Homicide in Raines community ends in self defense verdict
The coroner's inquest in Unadilla reports Walter Hudson killed 85 year old Essey Cox after a knife clash near a stream. Cox left a wife and two children. Hudson, a hired man in his twenties, was found justifiable homicide. The case shook the Cedar Creek area.
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Raines
Cox
Walter Hudson
Essey Cox
Son
Unadilla
Aga
John W. Cox
Hudson
Cedar Creek
Williams Case Reopened After Supreme Court Review
The case of Seymore Williams, convicted of murder near Coney, received a new trial in the Supreme Court last week. If the commission is applied, the case could proceed to a new sentence. Littlejohn is expected to return to the superior court next week for another sentence in the wake of the ruling.
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Seymore Williams
Dooly Superior Rt
Dock and Son
Coney
Supreme Rt
Ye Littlejohn
Gain
Marcus Hanna Died In Washington At Arlington Hotel
Marcus A. Hanna United States senator from Ohio died at 6 40 p m in his Arlington Hotel apartment after a two week typhoid fever illness He was unconscious since 8 a m and sank gradually with his family nearby The end came peacefully with his relatives present and powerful stimulants sustaining him in his final hours
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Washington
Marcus A. Hanna
United States
Ohio
Arlington Hotel
Dan Hanna
McCormick
Parsons
Mies Phelps
H. M. Handa
Mr. Dover
Cawthon Granted New Trial by Supreme Court
The supreme court voids the first murder conviction of R D Cawthorn of Dodge county and orders a new trial due to improper admission of evidence linking a poison dose to Tucker. The case involved a claimed conspiracy with Tucker’s wife. she was not indicted. Judge Fish and Candler dissented.
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Supreme Court
R. D. Cawthorn
Dodge County
H. J. Tucker
Tucker
Cawthorn
Mrs Shipp Dies Quietly In Hawkinsville Hotel
Mrs. G. W. Shipp died at 4 o clock Sunday morning from gastritis after about four weeks illness in her Greer hotel apartments. The body was taken to Hawkinsville at 1 o clock for interment today. She was wife of Dr. George W. Shipp and a Baptist church member active in circles. She was daughter of the late Capt R. W. Anderson of Hawkinsville who died last fall.
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George W. Shipp
Greer Hotel
Hawkinsville
Reward Offered for Missing Son Willis English
A Pinehurst Georgia notice offers a five dollar reward for information on Willis English 20, dark complexion, scar over one eye, about 5 6 and 160 pounds. He ran away from Mr Doc Fullington's place under contract on Sunday February 14. All persons are forbidden to give him work.
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Willis English
Doc Fullington
Pinehurst
Father Killed by His Own Son in Fort Valley Tragedy
In Fort Valley Georgia on a Sunday night Frank Dyes fifty eight was shot and killed by his seventeen year old son Seneca Dyes. Family members say the father struck the boy and the boy fired after a scuffle while the father pursued his wife. The shot pierced the body and the coroner opened an inquest with Sheriff M L Cooper present. Seneca Dyes was arrested about eleven thirty.
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Fort Valley
Frank Dyes
Seneca
Perry
Lowndes County Man Jailed for Abandonment
Sheriff Passmore of Valdosta Lowndes county brought R. O. Whittle to jail on a charge of abandonment. Whittle posted bond on Monday and returned to work at a saw mill near Valdosta to await his court trial.
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Sheriff Passmore
Valdosta
Lowndes County
R. 0
Emanuel County Road Law Pointers From Local Attorneys
Two Emanuel County lawyers explain the road law under the 1895 Alternative Road Law and amendments. They note ages required for road duty or commutation tax, and discuss acts 1896 1897 affecting local adoption and defaulters.
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Emanuel County
Quattlebaum Sent Back to Jail as Verdict Is Affirmed
Joe Quattlebaum, out on bond, is jailed again after the supreme court affirmed a lower court verdict. He faces a ten year manslaughter term for killing Walter Brannen in Unadilla. The prison placement will follow a commission decision.
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Joe Quattlebaum
Supreme Court
Unadilla
Quattlebaum
Walter Brannen
Emanuel County Road Duty Emphasized in 1895 Code
The court holds that the 1896 act is not binding in Emanuel County as it requires local adoption. It notes amendments in 1908 do not apply since the parent act was never made law here. The Road Law remains in Vol. 1 of the 1895 Code, Sections 578 to 588, with people aged 16 to 60 liable for road duty unless exempt.
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Swhinsboro Pine Forest
A. D. Coleman
W.R. Kemp
A. L
Turner
Commissioners Board of Roads and Regenus
Emanuel County
Wa'theg
Said
Emanuel
Sarrotp & Larsen
Serious Runaway Near Kerns Ends With Injured Horse
A.G. Hendley of Kerns had a serious runaway Monday afternoon while driving a mule and his father's horse to a wagon near his home. He was thrown or jumped clear as the frightened team dragged the wagon. The horse sustained severe injuries after crashing into a stump near Joe Peavy's residence, rendering the animal unfit to continue. The driver was not hurt.
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A.G. Hendley
Kerns
Mr. Hendley
Joe Peavy
John W Brown Dies in Florida
A telegram received Saturday announced the death of John W Brown formerly of Unadilla and a Gainesville Florida warehouseman He leaves many relatives and friends in the county deeply grieved by his passing.
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John W. Brown
Gainesville
Fla
Unadilla
Telegraphic News From Georgia Highlights Robbery and Fires
Express Messenger Gelderman robbed of 1000 dollars in transit from Bank of Wilkes to Augusta bank at Barnett. Valdosta reports a large Methodist church fire due to a defective flue. building valued at 16000 dollars and insured for 7000. Hawkinsville notes a 17 year old groom and 48 year old bride married in Whitechapel district. Eastman confirms John Simmons died from Saturday shooting. Skelton held. Warwick reports death of Pleas Rouse, Cordele ally and Worth county figure. burial in Warwick.
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Washington, Ga
Gelderman
Barnett
Bank of Wilkes
Augusta
Valdosta
Tha Methodist
South Georgia
Eastman, Ga
John Simmons
Oscar Skelton
Skelton
Warwick
Pleas. Rouse
C. P. Rouse
Cordele
Worth County
First slander suit in Pulaski County pits Crows against Barlows
In Henkinsville Georgia on February 12 the case of the Crows against the Barlows, prominent white residents, opens as M. E. Crow sues over a burial coin rumor. Mrs Crow denies intent of slander claiming coins were placed in a match box. Witnesses attended in Hawkinsville but the case is continued.
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Henkinsville
Pulaski County
Barlows
Pulaski
Ligo Willia
M. E. Crow
Nancy Barlow
Rody Posey
Crow
Hawkinsville
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Minent Faris
Dock Edmundson
Peters
Eleanor Ler
Markus A. Hanna
Cawthon
G. W. Shipp
Somme
Moseley Mercantile CO
Vienna
Georgia
Gang
Florida
Dykes Coley
Whitechapel
Mary Birdsong
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