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BILL DEFUNCT?i I -A XEGRO KILLED H HO W THOI GHT TO BE THE DESPERADO.Tf . * I |A Iombk «herlfT» OBm Mortally Woondfe Him After Kecetvlim aTerrible Wound at the Negro** Haadi—“Are You Railroad Uill r*1 May Be, an«l I May Sot Be,’* Replied the Hying Man, Who %*»-era Bill** Description FairlyWell. / ’■Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 16.—To-nightthe body of a negro who possibly may beMorris Slater, alias “Railroad Bill,’' thenotorious desperado, murderer and trainrobber of South Alabama, arrived herefrom Chipiey. Ga.Yesterday the negro was killed nearthat place by young Willis Garner, oneof the sheriff’s posse, who came upon himin a deserted house. The darkey openedfire upon Garner with a pistol, shootinghim in the abdomen and, after falling tothe ground dangerously wounded, theyoung man returned the fire, one of thetoilets penetrating the negro’s cnest anacoming out at the back of his neck.Railroad Bill, if it is he, lived about sfxhours, and when asked by the sheriff:• Are y6u Railroad Bill?” he replied: “Imay be, and I may not.'* This is all thesatisfaction that could be obtained from the dying man.It is said that the clothes he wore answered the description of Bill’s latest r» ported attire, while in his pockets were several circulars announcing the reward of $1,250 which is set upon the head of the desperado. Six dollars and a ticket to Pensacola. Fla., were also found among his effects. The body was looked at by the road’s employes, and they are in doubt as to the dead darkey being Railroad Bill, though the hight, color and sUe of the man and a scar under his left eye tally with Railroad Bill’s description. Mortification has set in and the features of the corpse are puffed outof shape.MOKNING NEWS:
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Savannah Morning News
Savannah, Georgia, US
Sat, Aug 17, 1895
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