Herbert Totten

On a tragic day in the spring of 1924, the life of a young man was cut short in the mountains of West Virginia. Herbert Totten, a 19-year-old male, was fatally shot on April 6th in the town of Cass, located in Pocahontas County. The violent encounter that ended his life also claimed the lives of two other people, plunging the small community into a state of shock and grief. The incident was not a random act of violence, but rather a targeted attack with a named suspect at the center of the trage ...

Pocahontas Times: 100 Years Ago

Herbert Totten, age 19 - National Gun Violence Memorial