This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Murder Drama Shakes Jefferson Georgia in Drake Case
In Jefferson Georgia on June 19 1956 a gunfight killed Charlie Drake a 60 year old merchant. James Fulton Foster 40 was jailed then acquitted through a tangled sequence with Rocky Rothschild 33 confessing to the crime and a chain of trials that spanned years. Foster seeks work and aims for ministry after a long fought defense by Jim Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson, Ga
Georgia
Atlanta
Charlie Drake
Jefferson Merchant
James Horace Wood
Drake
James Fulton Foster
Charles P
Rocky) Rothschild
Cairo
Ill
South Carolina
Atty
Wood
United States Supreme Court
Foster
Florida
Raiford, Fla
Gainesville
Jefferson
Jim Foster
Redbrick
Rothschild
Rocky
Iworthi
Betty Williams
Talmo
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Mrs. Drake
Greer
S. C
Rocky Rothschild