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TWO WOMENARE MURDERED.rs. Ann Holcomb and her Daughter Shot and Stabbed to Death in Cherokee by unknown Parties. The Murders are a Mystery,and no Arrests have been made.COY. TERRELL OFFERS FEWAPD.*0» Wednesdaj night oi last week, about two m’let no ill of Sharp, up, non’* tlie boc'duiv hire I ili!s j* id * Ph kens county, iV*s. Aim Hcleomb,or McMnlr’n, and ln»r IT voir old [daughter wer * murdered in ’.lie im st bru-.nl and hnnible in.’tiner while at their own lu mp by some unknownpu’ty or panics. In eopseq enc ofthe finding o* he two d d bodies of the c women next mninoig them is much excitement 51 tint pr . of the coti’iiy, a id d- »p in. n i is felt every where over the hot hie e.nn which in the blackest and mo t terrible ever c uniter d M Cherokee county.(hi u t?oent of he myst »t r su**-rmiudng *he murdei •, there bo:ugno known wi’u. nr e* vii’usinu-tiul evidence f\m» whvh to huso a motive or w vo a • ’Husion, but little or l’ i fic.s Inive hen a oh ned.The dead bod'cs of the mother end her daughter, found about t •» o’clock on Thursday list, by Nat Worley, was ;he liot tn that a hoi lido cl line had breii ( oniniit. ed Home time ile '• * Wedm hIuv nielli The women lived ah*ne, Mime di. -taneo from any one, but nf,er their bodie» were I ut id, , mult; of the neighboi.. lememliei d lulling li rd pistol shot in the dir sion of s.Hole mibes ahom H or U o'el k Wodne day night, id I Ini is, t It e« lore, fixed as abou. the time in he kill'iig. The luds in the k un w realso unmolested. Trarks of ..,p.TMons were se n about the ir end aeross the lield, which is suppos'd io be the lucks of die murders.When found Tlnosday moiuing Mis. Holcomb was I) ug near the edge of her yard shot thunigh lt;ic bieast end stabbed two or thtvj timen. Some It to ya-ds or more oin ilie house the girl was found, hav ug been nlioi four time\ and atabbrd eight or nine tun ’. Judging I nun the harks, it seems the girl was chi’ ed rrrn-.s the field bytwo paitiea. All tivenhnb*, however, _. mi to have been fired from the — same pisbil, and the si tbs i’ll in- Pro Dieted by a sic - bhided kni'e, which biclouds the the ry that two or more wcru implicated in the kdl-1 »g-Op)AdAdAdroVAdthe(BeIII)! ll’ll.!|UK paiat .'.infoih'l’e.ua h it vEsq id'e Staneil empenuoHed a jut j on Thinsdav, hicl post mm * a i x unin'itions of Mrs. Holcombe and bur daught r made by Dr. F. C.I* eh a i ds. of .las per, and Dr. If. M. ^ Mocre,of Wahsku.and introduced oil! .kevidence possible beoiiag on the j»a mu’deis, but theje y was unable to fix the ciime upon any one end returned the following verdict:We li'ul iliui Ann McMahan and her daughter, Knpnir lfolcunbe, e-nmo to tlie r dea h bv gi'nshotH of .‘12 rjd'bre end stabs witli a knife or some slai'p iuHiivment by some party or par it* t’1- 'low a to us.The jioy was eompised of the following citizens:Wm. A. Wiley, Foremen; T. #1.S,vic'd, J. .M. C'die, B. I*’. A'kins,F. .M. llobgood, ('rat m Archer.Mrs. Iloieombe pud (laugh; r lived alone on a ,:..h* iai.n -u tin nor.hem palt;. of this cocuty, and while they were not held in the high, i c'trem by their neighbors yet they win - qi let p id peaceable and gave no one any trouble, and wine not icgarded as bad clui'ncic s. They had l; veil there alone many vers and made th(*i»* living by bo n-ing. Mm. Holcombe was married io Hud McMahen, but they sej -araicd several yea a ago and in a law suit gamed the pi two on which shelived fiom Mr. McMahan. Herdaughter was bom out iff wed lock before her inairiage i Air. MrYiu-b in, and after Mr. McMuhan lef. she took up her m liden upine of Hoi* combe by which sho was gencndly known. Mr. MeMahau is suppo oil i bo living in Alabama, where he went shor.lv after separator* from his wife. TilO bcd'ips of the two women were interred in Hc.hany chereh grave yard in Pickens co oity.As hi on as lie.n'ngof the minders, Shot ill Worley went iinniedi-at.dy to the h ■ uio of the ciime and has since spent much lime and thought in ttying io uniavcl the mysteiy and airest the guilty parly or j’arties, but he has not yet been able Io ge. a clue that justifies b'm in m il ng any arrest, although he and othcM have some information and suspicions that arc being worked which may land the godly parties behind the ha s before motherweek ends.lt; trdina./ Coe i and other citizens asked Govenor Tcirell to offer a rc-wa d and Wednesday n'ght het)hieSuth.paablbT«lbPiyewlti«Vi111g‘AHIII)•.I-Igovenor telephoned us he bad o /»«! «• fflVil rfl (if S I oi) for fHLCcd a reward of fjtlol) for each m i twith evidence to convict, and we are hopeful tliis will be a fuilher incentive to en,;st interest in finding theBwI.gbnI ■h'41tnguilty that il is hoiiiblc ciime n ay be avenged. The ( ove.ior’s proe!?-rnation offcTng the reward ’’s jmb-’ vlied elsewhere ; i th:s paper.Let every citizen lend his aid in - the at rest and conviction of the a j black-hearted biute who hns thcs II1 committed a terrible crime and out •- raged the fa;r name of our county !tj. and people, 1 lt;c
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Canton Cherokee Advance
Canton, Georgia, US
Fri, Oct 30, 1903
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