Mystery AtlasErasmus "Trout" Shue
Greenbrier County blacksmith convicted of first-degree murder in July 1897 for killing his third wife, Zona Heaster Shue, days after her death was initially recorded as natural; his two previous marriages had also ended in separation and an unexplained early death. Sentenced to life imprisonment, he died at the West Virginia State Penitentiary in 1900.
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- Greenbrier Ghost CaseJanuary-July 1897
Erasmus "Trout" Shue was accused of Greenbrier Ghost Case — Tried and convicted at Greenbrier County Courthouse in 1897; sentenced to life imprisonment after the jury's verdict was not unanimous on execution.
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Erasmus "Trout" Shue killed Zona Heaster Shue — Convicted of first-degree murder on 11 July 1897; the autopsy found a dislocated neck and crushed windpipe consistent with strangulation.