Orphan Beaten, Tortured and Imprisoned Part 2: The Conclusion of the Alifaire Shoffer Story

 After posting my previous blog, I sent a link to it to the "Summer of Sorrow" movie Facebook page.  When they responded. they informed me that Alifaire Shoffer, the victim in this horrible case, was their Great-Aunt. Small world, huh?

Anyway, they informed me that a few years ago they had covered Alifaire's story in a series of podcasts called "Watered Down Women."

I just finished listening to the rest of Alifaire's story, and sadly, things never improved for her at all.

I won't spoil the rest of the story for you, but if you want to know the rest of Alifaire's story, here are the links to the podcast series. Each episode is only 15 minutes long. So you can listen to all four parts in an hour.  



 "Watered Down Women" Season 2 Episode 2

"Watered Down Women" Season 2 Episode 3

"Watered Down Women" Season 2 Episode 4

"Watered Down Women" Season 2 Episode 5

Thankfully, through the efforts of her family as well as historians such as myself, Alifaire's story will not be forgotten anytime soon. 

Orphan Beaten, Tortured, and Imprisoned

 I was browsing through some newspaper archives yesterday evening when I ran across a story out of Floyd County that was so horrific for the time period, that it didn't seem real, especially for rural Eastern Kentucky.

Life in Eastern Kentucky in the 1950's  was characterized by a mix of traditional and modern ways of living. Predominantly rural, agriculture and coal were the significant sources of income for most families.   Although crime did exist, when in comparison to other areas, the crime rate was relatively small.  No one expected to hear a story so shocking coming out of Eastern Kentucky.

A photo of Allifair Shoffer, the victim
and her nurse as published in the
Floyd County Times
Prestonsburg, KY
January 24, 1952.

This story of sadism, rage, and lust began on January 17, 1952, when Floyd County Judge Henry Stumbo received reports that Allifair Shoffer aka Alice Faye Chaffins, was being "mistreated" by 58-year-old John Smith Hall and his wife May.  The full extent of this mistreatment was not known until authorities arrived on the scene later that day. There they found the girl held prisoner in a "dark, pit-like space fashioned into the construction of Hall's barn loft", according to the Floyd County Times.

The authorities searched for nearly six hours before found the girl. She was so cramped and week that she could not stand. Her feet had been frost-bitten and were wrapped in rags.  Her body and face were "a mass of sores."

The girl was lying in a straw -littered pit approximately 3 feet wide, five feet long, and four feet deep. Planks were nailed across the top to keep her from  escaping.

The barn in which the victim was held
hostage, as published in the
Floyd County Times
Prestonsburg, KY
January 24, 1952.

Rescuers carried her to a Jeep and transported to a local hospital.  For a while it appeared that she would have to have her feet amputated due to gangrene. However, her condition began to improve, and she was expected to make a full recovery.

"You couldn't imagine her condition, though you think you can," said Commonwealth Detective Alex Davidson. "Women who saw us carry her to the Jeep cried," said Sheriff Banner Meade.

A few hours after being admitted to the hospital, the girl gave a signed statement to Commonwealth Detective Alex Davidson and Commonwealth Attorney Burnis Martin, describing her treatment.

"They made me cut wood on real cold days.  He made me go sleep in the old house, about three weeks ago.  I had no cover or nothing and snow was on the ground...no fire.  I slept on the floor. My feet froze...I stayed there three nights. He wouldn't give me anything to eat...", she stated.

Hall repeatedly "forced his attentions on her", the girl said. "I was afraid to tell her", referring to Hall's wife.

The girl was eventually moved to the pit in the barn where she had been approximately 36 hours before being found. She was taken there by Hall and his teenage stepson.

The girl went on to describe the beatings she would get from Hall. His favorite scourge was a bridle. He beat her with the bridle causing deep sores on her body. He also beat her with a horsewhip as well.

Although she hadn't eaten, at about 8 A.M. on the day of her rescue, Mrs. Hall took her some water.

The girl had been released from the county jail back in August of the following year, where she had been held for investigation for several days.  She told Judge Stumbo at that time that she wanted to go live with the Halls.  At that time Hall bought her a dress and explained that his wife was "poorly" and that the girl could help about the house.

Up until that time the girl was a "tramp-like figure with few if any home ties", according to the Floyd County Times.

The girl stated that the beatings started immediately upon arrival. And it wasn't long until he began raping her.  During the rapes, Hall would bind her hands and feet and threaten her with death if she told anyone.

The girl also stated to authorities that Mrs. Hall would beat her as well and would laugh when her husband beat her.

When Hall took her to the barn to hide  her, he told the girl she had to be quiet, that the law was looking for her to put her in jail.  He promised her he would free her soon and get her to Detroit.

Hall increased her fear of the police by telling her about a little boy who had been sent to the asylum by police and was killed there. He told her she would meet the same fate if the police found her.

That Thursday, January 17, 1952, immediately upon learning of the situation and before authorities went to the scene to investigate, Judge Stumbo had begun issuing subpoenas for witnesses to appear at a court of inquiry. After the witnesses appeared that same day and gave their statements, Stumbo issued a warrant charging Hall with assault and battery.

In the afternoon of Wednesday, January 16, 1952, as witnesses were being rounded up by Sheriff's deputies, Hall became alarmed.  That night he visited homes in the vicinity, inquiring after the girl's whereabouts and reporting that she had disappeared.

When the officials who went to the home that Thursday learned of the reports that he had spread, they feared that he had killed the girl and disposed of her body.  This feeling grew as the search continued upwards of four hours, in vain.

Mrs. Hall denied knowledge of the girl's whereabouts.  Hall himself had disappeared.  Not until the officials were ready to leave, bringing Mrs. Hall with them, did Mrs. Hall indicate that the girl might be in the barn.  Soon afterward the girl was found there.

The accused: Smith Hall,
courtesy of the Floyd County Times,
Prestonsburg, KY.

Mr. Hall became a fugitive. A few hours before the girl was rescued, Hall was seen by neighbors leaving the mountainside across Branham's Creek from his home. They saw him crawl across the road, visit the barn and leave, going up the steep hillside back of his home. 

It was believed that he was armed with a shotgun and binoculars and was hidden in the mountains or was being sheltered by relatives.  Officers searching the vicinity and keeping watch on activities in the surrounding hillsides were in possession of two warrants for Hall, in addition to the original writ which charged him with assault and battery.  The latest warrants charged him with rape and malicious mischief.

They also had warrants for Mrs. Hall for malicious mischief and for being an accomplice to Mr. Hall, who was taken into custody at the time of the search for the girl.

On Friday, January 18, 1952, Sheriff Meade offered a reward of $100 for the capture of Hall. Sheriff Meade would announced the reward would be paid for information leading to Mr. Hall's arrest.  By the following Tuesday, a reward fund was being raised.

Mrs. Hall was released from jail under bond on that Friday afternoon.  Her arrest on the new warrant was expected later in the week.

Hall's victim gave her name as Chaffin and her age as 18, school records disclosed that she was actually 22 and that her name was Shoffer. Her sister, Mrs. Sarah Adkins of Mansfield, OH, corroborated those statistics.  Adkins stated that the girl's "mind isn't good at times."

Mrs. Adkins said that Allifair's father was the late Harry Shoffer. Her mother, Alma Preston Shoffer was also deceased.  The girl first attended school at Dwale, later at Garrett and Weeksbury, and in 1941 was in an orphanage.

Mrs. Adkins said she took her sister to live with her while she was a resident of Weeksbury, but that she could not control her, and again took her to Ohio with her.

The name Chaffins apparently became attached to the girl because a family of that name at some time gave her shelter.  She told authorities that her mother is dead but that her father, Charles Chaffins, lives in Williamson, WV.

On February 9, 1952, Sheriff Banner Meade received a  tip that Mr. Hall was staying with a brother-in-law, C.B. Elliott , 340 miles away just outside of Oak Grove in Christian County.  Sure enough, Christian County Sheriff Howard Majors along with the Kentucky State Police, located Mr. Hall there and arrested him and held him for the Floyd County officers. His arrest ended a 23 day manhunt.

Mr. Hall denied any wrong doing to the Christian County authorities, except for one time he hit her with a switch.

Hall said it was the girl's own idea to hide in the barn when they learned officers were coming to the farm.  Saying he was innocent, Hall told reporters that he had fled because he was frightened.

The girl, on the other hand, made a good recovery and was expected to be released from the hospital the next day to go live with relatives in Ohio.

On Tuesday, February 11, 1952, Floyd County officials began making preparations to hold an examining trial that would take place on February 14th.

During this examining trial, which was presided over by County Judge Henry Stumbo, the girl stated that her name was Shoffer and that Chaffins was her stepfather's name. She testified that Mr. Hall raped her "so many times that she could not remember." She also testified that he forced her to work the hillside cornfields without adequate clothing; and that he beat her often with a buggy whip.

During the examining trial, the girl was questioned by Mr. Hall.  Hall asked the girl if the cornfield where they worked was not visible from several surrounding houses. She responded that part of it was  but not all of it.

Hall also contended that several of his children were always in the field with them, but the girl denied it.

After lengthy questioning, the girl told Mr. Hall "Now Smith Hall you know you did those things."  She went on to say "Smith Hall, I've listened to all the foolishness I'm going to from you." She left the witness chair and returned to her seat. 

Hall declined to testify during the examining trial.

Following the examining trial, Mr. Hall was ordered held to the Grand Jury without bond on charges of rape, malicious mischief, and assault.  Hall had previously served two prior prison sentences, one for forgery and one for malicious shooting and wounding. So that also meant that Hall was also indicted under the Habitual Criminal Act, making a life sentence mandatory after a third conviction for a felony.

Hall's trial was scheduled for April of the same year.

On April 24, 1952, in a shocking turn of events, Smith Hall pleaded guilty under the Habitual Criminal Act and accepted life imprisonment rather than face a trial. The charges against his wife and stepson were dropped. Hall stated they were totally innocent in the crime.

Headline from the Lexington Herald, April 25, 1952

Not much else is known about the defendants or the victims in this case.  If my research is correct, Mr. Hall passed away in 1975. I was unable to find anything on his wife.  Nor was I able to find anything else about the victim, other than she was taken to a mental hospital for evaluation before being sent back to Floyd County to live with another lady. But they were unsure if that arrangment was going to work.  From there her trail goes cold.

In a strange coincidence, I learned that the victim's sister, Sarah Adkins, who was quoted earlier, was the mother of Clinton Scott Adkins, an infant who died in the contaminated water epidemic in Mansfield in 1949. That story was the basis for the recent movie "Summer of Sorrow" in which Sarah was the main character. 

The Knott County Murder House

 Back in 2021 I ran across a video on social media about the "Murder House", located in Hindman, Kentucky.

Well naturally, the name "murder house" caught my attention, so I began to look inquire how it became known as the "murder house."

Knott County Murder House - 
photo effects added to disguise the house.

The story began on Friday, September 28, 1984, when an argument ensued between the victim, 38-year-old Phyllis Slone of Hindman, and 19-year-old Geral Scott Ritchie, also of Hindman. The argument was over Ritchie's intent to marry Slone's fourteen-year-old daughter.  Slone would not agree to the marriage. During this argument Ritchie strangled Slone to death and placed her body in the trunk of her own car. Slone was five months pregnant at the time.

Scott also assaulted Slone's 13-year-old son by striking him on the head with a stick after the slaying and forced him to remain silent.

Ritchie and his girlfriend forced her 13 year old brother into the car, then drove the body of her mother to the Big Sandy River where they dumped it in the river.  After dumping the body they drove Slone's car to Clintwood, VA where, on Saturday, September 29, 1984, they attempted to get married, but the courthouse was closed.

According to reports, they left Slone's car in Virginia, returning to Hindman late Saturday after Ritchie called a relative to pick them up.

Later that night, David Slone, Phyllis' husband, took his son, David, Jr., to a Hazard, KY hospital for treatment of his head injury from the assault, and the boy began telling what had happened.

Ritchie was arrested that Sunday at his mobile home which was near the Slone residence.  After his arrest, he led the police to the site where he dumped Slone's body, where it was recovered late Sunday evening. Ritchie was then lodged in the Knott County Jail. 

clipped from the Floyd County Times, Prestonsburg, KY,
October 3, 1984

Ritchie's girlfriend was charged with aiding in the murder and was returned to the custody of her father, David.

On Thursday, October 11, 1984, Knott County Attorney James Bates asked in a preliminary hearing that Gerald Ritchie be denied bond. Bates said the slaying of Slone could be considered a capital offense because her car, a gun, and some money were allegedly taken.

District Judge Graham Martin denied the motion but did grant another motion to raise Ritchie's bond from $100,000.00 to $500,000.00.  Ned Pillarsdorf, a public defender representing Ritchie, said he would enter a motion to have the bond reduced.

The case was ordered to be taken before the grand jury.

On Thursday, October 11, 1984 in a preliminary hearing, Scott pleaded innocent.

A year later, on October 29, 1985 Ritchie's girlfriend, who was later identified as Cassandra Slone, daughter of the victim, was placed on trial for capital murder. The state was asking for the death penalty. Ritchie was also charged with capital murder, and both were charged kidnapping in the abduction of 13-year-old David Slone, Jr. Ritchie also was charged with first degree robbery in the theft of the car.

Both Ritchie and his girlfriend gave police confessions.  State Police Detective David Penman testified in the preliminary hearing that Ritchie told him that the couple also planned to kill Miss Slone's brother and her father.

It was also learned in the confessions that Cassandra continued strangling her mother when Ritchie attacked her brother with the stick. They then drove Mrs. Slone's car approximately 40 miles to the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River near the Highlands Medical Center in Prestonsburg and dumped her body into the river. The couple later drove to Clintwood, VA where they attempted to get married.

Before the trial could get underway, a plea bargain was reached.  As part of the agreement, the state reduced the murder charges to non-capital murder.  Miss Slone would receive a 30-year sentence in the death of her mother and a five-year sentence for pleading guilty to unlawful imprisonment, rather than kidnapping, of her brother.

Ritchie, who pleaded guilty but mentally ill to non-capital murder, would receive a life sentence. He also pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping, for which a 20-year term was recommended. The robbery charge was dropped as part of the agreement. And both would be eligible for parole after serving a portion of their sentences.

Clipped from the Park City Daily News, Bowling Green, KY
October 30, 1985.

 A sentencing hearing was scheduled for November 15, 1985. 

From there, the case goes cold. I could find no more information about Cassandra or Gerald. A search of the Kentucky Offender Lookup System came up empty; so, I'm assuming that both have already been released. 

The Murder of Police Chief Sam Murphy

 

The Torn Headline from the Floyd County Times
Prestonsburg, KY, January 17, 1936.

Most of this article comes from the January 17, 1936 edition of the Floyd County Times. In the situations where the paper was torn I had to fill in the gaps with what I thought it was saying. 

Weeksbury, Kentucky Chief of Police S.J. Murphy was shot and fatally wounded Saturday night, January 11, 1936, at the Weeksbury jail by D. "Manny" Burke after Murphy had jailed the slayer's half-brother on a drunkeness charge.

The killing, declared by authorities to have been one of unusual atrocity, aroused considerable feeling in Weeksbury where Mr. Murphy had headed the police force for the last eight years and had earned the friendship of all who knew him by his courteous but firm enforcement of the law.

The bullet from Burke's high-powered rifle struck the officer near the heart and he was dead within minutes.  He spoke only once after he was shot. "Why did you do that?" he called out to the slayer, then fired two shots from his revolver before falling.

Shortly before the slaying took place, Murphy had arrested Wilson Hall, the half-brother of Burke.  It was alleged that Hall was intoxicated.

Burke's wife told authorities that the slayer picked up his rifle and announced that he was going to the lock up and kill the two - The two being policeman Murphy and Deputy Ben Mullett.

Mrs. Burke said she pleaded with her husband not to go to the jail, and a Weeksbury boy said he heard Burke's threat and ran ahead, seeking to warn the officers of Burke's approach.

When he arrived near the lock up, however, he found Burke so near that he feared to shout the warning.

Kicking open the door to the office of the jail building, Burke opened fire. Four prisoners, one his half-brother, witnessed the shooting.  Policeman Murphy was engaged in opening a door to a cell or in attending to a prisoner when Burke threw open the door.

H.S. McKalip, manager of the Elkhorn-Piney Coal Company at Weeksbury, telphoned the Sheriff's office here, asking that a search be instituted for the slayer.  Bloodhounds were summoned from Lexington, and the trail was picked up early Sunday.  The posse searched the Burke home and followed the dogs about seven miles through the hills before the pursuit was considered fruitless and halted.

On the same day, Burke appeared in Neon, Letcher County, and surrendered to an officer there.  The jailer of Letcher County late Sunday afternoon notified the Sheriff's office here that he was holding Burke in jail there.  Sheriff Stumbo left Monday morning to bring Burke here.

Burke told Sheriff Stumbo that he went to the lock up for the purpose of posting his rifle for his half-brother's bond.   When he opened the door, he said, Policeman Murphy began firing. He returned the officer's fire in self-defense, Burke claimed.

Surviving Policeman Murphy are his widow, one daughter, Pauline Murphy; two stepdaughters and a stepson.

Mr. Murphy was a native of Louisa, and his standing as an officer and citizen alike was such that both company officials and mine employees joined this week in expressing deep regret upon his slaying.

Burkes was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

Officer Murphy is buried in the Wells-Buckingham Cemetery in Johnson County, Kentucky.

Jesse "J.D." Pressley - The Overlooked Presley

  When we hear the surname "Presley", most people automatically think of the "King of Rock & Roll," Elvis Presley or his late daughter Lisa Marie Presley.  Both of them need no introduction.

But there was another member of the famed Presley fan that also dabbled in the entertainment business, at least for a short time.  That member of the Presley family was none other than Jesse D. "J.D." Pressley, Elvis' Grandfather.  And the different spelling of the last name is not a typographical error. Jesse spelled their name with a double "s" because of an old clerical error on Grandfather Presley's tax returns. Jesse just kept it. He would correct it later in life.

Jesse on the set of a TV show. Colorized by me.

Jesse was born on April 9, 1896, in Fulton, Mississippi. He married Minnie Mae Hood in 1913. They would go on to become the parents of several children including Elvis' father Vernon.

The dates vary per source, but around 1946 Jesse and Minnie divorced. Jesse relocated to Louisville, Kentucky in 1948 where he resided until his death in 1973. There, Jesse worked for the local Pepsi-Cola plant, although he was a carpenter by trade. He remarried, this time to Vera Kinnaird.

In 1958, surprisingly Jesse signed a recording contract with Legacy Records in Louisville, Kentucky. Jesse appeared on a Canadian television show called "Close Look" out of Toronto. Both Jesse and Vera were both interviewed on the show. During that interview Vera stated that Jesse had never sung in public until a friend with a tape recorder had persuaded him to make an audition record at Wiederhold's Recording Studio in Louisville.  It was after hearing that record that Gene Klingman of Legacy Records signed Jesse to a contract.

Klingman said that Jesse Presley sang "like a grandfather singing to his grandchildren", which is what the record company wanted. 

A few days later Jesse appeared on the TV show "I've Got A Secret" with Gene Kingman, president of Legacy Records, accompanying him on guitar.  On the show, Jesse sat in a rocking chair and sang two of what he called "cotton-pickin' songs."

Unlike his famous grandson, Jesse was no hip-swinger. At age 62, Jesse said "I'd break it if I did."   Nor did he play a guitar. In fact, he played no music at all.  And his only rocking is in an easy rocking chair. That was his only prop when singing.

Jesse went on to say that he didn't want to ride in on Elvis' name. "I'm trying to make my own way. He made his and if it's the Lord's will, I'll do it, too", Jesse said.  "I'm just going to be plain and common and do my best and put out some songs people like to hear."

Jesse was described as having a ruddy face from working outdoors most of his life. His hair was thin and turning gray. And his voice was described as being easy, with just enough twang to make it sound like the songs are from the cotton patch.  He was a man close to his home and his church.

Unfortunately, as quickly as his musical career started, it came to an end. In January 1959, Jesse said "I've gotten nothing out of my singing career. Guess I ought to give it up."

Jesse filed a $298.00 lawsuit against Legacy Records, claiming he did not get his share of the money he says was paid to Legacy for the three television shows he did.  Klingman, of Legacy Records, said the money was used to promote Jesse.  Klingman stated the firm hoped to put some of his records on the market but ran into financial difficulty. 

Jesse's musical career was over without his album or singles going public.  He would pass away in Louisville in 1973. He is buried alongside his wife Vera in Louisville Memorial Gardens West.

Five years after he passed, Legacy Records released "The Roots of  Elvis" containing the songs of Grandpa Jesse Presley. They were sold for $3.00 each or 2 for $5.00.

clipped from the Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY
July 14, 1978

Here, you can watch a few minutes of an interview with Jesse & Vera as well as two songs by Jesse - "Who's That Kickin' My Dog Around" and "The Billy Goat Song."

Here, you can listen to Jesse singing "Swingin' In The Orchard".

His music was exactly what it was described to be - a grandfather singing to his grandchildren. And it's unfortunate that his musical career was so short lived.

Bullet Riddled Deputy Drives A Quarter of A Mile To Get Help!

 Do you think that you could take two bullets to the chest and one to the back and still drive a quarter of a mile for help?  Not many of us could do that, even if we tried.  But in 1939, Floyd County Deputy Sheriff Marion Layne did just that.

Deputy Marion Layne, courtesy of
Officer Down Memorial Page

On January 5, 1939, Deputy Layne was investigating a previous shooting incident  between the communities of Garrett and Lackey there in Floyd County, Kentucky.

According to Sheriff Dial Salisbury, Layne was searching Arnold Felton (last name possibly Patton) to place him under arrest when teenage brothers Bert and Marvin Conley fired two bullets into his chest.

Layne then went to his automobile and "someone" asked him, "You can't drive it, can you, Buddy?"  Layne replied "No."  And the unidentified male answered "Well, I'll just finish you," and fired  twice, one bullet striking Layne in the back.

Deputy Layne then managed to drive a quarter of a mile on to Garrett, KY for help.  On his deathbed, Layne named the brothers as his slayers. He stated that he drew his guns after two shots struck him but was "too paralyzed" to fire.

At the time of the shooting charges were not filed against the brothers. but Bert was held by the Sheriff's Department and Marvin was placed under guard at the hospital in Martin, KY with bullet wounds in his arm and  thigh, according to reports.  Now whether this is a mistake in the newspaper report I don't know. But if the deputy claimed that he was "too paralyzed" to return fire, then  who shot Marvin in the thigh and leg?


Deputy Lane passed away just two hours after the shooting.  He is buried in the Turner Cemetery on Whispering Pine Road in Raven, KY (Knott County).

Later on both brothers were acquitted of the crime, while Deputy Layne left behind a spouse, two daughters, his parents, siblings and other relatives who had to deal with the passing of their loved one.

Update on the "Most Violent Domestic Murder Case In Kentucky History"

 Back in September 2023, I did a blog entitled "The Most Violent Domestic Murder Case In Kentucky History."


I got that story from Leo & Heather of  "The Hillbilly Files" video . 

Well Leo of the Hillbilly Files recently did a follow up video on this case, in which he shared a little bit of the victims story.  So  I wanted to update you as well.

Angie Johnson shared this on the Hillbilly Files original video:

"Verna Long (victim) was my grandmother.  I never got to meet her. Thelma Bentley (victim), the woman who was left permanently blind, was my great aunt and I did know her while I was growing up. She was so kind and could do most anything regardless of her lack of vision. It brings up many feelings to hear this tragic story told outside of my family. This event impacted generations."

Robert Long, son of
victim Verna Long

Robert Long, the son of the Verna Long, the first victim, said this about that horrible day:

"Verna Long was holding my hand ( Robert was 8 years old) when drunk Anderson Adkins shot her 4 times as she started to run away after pumping gas for him.  I will never forget his chilling words & deliberate attempts to kill the entire Bentley family.   

On that day he did NOT ask Verna to reconcile the family. as he lied during his trial. (Beside him on the passenger seat was a whiskey bottle.)   He said, 'Verna, you love your children, don't you?' She replied, 'Yes, Anderson, I do.; Anderson Adkins said 'Well, Verna, I loved mine too.' 

He reached on the floor beside his right foot & pulled out his pistol & fired 5 shots. Verna shoved me to the front of the car & ran to the back.  

After shooting Mommy, he drug off to the west to find Bill Goff, but Mrs. Goff told him Bill was 'out'. 

As Ervil & I were pulling Mommy off the highway, Anderson returned & began firing at us & crashed his car.   The story from there was close to what was recited [in the original video]. 

I witnessed Mrs. Johnson's death & heard that conversation. She said, 'Anderson Adkins, I have never done anything to hurt you.' He said, 'Yes you have!' & fired.  We watched her tumble down the hill.  

Anderson Adkins STOLE the car & sped toward Harless Creek to seek the Bentleys.     

He verbally & physically abused his wife Elmo .Bentley & son, Jimmy who related his fear of his drunken father.   Anderson Adins robbed us of our family unity, a  further TRAVESTY."