Trial updates reveal plan for appeal and unsolved Williams farm case
The article notes fair conduct of trial and mentions an appeal to the supreme court. It recalls the Williams farm murders where eleven victims were found chained and weighed in rivers, with others unearthed at the plantation. Manning confessed to his role, claiming Williams was the mastermind. He argues Judge Hutcheon erred in allowing testimony about crimes beyond the murder count. The Williams sons remain at large despite warrants and rewards.
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Newton County
Manning
Willams
Sutcheron
Foy
Hutcheaon
Saturday St. Decatr
Williams
McDonald man charged after drunken driving crash
L H Fagan of McDonald road was arrested Saturday night for drunken and reckless driving after his car collided head on with a vehicle driven by E Hamney of 263 Washington street. Mrs Hamney and her small son were in the car. the boy was severely cut. Police say Fagan was driving on the wrong side near Georgia avenue Pryor intersection when the end on crash occurred. The Hamney vehicle was badly damaged.
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L. H. Fagan
McDonald Road
E. Hamwey
Washington Street
Mr. Hamney
Mra
Edge
Fagan
Georgia Avenue
Pryor
Hamney
Negress Killed by Train at Johns Street Crossing
Ida Murphy of 33 Means street was struck by Southern Railway No 38 at Johns street crossing Saturday night and killed instantly. Eyewitnesses say she attempted to cross the track directly in front of the locomotive.
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Ida Murphy
Means Street
Johns Street
Passengerrtrain
Comedy of Errors Marks Reception By Georgia Legislators
In Chattanooga on July 30, pressure of work caused a mix up as Georgia legislators arrived for an inspection of state property in the city. The Georgia committee, state property at Union station and nearby buildings, questioned the lease terms with NC and St. L. rail line. Local groups including the Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers Association coordinated a welcome but delayed arrivals.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce
Chattanoora Manufacturers’ Association
State of Georgia
J.P. Hosking
National ‘Bank
A. HR. David
Hoskins
Chambers of Commerce
Georgia
Manufacturers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Guy
Patten
Lookout Mountain
Committee of Welcome
Scott Probasco
Chamber
David
N.C. & St. L. Railroad
Union Station
Market Street
Hooker Shot at Cow While Drunk in Quiet City Night
Police say A J Hooker aged 47 of 25 Dewey street was intoxicated after a wild Stewart avenue incident. He fired at a grazing cow missing all shots, then allegedly shot at neighbors and resisted officers with a knife during arrest.
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John
A. Ji’ d Hooker
Dewey Street
Stewart Avenue
Thorn
Hooker
Mandamus Seeks to Force Paying in DeKalb County
A petition filed in DeKalb Superior Court seeks a mandamus and injunction against L T Nash, DeKalb roads and revenues commissioner, by twenty five western DeKalb citizens. It asks to stop spending from the last bond issue and curb contracts until Boulevards paving from Atlanta city limits to Moreland Avenue begins, with attorney Homer C Denton and Sam A Wardlaw listed.
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Decatur
DeKalb Superior Court
L.T
DeKalb
Atlanta
Moreland Avenue
Homer C. Denton
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France
Cable’s
Victor Records
Piano. Company
N. Broad St
The
Lowry National Bank
Edgewood Avenue
Pryor Street
Mandamus
Maddox
BUNCO
Ciman
Sam A. Wardlaw
L. P. Moon
Fred S. Mance
Jonh G. Culver
James A. Balflower
Frad C. Woodall
Claude c. Ashley
L.A. Trowbridge
R. Garner
W. N. Etheridge
James
M. Maddox
Pat Sixth
Alvin L. Richards
Dr. LP. Baker
C. Baggs
Ww. L. McCalley, Jr
Board of Education
W. M. Terrell
Fond
Central Georgia Railway
Healey Building
Ivy
Warren
H. Fogg
Vas
Figipone
Child
San
N’s
de Chine
Geo. Muse Clothing Co. , Peachtree
Walton—Broad
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