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LE AT SINGINGr- *BOYKILLEDGrady Honea Stabbed to Death at Ft.Buffington Sunday bf;JudsonHarrison ' *As a result of an altercation at Fort Butlington nst Sunday af-ternoon, Grady Ilonea, aged years, dead, and Judsou Harrison, aged 18, is in jail here, charged with the crime of mur der, the trouble growing, it is stated, out of a law suit which caused animosity between the two families.Both Harrison and Honea were attending a singing at Fort Huf-lington, and, it is alleged, Harrison went to the church while the singing was in progress and called Honea out of the house. They went around to the rear of the church and after passing a few words Harrison, it is stated, drew his knife, stabbing young Honea in the neck, just under the ear. Death came fifteen minutes later.There were no eye-witnesses to the killing and there are severalversions the mat!Ilarri night antf lodged in preliminWho wa* at fault in ich led to the kill-s arrested Sunday gilt to lt;'antmi and oo«ty jail. Hi* Vitig was set for Tuesday,, bit he waived trial and it ia now «p*rtc!that the case will cniijt «p for trial at the February,/!arm of Cherokee superior courtOwing tjo. the prominence of both families, there is p*neh interest mauifctted in tl e outcome of the trifiW 'grrianti. and thepeople of Oherokee arc greai 1 v in sympathy A tli trie families con-nected in sad all’air. VouiihHarrison in ^stepson of Mr- W. F. Hell, I of the well-k nownmerchanl citizens of thecounty I
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Canton Cherokee Advance
Canton, Georgia, US
Mon, Dec 16, 1912
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