{"id":535,"date":"2007-08-19T16:48:26","date_gmt":"2007-08-19T16:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/2007\/08\/19\/100th-anniversary-of-drunken-p\/"},"modified":"2014-01-25T11:38:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T16:38:51","slug":"100th-anniversary-of-drunken-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/100th-anniversary-of-drunken-p\/","title":{"rendered":"100th anniversary of drunken Pleasureville brawl, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing had happened like that in Pleasureville before or since.<br \/>\nIt was 100 years ago when two brothers were shot in the Springettsbury Township village.<br \/>\nWilliam E. and Curvin Hoover were wounded about midnight in what was described as a drunken brawl on a Saturday in November 1907.<br \/>\nFor six hours, they lay alive, &#8220;weltering&#8221; in their own blood, according to a newspaper account reported in &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkheritage.org\/item.asp?itemid=33\">Never to be Forgotten<\/a>.&#8221;<br \/>\nThat occurred, even though some villagers witnessed the shooting&#8230; .<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n&#8220;The latter fact is not surprising when it is stated that midnight brawling and shooting on the streets of Pleasureville are a common thing and nobody pays much attention to them,&#8221; a newspaper reported.<br \/>\nThe boys died later on Sunday. Prosecutors charged Oscar Hoover, 18; Lester Kauffman, 17; and Henry Snyder, 22, with the homicides.<br \/>\nBut the story does not end there. Click on <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2007\/08\/100th-anniversary-of-drunken-p-2\">100th anniversary of drunken Pleasureville brawl, Part II<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing had happened like that in Pleasureville before or since. 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