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lt;7o«ril£!«d bfpirtnrat I A Negro ttiMffcff. ,Court Inn ft. Ala.. March 43, 1904.flat ahf body Heard of .fake pouch !lt;t fne Idn that is bftjnp a*kecf on ev- i Hpr corner, with the ii.vaHaWj anSwer J lt;lt;?M Jacob Conch, a nejrro bet#een 80 land 80 ^ears of ape, was a witness at 11 the tau term of the circuit bourt of thla ( county. a#«in«! two other nrtproes, Phil \ Smit*t and Yar.ey Brown chafped with i bafjftanr and laicenjr. When the case i waa aallcd it wa* found one of the lm~ | j portant wStee*se* for the state. In fact lt;the ooly who could testify dl-* |; ocflr to the frnllt or Ir.ftooence rtf the I j j two defendant*. sfa* absent and for that t I rnnaoc the ease was continued. The two \ deferetnota, Jake Coach ami the other \ wttneeee* left Moulton for this prade. « bet not together. JNcob CdahtJ has never \ reached home, but what ftai become o» i hi® la a mystery aa deep aa the celebrat- t?d Memphis cne* of Jasper Smith. Bn* tmoron top of rumor hae pained clrcu- j Inrioe. out the old nepro U still tnlaflnp. t j Yancy Brown and Phil Smith hive been t I surrendered by their bondsmen on the t burplnrv eharpe and now occupy a cell c In th© Moulton jail. They are not charp- r ed with murder, but there are many ( who believe that they are puily of the | makinp swuV with Jake Coach. On the f other hand there are not a feW who be- j( lleve that the old raau pot tost oh Ids way home, and wandered to his death fc In the mountains. Ynncy Brown and * Phil Smtth reached Cnurtland on the id- « ternoon thnt the old rrf;in disappeared at r * o’clock, and at 8 o’Clook Of thie skme tlt; afternoon the missin.r man vVus seen at e the hom« of Good Grimes, a former eni- t ployer, lour miles south of this place, y where he stopped and pot hi? supper. Apsln it Is stated that about 9 o’clock of j? the same night He caufe to the house of b Msrt Crow, six mfle* sdutffvfreat of here t and Inquired the way to Conrrland, star- e inp tnat he hart potteo lost. On the otti- c er hand Dfck MtiGanphy. a nepro. saya II thaf he was coininp home from Moulton ir the fnrrfe nfpHt and passed old Jake in tt the road ti£o tfflle* frotrf this plac*1 about ylt; dark and had a short tHik with hinfi. The * ■ old man was then on his way to Court-land and was only two miles from hers, Fi and at that time the negroes Brown and B Smith hud left here for their homes in ar. btopposite direction from thif In which i }§Jake was trnyelinp. Yesterday the foi- oi lowing notice, written In a very nnedu- te cated band Was found tacked on the Oi county bridge; ra** Yancy Brown told rife that Him and jjcPldl Smith killed old man Jnke und tied nr his hands and feet, and put waits round h hia neca aud throwed him off the coun- Mto Kelil rn i'K » I r, n*l.« S ... S S I .
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Moulton Advertiser
Moulton, Alabama, US
Thu, Mar 27, 1902
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