MIDDLESBORO DAILY NEWS
Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky June 4, 1923


BALLS TRIALS ARE DELAYED

FRANK, FLOYD AND ALVA BALL TO BE TRIED IN LONDON
WEDNESDAY FOR PINEVILLE SHOOTING

The cases of the Commonwealth against Frank, Floyd and Alva Ball set for trial today at London have been passed until Wednesday, according to word received here this afternoon. A number of witnesses went from here to London today to attend the trials.

The three Balls are to be tried in connection with the sensational shooting at the Pineville Courthouse May 17 a year ago, in which Riley Ball was killed and John Hurst, Frank Ball and Clay Colson were shot. Who started the shooting or who was responsible for it has never been determined. The occasion was the trial of George Colson. Colson, tried at Richmond last month, was given seven years for killing Ira Ball, the offense for which he was to have been tried the day of this shooting.

Newspaper Article Submission
Article #4, RE: Colson-Ball Feud
by Pat Akers Lacy
nanapat2007@embarqmail.com