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JOHN MURRAY MURDEREDDog TaxHomer Hegwood Held for - the Crime.Pink I log wood, Homer Hog wood and John Murray, whoso home was near rominerce, became involved in a diiUeulty Saturday eveningthree milt's southeast of Homer, on the Commerce road. v\ hieh resulted £ in the death of Murray and the arrest of the t wo Hegwood*.From the evitienee at the corn* tier's inquest, which was held Sunday morning, it appears that laid feeling had existed between the parties for some time. A young ? # son of Murray’s had been working for Pink Hegwood against hisp.. lather's wishes.Murray came up from lt;onuneree Saturday and met the Hegwood Imys at the lunne of Jaekson Mur ray, who lives on the old Adelaide Zanders place.Pink Hegwood and Murray walked up the rood towards Homerabout two hundred yards, where they began lighting. On seeing the difficulty Jiwkson Murray and Homer Hegwood r us i u *d to w he re the light was in |hogress andHomer struck Murray in thu headw ith a quart bottle. Murray then ran I wick towards Jaekson Murray's house, but fell by the roadside before reaching it. Jackson and the two Hegwood* followed and carried him into the porch where he died in a tew minutes.Murray was a man apparently :dout fifty the years of age.The Hegwood brothers strenuously deny that they killed Mur-i;iv, or that they even hit himAnd Governor Brown stuck his oflieial list to the Dog Tax Hill w hieh makes personal property out of the dogs. Hereafter dogs will be given in for taxation according to their value just as horses andcows are. If a fellow kills hisneighbors dog the neighbor w ill have recourse through the laws to the amount w hich the dog was given in for taxation.— l.a\otiiaTimes.L*ave it to Her!Mothci—“I really think you’d bo happier if you married a man who had less money.** Daughter—“Don’t worry, mother; he will have less in a very short time.”—boston Transcript.with anything. They claim thatJohn Murrax ate dinner at llomer I logwood’s house, after which tho\started down the road towardJackson Murray's* That before reaching the house Murray leaned over and catching his stomach in his hands remarked that he was “awful sick.” Further down the toad they claim Murray fell and they helped carry him to the house where he died.They claim that Murray was drunk and that liquor caused hisdeath and not them.The jury, composed of the following gentlemen, decided to hold Homer Hegwood for murder; J. ]. Iticc, K. T. Thompson, A. M. Mason. 11. B. Henderson, Arthur Parker, li. H. W ilson.Both Hegwood* are now in jailawaiting t rial at the Su perior eon rt. which convenes in Homer, September 16th.©s\\w hit the IT1tl G Sum invisoup
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Homer Banks County Journal
Homer, Georgia, US
Thu, Sep 05, 1912
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