are automatically robbed of their gas rights and made to pay out all of their money on lawyers. See that is how they get you here.
Then, when they don’t play ball with the powers that be, someone comes to your house at night with a gun.
We know that story, since it happened to US in 2007!
The only thing that saved us, was that we had guns, and quite frankly armed guards that are very experienced. We were waiting for them, because of the threats.
Partial photo from surveillance cam of shots being returned from 75 yards out below
When the night was over. The best dog out of the bunch was shot dead.
One State Trooper(Sgt CJ Ellson) had a mysterious self-inflicted gun shot wound(supposed) and rounds and rounds and rounds were fired at popping flashes of light, but NO COPS EVER CAME!
….or did they!
31 responses so far ↓
crookedcountycrooks // April 18, 2009 at 6:11 p
I can see the signs of the bullshit coming involving this case. Already some inaccurate information is being presented by the powers that be, and soon, this all will just be another…
NON EVENT!
This morning with the sun shining it is just-as-if it never happened to many, unfortunately, when just a couple of miles away another double murder that was very similar to the Flanagan killing took place in 2003 and that issue was never resolved and was bogged down in misconduct by investigators.
From what we have been able to gather through the questioning of our own underground sources… is that this crime took place in the late evening of 13 April.
Some feel that more than one person is involved, however, we differ in their opinion and are concentrating on keeping our ears to the ground and our eyes wide open.
Also, folks it might be a good idea to have some weapons you are familiar with handy, just in case.
The killer is definitely among us and feels he has friends that will protect him, after all who would ever suspect some dumb hillbilly with about a 100 IQ with some not so advanced social skills.
Any info we have goes to Virginia, not WV!
Sorry, but it is hard to know who to trust in WV
Anonymous // April 18, 2009 at 1:24 p
Sounds like Tyler County WV to me!
calpattypress // April 18, 2009 at 2:35 p
Sounds like Calhoun County West Virginia to me!
cosmiccommunications // April 18, 2009 at 4:12 p
From what I understand the entire area is bolting down tight. I talked to Dreama from a Calhoun today and she said that she has a baseball bat at the ready. Also the CPP dream of a reporter Rina was out late again asking questions from people that might be in the know. From what I hear, the killer is possibly in Calhoun County and some people might know who it is.
Towner // April 18, 2009 at 4:04 p
According to a source close to the family, Mike and Julie Flanagan had just recently inherited a little over 180,000 dollars.
G Harki // April 19, 2009 at 6:45 p
April 4, 2009
FBI investigating rape charge against deputies, ex-cop
By Gary Harki
Staff writer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — FBI agents are studying physical evidence linked to the alleged November rape of a 22-year-old Logan County woman by three law enforcement officers.
Three Logan County sheriff’s deputies and one former Chapmanville police officer allegedly were involved in the incident. The woman claims three of the officers raped her and the fourth was there but drunk and throwing up.
“We are definitely looking into it,” said Jay Bartholomew, supervisory special agent with the FBI in Charleston.
The FBI investigates such cases, looking into whether someone’s civil rights have been violated by a police officer abusing their power.
“Civil rights is a very high priority for us and we’re going to investigate pretty much any allegation that comes along that has any substance to it,” Bartholomew said.
FBI and other law enforcement agencies want these cases solved as much as the general public does, he said.
“There is nothing worse than a bad cop, nothing,” Bartholomew said.
crookedcountycrooks // April 19, 2009 at 9:16 p
Sounds like Gilmer County AKA
CROOKED COUNTY
…to me!
cosmoscommunicator // April 19, 2009 at 11:52 p
That Melody Rush thing was weird, because people can only speculate what really happened. There wasn’t much said about it. Could she have fallen, pushed in a dispute? Alcohol involved?
Truly sad all of it.
calpattypress // April 19, 2009 at 12:50 p
Thanks to you know who for the valuable information you sent us in regard to this murder investigation. We firmly believe if serious progress is not made soon we are looking at another fiasco.
calpattypress // April 21, 2009 at 12:02 p
MEMORIAL SERVICE SET FOR VICTIMS OF DOUBLE KILLING
(04/21/2009)
A memorial service for victims of a double murder is scheduled for Thursday 23 APRIL.
Julie Lynn Flanagan and her husband Michael D. Flanagan, of Millstone will be remembered at 1 p.m. Thursday at Stump Funeral Home in Arnoldsburg, with the family receiving friends one hour before the memorial service.
Both bodies were discovered April 14 by their daughter inside their Sycamore Creek home, apparently shot to death at close range.
State Police have told state media that a primary person of interest is no longer considered a suspect, indicating they have few leads.
Here we go again! Another bungle in the jungle!
cosmiccommunications // April 21, 2009 at 12:11 p
A Calhoun County man has been exposed as possible suspect according to people in the know, since he was seen in that area just prior to the killings according to some people that live in Arnoldsburg. Also, was known to have dealings in that immediate area. It has been revealed that person of interest has long established exclusive drug(cocaine) contacts in Calhoun and Spencer area.
crookedcountycrooks // April 21, 2009 at 1:27 p
Unless we can get some very experienced big guns to investigate this matter right away, this too will just be forgotten, and then, of course, it would be just a matter of time before it happens again, and again.
Anon // April 21, 2009 at 2:40 p
The initial investigators(WVSP), that came upon the murder are inexperienced in murder investigations, but VERY EXPERIENCED AT SCREWING UP even the simplest of investigations, even on a small scale that are insignificant. Important facts ignored, but hearsay with this person saying that, with no concrete back up will become fact for just about any member of Central WV Law Enforcement. It’s pathetic.
calpattypress // April 22, 2009 at 10:47 p
We were hoping to have information that an arrest has been made in regard to these heinous murders, but no such news can be told.
The news we have is that the investigators in this case have followed false leads and wild goose chases instead of finding the person responsible for this outrageous act against god.
Unfortunately there has been no suspects taken into custody, nor have authorities in charge of the investigation followed any of the clues or evidence that would lead them to the killer.
All we have heard is LAME excuses for why the matter has not progressed forward.
It’s the same old story!!
Just like we thought!
crookedcountycrooks // April 22, 2009 at 11:02 p
Pretty easy to notice why someone had an immediate excuse for the main SS suspect…
“Oh, yeah well he was out of town when the murder took place!”
What a bunch of bullshit!
How would he know when the murder took place unless he was there, and that out of town excuse sounds just like what it is, an excuse!
NOW the usual cover up will take place and somebody they can all get over on will be blamed.
calpattypress // April 23, 2009 at 4:12 p
Double murder was near site of minor battle during Civil War with the local Rangers.
West Virginia In The Civil War
PARTISAN RANGERS AND UNION RECRUITS
SKIRMISH IN CALHOUN
To be sure, as battles of the Civil War are measured by later generations, the action on the ridge at the forks of Sycamore Creek, Calhoun County, at high noon on November 28, 1861, was a very minor battle; it did not get mentioned in the roll of 632 actions listed under sixteen categories occurring in West Virginia during the four-year period, and would have been entirely forgotten had it not been that a volunteer reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer wrote a highly colored story of the encounter. Then, too, there was the mellowed memories of veterans who had participated in the action who told their stories in later years, to which this narrative is indebted.
The action was an exchange of gunfire lasting about forty-five minutes between Captain Perry Conley’s band of irregular Southern partisans, a splinter group of the Moccasin Rangers, and a detachment of Captain James L. Simpson’s Company C, Eleventh (West) Virginia Infantry, which had not yet been mustered into Federal volunteer service. It was probably the first time members of Company C had come under enemy fire.
The rest of the engagement was indecisive as both combatants cleared out of the scene of action as quickly as possible, Conley’s rangers withdrawing first to get out of musket range. The number of casualties suffered by the combatants remains undetermined, the reports ranging from a loss by Conley of six dead and a number wounded, as reported by the Intelligencer correspondent, to one Union soldier wounded and one known ranger killed, as recalled by participants.
calpattypress // April 23, 2009 at 4:28 p
Yankee’s Raid ancestors home of modern day SS that were Southern Secessionist in 1861 !
In the fall of 1861, Yankee Captain James L. Simpson, of Parkersburg, set about recruiting a company in Calhoun County for a new loyal regiment, but he found the recruiting a slow process in that disturbed area where Union men feared to leave their homes and families unprotected. Within a few weeks, Simpson did get enough men together to make up the major part of a company and led them to Camp Pierpont near Elizabeth, where a Wirt County company was in process of organization. Other enlistees from the Calhoun section were signed up and funneled into Camp Pierpont, but it was not until December 22, after many of the men had seen hard service chasing guerrillas in Wirt, Calhoun, and Roane counties, that Company C was mustered into the Federal volunteer service.
On November 27–a month before the muster, but acting as state troops–Captain Simpson with a detachment of twenty-six Yankee’s of Company C left Camp Pierpont for a scouting expedition through the Little Kanawha River section in Calhoun, where the homes of many of the men were located. The object was to arrest some of the best known and most active rangers, notably those belonging to the band under Southern Captain George Downs the olden day head of the CCC. The Perry Conley Southern contingent usually operated farther to the South in the West Fork country.
Early in the morning of the twenty-eighth the detachment swooped down upon the home of Southern Sympathizer and Confederate guerrilla fighter Patrick Rafferty, who lived on the river a few miles east of Grantsville, and took him into custody, then moving quickly to a neighboring house the troopers picked up Jackson Wright–both men well known as raiders and marauders. Associates who lived in the neighborhood took to the hills;(These men are ancestors and relatives of modern day SS, CCC and team Rangers)
Simpson knew that it would be futile and perhaps fatal to go into the woods to flush them out(Damn right) He turned to the south to pay a visit to Arnoldsburg, the county seat and the secessionist center.
Arnoldsburg was the county seat early in the war before the Yankee’s stole our state of Virginia and made Grantsville the carpetbagger capital county seat.
calpattypress // April 23, 2009 at 4:38 p
At just about the noon hour the detachment reached the home of Colonel Adonijah McDonald, late commanding officer of the county’s 186th Regiment, Virginia Enrolled Militia, who lived on the divide between the forks of Sycamore, near a log building which served the community in the dual purpose of church and schoolhouse. The hospitable colonel invited Simpson and his men to dine with him, but as the captain was somewhat pressed for time he accepted only for himself and five of his men. The others were told to go to the homes of nearby residents for their noon meal, scattering out so that no one would be seriously inconvenienced or time lost in mass cooking.
Confederate Captain Conley had been alerted that the Federals were on the prowl and had hastily mustered his band, drawing on the men of other Moccasin groups. He got together a force estimated at from forty to seventy-five–and moved out to capture or scatter the invading Union troopers. By chance the two forces arrived in the region of the McDonald home at about the same time. Conley kept his men concealed in the dense woods nearby, and when the men started to scatter out it was a situation made to his order. But when his men moved forward they were detected by three Company C men who were on their way to a home nearby.
Hurrying back to the McDonald home to give the alarm, Simpson was given a few minutes to prepare for defense. Rebel Ranger Commander Conley moved in close enough to make a demand for surrender, which was refused. The first contingent of the Team Rangers opened fire on the house, pouring in volley after volley, which was returned by the defenders. Then, finding the quarters too limited for action, Simpson moved his men into the yard, joined in a few minutes by others of the detachment who had been recalled by the sound of gunfire. Other Simpson men took position in the church-schoolhouse, but too far away to be of any effective use in the firefight. After some forty-five minutes of brisk firing, using up most of the available ammunition, Conley signaled his band of rebels to withdraw.
Not much damage had been done despite the tremendous waste of gunpowder! Private Sutton Cox, of Company C, a Yankee had been shot through the leg and seriously disabled, and a few other men had received minor wounds and bruises.
On the Moccasin Ranger side there is no accurate account of the killed and wounded. The exaggerated report of the Intelligencer man said Rebel Captain Conley withdrew “leaving four dead on the ground and carrying off two dead and all their wounded.” According to the men who were there, no dead were left on the ground. Some thought, however, that a couple or three dead men were carried away.
Certainly, one of the rangers was killed, and his death did no credit to the men of Company C. The man, whose name has been lost, had been so severely wounded that he was unable to join his fellows on their retreat.
He had propped himself up against a rail fence where he was found by the Federals. Instead of rendering the aid that humanity dictates, even to an enemy on the battlefield, four or five of the men leveled their guns and fired on him, killing him instantly, an incident that could not but enrage the partisans and spur them on to like atrocities. As booty, Captain Simpson collected several guns of nondescript character, running from squirrel rifles to heavy caliber flintlock muskets.
On taking a hasty departure, dinnerless, it was found thatYankee Private Cox was too badly injured to travel, and he was left at the McDonald home. Cox well knew that he would suffer the same fate as the (set-upon) Ranger if found by any of Conley’s company of confederates. Painfully he dragged himself into the woods to find a hiding place, and that night he made his way to the home of a widow, Mrs. Mary Burrows–usually called “Granny”–who lived near the mouth of Steer Creek. The kind old lady dressed his wounds and cared for him about two weeks, keeping that damn Yankee concealed in a cliff where shallow shelter was afforded, and denying to Ranger scouts that she knew anything about him.
Fearing that Cox would eventually fall into the hands of the Rangers, she appealed to a neighbor, James W. Johnson, for help to get him to safety at some Federal post. “Uncle Jimmy” was at heart a Southern sympathizer, but was (after most from Calhoun County) just and humane man. He abhorred bloodshed, and agreed to risk his own personal safety and that of his property by rendering aid to a wounded Union soldier so badly wanted by the Moccasin Rangers.
“Uncle Jimmy” pondered on ways and methods, and finally decided to move openly in a resort to stratagem. Early one morning he saddled his two horses, placing a sidesaddle on one, and rode to the home of Mrs. Burrows. Cox was clad in one of “Granny’s” dresses, her old poke bonnet was placed on his head with her big, steel-bowed spectacles on his eyes, mounted the sidesaddle and with his escort started down the river. All went well until within a few miles above Grantsville when they came face to face with Original member of the SS and ancestor to members of the modern day Consolidated Citizens Corp Robert Wilson, who was directing a squad of ranger scouts.
The two were stopped and Wilson began making inquiries. With rare presence of mind “Uncle Jimmy” turned to Cox and said: “You ride on, Granny, for Betsy’s powerful poorly; she’s a mighty sick woman,” indicating that his wife was sick and he had gone for help. The Yankee Cox rode on dressed as an old woman and Mr. Johnson joined him in a few minutes and together they worked on through to the Johnson home where Cox was given into the care of a Yankee neighbor. A few days later he was piloted through to Harrisville where, after a period of convalescence, he rejoined his company.
Although a Yankee, Cox was still a brave man and fully recovered from his wound and went through the vicissitudes of nearly four years of war with Company C, and was in line of battle at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, when General Lee surrendered. The company and regiment had undergone many changes; Captain Simpson had been promoted to major, but at the surrender the regiment was commanded by Major Michael A. Ayers, one of the original Company C recruits.
Confederates Rafferty and Wright were sent to Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, for a long sojourn as prisoners of war, and Captain Conley, whose name was a terror throughout the central counties, was killed in a fight with Federal troops in Webster County in the summer of 1862. Confederate leader Conley died a hero.
John Rafferty, Patricks’ son found him in prison and hunted squirrel and such to keep him fed well enough, John’s son was named Columbus Ohio Rafferty in honor of the Yankee Prison stay; and in fact became a judge in Gilmer County known as Lumy to his family and friends. Many well known politicians and congressman visited the home. Congressman Jennings Randolph was a regular visitor to the home and was a close family friend for many years. The old house still stands to this day in Letter Gap and is known to be a meeting place of the modern day Consolidated Citizens Corp.
crookedcountycrooks // April 23, 2009 at 5:22 p
Not much has changed in almost 150 years, just the color of the shirts. Yankee’s are still carrying out raiding parties and taking prisoners and still violating peoples god given rights.
And the DIRECT descendants of the people that were there… fighting for their rights are still here.
calpattypress // April 23, 2009 at 6:21 p
Confederate Ancestors of the CCC, SS and Team Rangers captured at the battle of Sycamore Creek: or killed in action
RAFFERTY, Patrick “Pat,” Co. A, 3rd Virginia State Line (Moccasin Rangers). Enlisted on 6 Dec. 1862 at Vicksburg, Miss. Present on 28 Feb. 1863. Private, Co. A, 19th Virginia Cavalry. Born Latram, Ireland about 1822. Age 38, farmer, Calhoun Co., W.Va. 1860 Census. Enlisted Williamsburg, Greenbrier Co., W.Va., 1 Mar. 1863. Not stated if present or absent on muster-in-roll dated March 1863. Clothing issued 21 Mar. 1864. Paroled at Charleston, W.Va., 11 May 1865. Description, age 43, 5/10″, dark complexion, black hair, gray eyes and brown whiskers. Post war roster shows he was captured during the war by Captain Simpson’s detachment a few miles east of Grantsville, W.Va. Age 50, farmer, Sherman Township, Calhoun Co., W.Va. 1870 Census. C.S.A.
WRIGHT, George, brother of Andrew Jackson Wright. Killed near Henrietta by Union soldiers (age twenty-one, 1860 census). C.S.A.
WRIGHT, Andrew Jackson, Co. A 3rd Virginia State Line (Moccasin Rangers). Enlisted on 1 June 1862 in Calhoun Co., Va. Present on 28 Feb. 1863. Born Lewis Co., about 1842. Age 18 Calhoun County 1860 Census. Private, Co. A, 19th Virginia Cavalry. Enlisted Williamsburg, Greenbrier County, W.Va. 1 Mar. 1863. Not stated if present or absent on muster-in-roll dated March 1863. Clothing issued 21 May 1864. Captured a few miles east of Grantsville by Captain Simpson’s detachment. Age 39, farmer, Sheridan District, Calhoun County 1880 Census. C.S.A.
cosmiccommunications // April 23, 2009 at 6:47 p
This should remind you of SOMEONE in modern times!
NANCY HART, THE LADY GUERRILLA
A troublesome character was Nancy Hart, the female bushwhacker, who gave a number of Federal officers a very bad time during the first couple of years of the Civil War. She was a mountain spitfire, deadly as a copperhead and filled with partisan spirit, who rode with Perry Conley and his Moccasin Rangers through the central counties of West Virginia. In her spare time she picked up bits of information here and there that were helpful to the marauding Moccasins and to the other loosely associated groups operating as Virginia Partisan Rangers.
Captain Perry Conley (the title was self-conferred for the reason that he headed the Rangers) had picked up his men largely from the area around the upper waters of the West Fork of the Little Kanawha, in Calhoun County, and operated under his own auspices. He made his own rules of warfare with the aid of Nancy Hart. Joining at times with Captain Sprigg in Braxton and Webster counties, and with other segments of the Moccasin Rangers captained by George Downs, Dan Duskey, and Peter Saurburn, the guerrilla legion became a terror to the central counties–and none was more feared than the band led by Perry Conley, whose killings, it is claimed, ran up into a very respectable number.
The ponderous printed tomes of the Official Records of the Rebellion are silent as to the part Nancy Hart played in the war, and even her captain, to whom she was apparently devoted, gets no mention. Though she has been dead only a little more than a century, she is almost forgotten, and the part of her raiding that is remembered is well-laden with legend, so much so that it seems impossible to separate fiction from fact. She was not of the Belle Boyd type in capitalizing in the postwar years on her guerrilla days, but she was every bit as courageous and resourceful, and more forthright in her operations.
Nancy Hart first appears in the Civil War story in the early summer of 1861 when she was reported as the companion of Perry Conley in guerrilla forays in Calhoun County. Her background, if ever known, has not been made a part of the legend, but she is described as a handsome girl in her early twenties…
Now who the heck does that sound like!
Maybe you’re right! Only the names have changed.
calpattypress // April 23, 2009 at 7:04 p
Bounding out of the house, NANCY HART, THE LADY GUERRILLA mounted Lieutenant Colonel Starr’s favorite horse and was away at a gallop, though closely pursued, she managed to evade the soldiers and made her way safely to the Confederate lines on Greenbrier River. She had saved her neck. Again she packed away information that boded no good for the Ninth Infantry, and for Lieutenant Colonel Starr in particular. He was to know again that Nancy was as dangerous as a copperhead!
About a week later at four o’clock in the morning of July 25, 1862, Nancy returned to Summersville, but she did not come alone. She brought with her some two hundred gray-clad Confederate cavalry, or mounted infantry, under the command of Major R. Augustus Bailey, of Patton’s Twenty-second Virginia Infantry. The Rebel troops came storming up the Sutton road, overran the pickets located about a quarter of a mile from the headquarters, and entered the streets of the town without opposition. The officers and soldiers were wrapped in heavy sleep and fell an easy prey.
After setting fire to three houses, including the commissary storehouse, destroying two wagons, and taking eight mules and twelve horses, the raiders retreated by way of the Sutton road, taking their prisoners with them. Nancy had her revenge; Lieutenant Colonel Starr and his officers were on their way to Libby Prison at Richmond.
crookedcountycrooks // April 23, 2009 at 7:29 p
Rufus Knotts’s letter from Camp Chase, Ohio:
Camp Chase, Ohio
August 20, 1864
Your very kind and welcome letter of the instant was received yesterday and I was very glad to hear from you and to hear that you were well. I am enjoying tolerable good health. The other boys here of Calhoun are all so well. Henry Wain died here the other day of the fever.
I heard from Papa Hensley yesterday. He is well and hearty. He says he has not heard from home for a long time, and says he is very anxious to be released that he may return home. I hope he may soon be released. Dr. Job McMar has not come here yet with his petition, but I hope he may come soon. I think he will then be released.
If I had a petition from Union men, certified by a Clerk of a Court, that they were Union men and approved by the Governor of West Virginia, I could be released. I still hear from my family. Tip was not very well when I heard from them last. I know they see very hard times, and I hardly know what they will do without assistance as everything is so scarce and high. I hope I may soon be permitted to return to them.
What are William and Jim doing? I received a letter from George Lynch. It is all I have received from any of them. I think they have all forgotten me. I wrote to William to send me some money as I needed it very much but he has not as much as written to me. They do not know what it is to be cast off in prison from their families and their friends.
Write to me soon and often and I hope if we never meet on earth we may meet in heaven. I often think of the kind advice and admonition you have often gave me. Give my love to Mima Lynch and all inquiring friends and write soon and tell me how Prudy and her children are doing.
/s/ Rufus Knotts
Source: Original letter in possession of Irene Booher Lynch, Arnoldsburg, West Virginia.
cosmoscommunicator // April 24, 2009 at 4:25 p
Found this in latest edition of Calhoun Chronicle, think it’s kind of weird they are discussing these interesting facts at the same time as the CalPatty Press:
The Rangers controlled Calhoun and parts of surrounding counties from 1861 to mid-1862. By the spring of 1864, due to an executive order, they were enrolled in Co. A, 19th Va. Cavalry. Patriotic members joined the regular CSA forces. Those that were not became bands of outlaws.
The Moccasin Rangers were based in the West Fork area. They were known to raid Union outposts, burn bridges, bend rails of the B&O Railroad, cut telegraph wires, harass Union supply lines, “acquire” supplies and equipment from Union sympathizers, and capture or kill enemy leaders. They succeeded in making the land south of the Little Kanawha dangerous for all Unionists.
Though their tactics were questionable, the Rangers kept the regular army busy. The Union troops had their hands full until they began to pour into the county in May of 1862. At that point, the Rangers were forced to move their camps into Braxton and Webster counties. The Union still had altercations with CSA irregulars. In fact, if the Rangers weren’t creating problems for the Unionist, then deserters and outlaw groups were.
The remnants of these bands of true American Patriots via ancestry and breeding can be found in ranking members of the modern day CCC and the leading faction of truth fighters from the Central WV SS!
Anon // April 24, 2009 at 5:00 p
The powers that be didn’t even bother to question the real killer, since that person is also a confidential informant and snitch just like Todd Smith. You would think that a crime of murder would merit an exception in allowing known criminals to commit crimes, just for the use of their false information to persecute otherwise lawful persons, but persons that are political adversaries of the powers that be. But, then again, this is central WV where they make their own rules.
crookedcountycrooks // April 24, 2009 at 9:15 p
First of all…. you go with what you know. The most logical suspects would be the lame ass cousins that hang with the local riff raff that are into the illegal prescription drug trade that is local.
The worst of the worst sell illegal prescription pills in this area.
Rule out the immediate family members, such as daughters, sons etc.
But immediately put the spot light on ANY secondary relatives, since time and time again in this part of WV THAT is where a problem arises.
Christopher Todd Smith and anyone he has had contact with should be immediately questioned. Especially any cult members.
So, advice to Sheriff that has information, hold on to it, since all you can do is wait until they make a wrong move. It may be that your suspicions on the matter are correct. Imagine that, you could be right.
In this case the family and an entire county are counting on it!
Some local lame ass IS responsible for this double murder and I would be willing to bet… that it is one of the persons that is already suspect …on the list of names collected by Rina and the SS.
calpattypress // April 25, 2009 at 4:48 p
God Damn Yankee’s!
Anon // April 28, 2009 at 8:24 p
So was the number one suspect for the Flanagan murder NUB Marks even questioned or arrested after he was seen in the area, just prior to what was later determined as the estimated time of the double killing? Also, it is indicative to at least bring forth the fact– that this murder was the most UNDER REPORTED murder in the history of West Virginia and what internal implications that concept implies.
Cop Relayed Report // April 28, 2009 at 4:59 p
State Police will be conducting a polygraph tomorrow regarding the Flanagan Murder Case. Seems State Police have lifted finger prints from the Front Door on the Flanagan Home and wish to conduct a polygraph examination on the person those finger prints belong to. Therefore, Robbie Sampson has agreed to take a polygraph which will be conducted by the men in Green at the Grantsville Detachment.
Other individuals of interest to the Green Shirts are the Cash boys who left the area shortly after the Murders. The Cash boys left town in a hurry for the State of Tennessee. Also a person being looked at for information by the Green Shirts Boys is Grantsville Man Rick Myers.
The Flanagan Daughter shortly after finding her parents shot to death in their home, ran from the home and went to Danny “Nub” Marks home where she called 911.
Word has it that this leaked information came from local State Police Trooper Doug Starcher who also reported that the Mobil Home on the Flanagan property was a High Tech Grow Lab for some very high dollar high potent marijuana.
It has been reported that Starcher stated that the Mobil Home Grow Lab could produce several hundred thousands dollars of marijuana within six to eight months. According to Starcher, high tech grow lights were utilized.
As soon as Trooper Starcher provides more case information we will pass it on.
anonymous // May 1, 2009 at 1:15 p
I know for a fact that the daughter of Julie & Micheal Flanagan did not call the police @ Danny Nub Marks house. She went to the neighbors & did so.
And who ever is getting this false info from Doug Starcher should really stop. Its really f*cking insulting & wrong. Please stop posting it. Is he even aloud to release such info. This man should be pulled from the investigation. I wonder what Doug Starcher has to gain to lie about this in such a manner!!??
Micheal & Julie Flanagan & our family are beautiful, kind, wonderful, good people!!
Please treat us with RESPECT
~Peace & Blessings~
Editors note: With all due respect, we are certainly posting this comment ASAP–However, not to disappoint you, but information received by people in the know had Danny “Nubs” Marks at or near the scene Easter weekend and the following Monday. In fact our earliest information from more than one source pointed a wicky and sticky finger at Nub definitely being involved–and, or being closely associated with those that are. We pulled that earlier information to follow up on some leads we had from people we were for certain were never going to speak to police. Danny Nub Marx has some long established cocaine connections that are local and recently had some bud(white widow) that was every bit as good as the local outdoor from last October. Now we are more than certain as to where it was coming from. Sorry but this appears to be a drug rip off, and you MAY be correct with your data on the phone call, only a couple of individuals know that for sure, but we know NUB was close by–and when we discovered some locals were putting forth a little too much effort to cover for him… we smelled a fishy rat and that is exactly what Danny Nub Marks is…. a low life bottom feeder, that fits the killer profile very very well. It is a jacket that is an almost perfect fit on ole Nub! We got that from someone that is a pro and is watching this whole situation get bungled with disinformation.
rebelfromhell // May 4, 2009 at 12:57 p
the hen house on the hill (school) lets the older kids pick on and hit the disabled -mently-wheel chair bounded kids as well they are called names made fun of beat up these kids are gods angles sent to us to see how we will treat him . i have two that go there one is here with us one is out there with god in the mind .a group of kids has jumped on my mently challenged child they beat my child to no end (child ok) we are in formed only after are child comes home with marks !!!!! we call only to hear (child) fell while at play we look deeper in to it only to find that our child was beaten up by older kids higher in grade and much older to the law here says no crime was done. we”ll see we are looking in to it as well but we believe you the people should no that this is takeing place at are school and you are lied to like us. the school has yet to tell us who has hurt are child .are friends tell us they were patted on the back for jumping on and beating up a mentally challenged child the staff looked the other way while they did the nasty there on school grounds this is our schools to day .the hell with crippled kids lets us them from punching bags and sex toys that is not why we send them to school we do this to help them be better people in life .my only wish is you as a mom and dad listen to your child find some one to help with this bulling in school and hurting are gifts from god rebelfromhell