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I HAYES YAIES SLAINOFFICERS AT WORKPfngtdy Occurs Near Basham s Gap, Across the Line In LawrenceI WILL WOODS ESCAPES 1 WHEN PISTOL SNAPSV *3V„ Had C»onc To Home To Move England To Crow HomeA double killing occurred Tuesday ■ night near Basham’s Gap, just over ti« Morgan County line in Lawrence ■County, in which Dr. Sam Crow and Yates met istant death* at the 1 hand of Rouf England. Will Woods,| another man at the home of England I at the time of the tragedy,I “snapped at,” and probably owes his I'life to the fact that the cartridge [ failed to explode.From best information obtainable,1 it seem* that Dr. Crow, Yates and L Woods had gone to the England home I to move England and his .family to I the Crow farm, ft' appears that the 1 men were all seated around a table,I* presumably being at supper. Just I what the difficulty came up about is | not clear- It was stated that Yates | and England had had a difficulty Lgome time «nce_jmd that Yates dis-I figured England by biting his ear.| Whether this was the cause of re-I newed trouble, is not known*Owing to the remoteness of the j rene of the shooting and the fac that the country i« thinly settled at that point, it was considerably up in | the day the following morning be-j for© the details spread over the com-I munity. When parties reached the j scene, they , found the form of Dr.I Crow cold in death, he having fallen across a table in front of where he was sitting when the shooting occtt ! red, and had remained there. Yates made it out to the yard, where he fell k dead. The third party, Will Woods, f made good bis getaway, due to the fact of a defective cartridge.Dr. Sam Crow was well known, he I having practiced medicine in this | county for some thne. He lived in this county for a long time near Dan-| vile, was reared there, though later [ took up his residence near Basham ! Gap, where he had lived since. He I owned a farm there.Yates, the other dead man, also i lived near Bashm Gap, and was wdll known in that section.I Up to a late hour Thursday Eng-I land had not been arrested* though I -deputies were making the.fr way to | the scene of the • trouble, and were j anticipating further trouble, it wassaid.Today it was learned that Dr. Crow was in the offido of Probate Judge P Troup late Tuesday afternoon, talk-[ ing over a matter of disagreementI between himslf and a tenant on theCrow farm the present year. In the conversation it was stated by Crow thnt ho had a chance to rent the house and land to one he considered a reliable tenant for another year,■ though bad bean warned by the tenant of this year not to rent it before January 1, 1923.It was learned also today that Eng land telephoned the sheriff’s office at Moulton to come for him, and when they went to the scene of the tragedy Wednesday afternoon, Englrmd was not to be found.Thwithcallecirei of s fronr atprosformaded I opir vict and T was at box der dcr 1shoforantHu' Ilarwadeitoibede
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Albany Decatur Daily
Albany, Alabama, US
Thu, Nov 23, 1922
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