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fJKilled by a Mob- \It will bo remembered that Henry Wal-a pop, living near Griffin, eloped with hissister-in-law sometime since. lie marriedMiss Julia Heard about two rears since and ] settled down on his farm. His wife’s sister,Ella Heard, then aged twelve years, was invited to live with them. Everything/vent i smoothly until last July, when Waldron andj ■ i ”Ella happened in the kitchen. lie told herof a dream he had the night before concerning herself, and she responded that she had \ a similar dream. They thereupon commenced 1 • fondling each other, and lie pulled her in his j lap. Mr. Waldrop eloped with Ella, and j I was subsequently arrested in Atlanta andbrought to Gridin. Two indictments wereofound against him, and he was released on bond. On the 18th inst., the sheriff re-arrested 1 Waldrop on a possessory and peace warrant,and started to town with him. After night jhe was met by a crowd of fifteen or twenty I persons who took Waldrop and shot him threetimes, killing him instantly. It was reportedthat the sheriff had succeeded in arresting one of the mob, but the report was not con- 1 firmed. Little sympathy is felt for Waldrop in the neighborhood, but the killing was murder, and the perpetrators should be dealt with I as the law directs.—Monroe Advertiser.rr2*fSJid if nnc.cih?A t
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Jefferson Forest News
Jefferson, Georgia, US
Fri, Sep 03, 1880
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