Phillip Ritchie III (abt. 1851 - 1906)

Born about Oct 1851 in Brocks Gap, Rockingham Co. VA

Ancestors

Husband of Margeret (Dove) Ritchie — married 29 Dec 1870 in Rockingham, Virginia

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1906 at about age 55 in Brocks Gap, Rockingham Co. VA

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Biography

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Birth

Birth:

Date: OCT 1851

Place: Brocks Gap, Rockingham Co. VA

Death

Death:

Date: 25 DEC 1906

Place: Brocks Gap, Rockingham Co. VA

Cause: Murdered By Charles R. Roadcap

Note

Note: Harrisonburg Daily News, Harrisonburg, Virginia Friday, December 28, 1906: RITCHIE'S Slayer Behind the Bars. CHAS. R. ROADCAP Committed on Charge of Murder. Evidence Heard at Inquest. Five Witnesses Examined, Three of Whom Were Present at Killing--Fatal Stab Near the Heart. CHARLES R. ROADCAP, who stabbed PHILIP RITCHIE to death in Brock's Gap Christmas night, was brought to Harrisonburg last night on the Southern by DEPUTY CHARLES R. FAWLEY and locked up in jail. ROADCAP was held responsible for the murder by a coroner's jury yesterday afternoon and was sent to the grand jury by Magistrate COOPER, after he had waived a preliminary hearing.... ROADCAP talked freely about the killing with several people yesterday. He said that he stabbed RITCHIE because the latter was crowding him with a club. On the way to jail he appeared to be downcast, evidently realizing the gravity of his offense. He is twenty-four years of age and is a son of AMBY ROADCAP....The knife with which the stabbing was done was found on ROADCAP'S person by DEPUTY SHERIFF FAWLEY. It is an ordinary pocket knife with two blades, the one with which RITCHIE was cut being very sharp and having a bowie point. The blade is not over three inches in length. The stab was made through a heavy overcoat, a canvass coat, a corduroy vest, a woolen and cotton shirt. RITCHIE was stabbed with such force that his chest was depressed by the blow, thus accounting for the deepness of the wound. The gash in the outer coat was 2-1/2 inches in length (Note: This article and the articles on the ROADCAP murder trial that follow are included only in part due to their length).

Harrisonburg Daily News, Harrisonburg, Virginia Saturday, December 29, 1906: RITCHIE Burial at Oak Grove Church. Services Attended by Large Concourse of People. ROADCAP Morose in Jail. Has Little to Do with Other Prisoners--No Step Yet Taken to Secure Council for Defense.... CHARLES ROADCAP the self confessed slayer of RITCHIE, who was held for the grand jury Thursday afternoon by Magistrate COOPER, and brought here that night by DEPUTY SHERIFF FAWLEY, passed the day quietly in his cell in the county jail. ROADCAP appeared morose and had little to do with the other prisoners on the same tier of cells. These included TOM LAM, under sentence of sixteen years in the penitentiary for the murder of FRANK P. HENSELY, and ISRAEL MONGOLD, who was sent up for five years for killing his own son last summer. Although a slim, wiry young fellow, ROADCAP'S face shows the effects of dissipation....

Harrisonburg Daily News, Harrisonburg, Virginia Wednesday, January 2, 1907: Counsel for ROADCAP. MESSRS. DECHERT and CRAWFORD to Defend Slayer of PHILIP RITCHIE. CHARLES ROADCAP, who killed PHILIP RITCHIE in Brock's Gap last week, has secured counsel to look after his interests and yesterday wore a more cheerful air than at any time since his incarceration. His father, AMBY ROADCAP, visited him for the first time and talked with him for several hours. MESSRS. D. O. DECHERT and E. B. CRAWFORD have been employed to defend the prisoner and have begun an investigation of the case from their client's standpoint....

Harrisonburg Daily News, Harrisonburg, Virginia Monday, February 4, 1907: JOHN RITCHIE locked Up. Charged with Having Threatened to Kill CHAS. ROADCAP on Sight. JOHN RITCHIE, a son of PHILIP RITCHIE, for whose death CHARLES ROADCAP will be placed on trial in the Circuit Court today, was locked up in jail Saturday evening on the charge of disorderly conduct. OFFICER DOVEL made the arrest, after he had RITCHIE under surveillance for several hours and after he had made threat's against ROADCAP'S life....

Harrisonburg Daily News, Harrisonburg, Virginia Tuesday, February 5, 1907: Jury Found Easily for ROADCAP Trial. Both Sides Ready When Case is Called. One Witness Examined. DR. DODD Describes Knife Stab Which Put an End to PHIL. RITCHIE'S Life on Christmas Night. CHARLES R. ROADCAP was placed on trial in Circuit Court yesterday for the murder of PHILIP RITCHIE, whom, it is alleged, he stabbed to death in Brock's Gap on the night of December 25....The CALDWELL premises, the home of RITCHIE'S daughter EVA, wife of HINTON CALDWELL (where the murder took place), are located a few miles south of Fulk's Run in a mountain hollow....On the night in question PHILIP RITCHIE, accompanied by a friend or two, returned home in an intoxicated condition. Upon his arrival ascertained that CHARLES ROADCAP, the accused, and a man by the name of ABNER DONOVAN were at CALDWELL's. Knowing that HINTON CALDWELL was absent from his home (being at work in West Virginia) the father regarded their presence there as objectionable and started for the house accompanied by NIMROD DOVE. After his arrival at the house RITCHIE called to the men, who were in an upper room, and demanded that they leave the house....DONOVAN did leave immediately, but ROADCAP lingered inside the door. RITCHIE had in his hand a small stick or cane and when ROADCAP finally stepped out on the porch, the former struck at him with the stick, the blow falling short of its mark. Right then and there, before either of the two men had left the porch, ROADCAP turned on RITCHIE and drove a knife into his side, dealing him a fatal wound....

Harrisonburg Daily News, Harrisonburg, Virginia February 9, 1907: Five Tear Verdict For CHAS. ROADCAP. Jury Says Crime Was Voluntary Manslaughter. Prisoner Remains Unmoved. Seven Jurors Originally Favored Ten Years, but Two Were for Acquittal--Result was Compromise. CHARLES R. ROADCAP, on trial for the murder of PHILIP RITCHIE, was yesterday found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years....The prisoner heard the verdict without betraying the slightest evidence either of disappointment or elation.... A few minutes after the verdict had been returned, ROADCAP'S counsel left the court room and the prisoner was hustled off to jail. A motion for a new trial was not submitted....

Harrisonburg Daily News, Harrisonburg, Virginia February 9, 1907: Wife Accuses ROADCAP. Husband Made Woman's Life One of Terror. Relief Sought by Divorce. Freedom from Marital Bonds, Long Delayed, MayBe Hastened by Sentence of RITCHIE'S Slayer to Prison. MRS. MAMIE ALICE ROADCAP, wife of CHARLES ROBERT ROADCAP....is the complainant in a divorce suit in which the husband's cruelty is alleged as a ground for the dissolution of her marital bonds. The suit has been pending for a little more than four years, during which time ROADCAP has filed an answer denying the wife's charges, and a cross-billin which he makes charges....In her bill of complaint MRS. ROADCAP represents that on January 15, 1902, when little more than 15 years old, she was married in Hagertown, Md. to defendant, the marriage being what is commonly known as a "runaway." Complainant says she soon had occasion to bitterly regret her rash and ill considered marriage. Her husband proved to be without any means for her support and they were forced to live around from place to place, just wherever they could find accommodating friends or relatives to furnish temporary assistance....ABNER DONOVAN, who was the main witness for ROADCAP in the recent murder trial, was a witness for MRS. ROADCAP, in the divorce suit. She is now living at the home of her father, near Manassas.

Notes

Note N1223

Birth: 1851Death: Dec., 1906

Philip Ritchie the III

is also referred to as Philip Ritchie Jr.,Also.

(His Grandfather) is Philip Ritchie Sr.(1779-1841)

(His Father) is Philip Ritchie Jr.(1810-1880)

Also refered to as Philip Sr Once (Philip Ritchie III)

was Born.

Children not added yet:

1.Eva Ritchie Caldwell(1882-1911)

Sp:Lorenzo Hinton Caldwell(1877-1945)

Family links:

Parents:

Philip Ritchie (1810 - 1880)

Eve Fulk Ritchie (1818 - 1885)

Spouse:

Margaret J Dove Ritchie (1849 - 1916)

Children:

Mary Elizabeth Ritchie Reedy (1878 - 1973)*

Algernon Grey Ritchie (1882 - 1955)*

Pammie L Ritchie Fulk (1888 - 1958)*

* Reverse Relationships:] body=[This relationship was not directly added to this memorial. Rather, it is calculated based on information added to the related person's memorial. For example: if Joe Public is linked to Jane Public as a spouse, a reciprocal link will automatically be added to Jane Public's memorial. ] fade=[on] fadespeed=[.09]">Calculated relationship Burial:

Mountain Grove Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Fulks Run, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA

Created by: Gathering Roots; Record added: Feb 21, 2010; Find A Grave Memorial# 48432267

Note

Note: #N1223

Sources

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Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Ritchie-541 created through the import of Eric M Weaver's family tree new.ged on Nov 9, 2011 by Eric Weaver. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Eric and others.

• Thank you to John Lewis for creating WikiTree profile Ritchie-1019 through the import of Lewis Family Tree.GED on Sep 11, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.