Battle Ends in Double Slaying during Whiskey Raid
Prohibition officers and two Garrett men clashed during a raid on a large whiskey still three miles west of Potter. In the ensuing gunfight Officer R. W. Jackson and Johnny Garrett were killed, Napoleon Garrett wounded, with Wadsworth and others jailed. The incident spiraled into a broader federal probe, drawing in local families and leaving several bereaved.
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English
Garrett
Potter
R. W. Jackson
S. J. Causey
Avenue Service
Colbert Lewis
Reynolds
Butler
W. K. Garrett
C. M. Wadsworth
Ann
Cullen Dandy
Walter Lockhart
Johnny
Napoleon Garrett
Officer English
Johnny Garrett
Officer Jackson
Causey
Mr. Garrett
S. H Bryan
Wadsworth
Preliminary Hearing Set for Columbus Defendants
Preliminary hearing of the cases against all the defendants named we is scheduled to take place at Columbus this afternoon.
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Atolumbus
Informal Dedication of New Methodist Church
Sunday saw large congregations for three services at the new Methodist church with Rev. J. N. Peacock delivering both sermons on The Task of the Church to Save the Soul and Back to Bethel. The edifice features ornate interiors, electric chandeliers, steam heat, and flowers, standing as a monument to those who funded and built it. A separate item notes Marshall Garrett, an escaped prisoner from Worth county jail, recaptured by Sheriff Bedard in Sylvester after being tracked across Marion and Taylor counties.
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New Methodist Church
J. N. Peacock
Columbus
Peacock
Methodist Church
Mr. Peacock
Christian Education
Bethel
Garrett
Marshall Garrett
Worth County
Sylvester
Beeland
Marion County
Taylor County
Butler
Parole Granted to Zach Smith and Will Brown
The Governor on the Prison Commission recommendation granted paroles to Zach Smith and Will Brown colored. Brown was sent from Terrell County to the penitentiary for the homicide of a man there nearly twenty years ago. They were represented before the Prison Commission and the Governor by Hon. W. E. Steed.
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Zack Smith
Will Brown
Terrell County
W. E. Steed
Walter E. Steed Attorney at Law
Walter E. Steed is listed as an attorney at law with office in the Telephone Exchange Building, upstairs over Gaultney's Store indicating local professional services available to the community.
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Walter E. Steed Atty
At Law
Telephone Exchange
Gaultney’s
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