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Murder of Woolfolk family shocks Macon Georgia
Special report from Macon Georgia describes a brutal ax murder at the Woolfolk plantation twelve miles from the city. Captain Richard F. Woolfolk, his wife Mattie, and six children plus a visitor are slain. only Tom Woolfolk survives after being questioned and later jailed. A coroner's inquest returns a verdict of murder by Thomas Woolfolk, with evidence including a bloody shirt found in a deep well and signs of a brutal assault throughout the house.
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Macox
Sanford
Richard F. Woolfolk
Woolfolk
Macon
W. A. Davis
Thomaston
Mia
Mattie Woolfolk
Isdy
Pearl Woolfolk
Coepeat
Kittle Mattie
Richard F. Woolfolk, Jr
Charlie Woolfolk
Miss Pearl
Annie
Rosebud
Tempe West
Mise Pearl
LaGrange Female College
West
Everyething
Tom Woolfolk
Hodnett
W. L. Hughes
M. M. Folsom
W. H. Jones
L. M. Haley
T. H. Clay
H. J. Brown
W. J. Mosely
J. C. Kalley
Henry Parker
R. M. Gilbert
N. A. Powers
Anderson James
Green Lockett
Capt. Woolfolk
Anderson
Lockett
W. H. Smith
Mr. Smith
Soren
Woolfolk House
Yates Place
Woolfolks
Emma Jones
White
Lockett’s
Green Lockett's
Tom
Smith
Samuel Chamberliss
Mr. Chamberliin
C.sh
Hardeman
Anne Woolfolk
Rosebud Woolfolk
Thomas Woolfolk
W. J. Mosley
Westcott
Drs
Cawran
Hawkinsville
Edwards
East Macon
Jones County
Ben Howard
Tay
Macou
J. J. Clay
Kaessinpee Pat Toon