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VOLUMF. XXXVI. - CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1924. NUMBER 18.
\ |>M ITS PART IN ( KIMK
Harr< IJ 1'u't I l? Wrong Tale When
A r rested in Nashville.
(From Monday's State)
?Yes, 1 spoofed them."
I? .Naxlxvillu, Tenn., Shenod llar
rtll, alias Frank Harrell, arrested as
(he alleged accomplice of Mortimer
N. King in the slaying of Maj. Sam
uel H, McLeary, U. S. A., had vehe
? m entry declared his innocence of t h?*
killing and of the robbery. ^
, "King killed him too.... King made
? nu- get out, too and drove me into the
woods with the major. ...He just
bumped him off and then he turned
0n me, and said: 'If you ever cheep
anything about this 1 w*ill hump you
too.'. . . -He, made me get in the
car with him.'. ... He made me go to
Canton with him .... I. didn't make no
attempt to hide. ...
"Honest, mister, I'm as innocent as
" the angels in heaven."
So he had talked in Nashville and
jm-n there believed him. A minister,
'with whom he had prayed, heard the
Kiory ami told him, "I'd trust you;
u j>?t my faith in you." A lawyef
t'llfe red to defend him without
ilyn'ge.
, _ Hut last night in Columbia Harrell
repudiated this story.
"Yes, 1 spoofed them," he said and
he "and King, who sat near , him,
laughed.
Iii the presence of .six officers he
told his new story, one that, the
,f lire is say, jibes in every 'essential
net a 'I with the story told by King.
His true name, he told them, was
not Frank Harrell but Sherrod Har
iell.
Together he and King, Harrel ad
?nitted, had planned the robbery that
led to the death of Major McLeary.
They were to ask a ride in an auto
mobile and to rob their benefactor,
who ever hi* might be.
On the morning of July 2 he hatl
remarked to King, Harrell admitted,
"Today we'll get somebody." Several
tars passed, but they "didn't suit"
and were not stopped. Then came
Major McLeary. They asked for a
ide and the two got in the car, Har
well in the front seat as they had
planned and King with a pistol in the
rear seat.
For many miles they rede together
talking and then 11 miles south of
Chtraw, King ? in accord with the
plan ? stuck the pistol in the major's
back and ordered him out of the car.
While King held the pistol on the
.nan. Harrell went through the offi
<u'- pockets, there by the side of
the load. The spot was too open to
bas.-t i vby, however, they decided, and
the major was driven jnto the woods,
when* King shot him believing he
?it-dared, that the office**" was reaching
5 ?> a pistol. '
Together they stripped the body of
valuables and made their way, Har
'!"ing the most of the driving, to
< a lit on , N. C., King's home near
?diich they accidentally ditched the
I hey divided the rest of their
i "hi and after a visit at King's
nic, Harrell left, the two having
Kreed to keep the crime a secret
? < i. from their wives.
'TJon't tell your wife: I won't tell
..itu-," king had said. and Harrell
agreed.
rhis confession of Harrell and the*
< i-nfpye jon of King and n joint con
f* cs iorj made by the two of them last
MKht .agree in every essential detail,
'e officers said.
1 h?' tinal confession was made last
? ?ght at the office of the chief of po
<?( (Columbia, in the presence of:
1 hades H. Powers, agent of the de
i "'inu-nt of justice; Tom Herlcy,
'are constable1, K. S. Strickland,
"H'f <>f Columbia police; S. S.
shorter, chief of Columbia detectives;
.. Alex Heise, sheriff of Richland
^ n t y , and .J. D. J)unnaway, chief
the county rural police. It was
laken in short hand- by the city
? nographer. A. P. Walker.
l'*is the last link in the chain and j
'r.e mystery that once surrounded the
??^appearance of Major Mcl^cary has
???en solved in its minutest details.
1 hero remains now onl^ the securing
??? surh buttressing cirenm*t?mtiftl
? vidence as may be found. On this
?Ir. Powers who is still in Columbia,
"fid Mr. Berley, assigned to the case
'y "Governor McI>eod, are now en-?
tfaged.
Texts of the confessions have not
u'pn made public by the officers, but
**ill be turned over ?to Solicitor J.
Monroe Spears of 'Darlington, who
prosecute the case, when it is
caffod in Chesterfield in September.
BKTHINE NEWS NOTES.
'11 a ppe mi it s ol Interest As Told Hy
Our Cor respondent.
Bethune, July 30. Mr. W. A. Mc
Howell is spending some time With
his daughter, Mrs. L. A. McDowoll
in Tampa, Fla.
A union Sunday school picnic was
held at the Big Springs Wednesday.
Miss Lethia Smith from Green u
visiting Miss Berlie Outlaw.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. King and son,
James, arc visiting relatives in Den
mark.
Mr, Ralph Tiller spent several days
last week with his mother en route
from Pennsylvania to Florida, where
he has located.
Mr. and Mrs. J . M. Forbis were
the guests til Mr. and Mrs. Bright
Williamson in Darlington last week.
Master Greg and Harold King are
visiting their uncle, Mr. L. S. King
in Hartsville.
Mrs. L. (). Johnson visited her
brothel in Florida last, week.
Mrs. Huggins, of Lamar, is visiting
her parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. K.
Seva ranee.1,
Mrs. W. M. Stevens of Lancaster
was the guest of Mrs. *J. D Lafi'itte
last week.
Mrs. Loring Davis spent several
days this wt<*-k- w-Hh her pHi'ems in
Kershaw.
Miss Kathleen Stevens of Lancas
ter In visiting .Miss Kathleen Hyatt.
Mr, Mark King of Neeses is spend
ing some time with his family at
the home of Mr. N. A. Bethune.
Mrs. Dana tjlyburn was taken t<?
the Columbia hospital Friday for
treatment.
The following young ladie?rhave re
turned from summer school at Win
throp college: 'Mrs. \y. K. Rozier,
Misses Gussie Hough, Geneva. Pitts,
Lillian Brannon, Lure King' and Ber
tha Arnold.
Miss Inez Iflakely of Laurens was
the guest of friends here Friday.
The fifteen year old son of Mr.
Ernest Black well was thrown from .t
mule Saturday night and suffered in
ternal injuries ? He was immediately
taken to the Columbia hospital.
An enthusiastic mass meeting of
the citizens of Bethune and surrouj^l
ing territory was held in the town
hall Monday afternoon to di$cjuss the
prospects of building a cotton mill
here. Mr. J. D. Laffitte presided over
the meeting and a number of speakr
ers were preseht. A finance corn*
mittee of five was appointed.
To Meet at Antioch.
The citizens of the Antioch com
munity have arranged a meeting to
be held at Afitioch school house on
Friday August 8th, to which all of
the candidates are invited to attend.
The meeting. -will be called to Order
at 10:30 o'clock and refreshments
Will be served on the grounds. The
general public is invited to hear the
various candidates present their
claims for office.
Thi,s meeting has been arrange !
outside of the regular capipaign
itinerary. and does not affect the regu
lar schedule which calls for the open
ing meeting at Blaney 011 August
11th with the closing meeting at
Camden, August 25th. ;
To Meet Ne*t Monday.
A meeting of the County Demo
cratic Executive Committee has been
called for next Monday to consider
charges brought by T. F. Morton,
executive committeeman from Gates
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Ford Precinct, that certain voters had
enrolled 011 the Abney Club Roll who
should have enrolled- on the Gates
Ford Club Roll. The matter was
brought to the attention of the Com
mittee at last Monday's meeting, but
110 one seconding the motion of Mr.
Horton that the voters be ordered to
show cause why their names should
not be stricken from the Abney rolls,
no action was * taken; whereupon
counsel was employed by Mr. Horton
and this meeting has been called at
his request t?? definitely dispose of
the matter.
Names New Game Wardens.
Governor Mceod has appointed
James T. Cl,vt>urn of Kershaw as
gamti warden for Lancaster county,
and James I). Shehorn, of Camden,
as game warden for Kershaw county.
Mr. I'oAcis arranged la*t night with
Mr. Spears for a conference as to
the evidence against the two men.
Gerald Harrell who was arrested
with his brother, Sherrod or Frank
Harrell, in Nashville, Tcnn., is al?o
wanted by state officers and Gov.
Thomas G . McLeod yesterday tele
graphed the governor of Tennessee
asking that the man be held for South
Carolina offfcers. Requisition papers
will be forwarded if requisition is de
manded by the prisoner.
His brothe?' Sherrod or Frank ad
mits was# with him during a portion
of his flight after his parting ^th
King at Canton, N. C.
The two prisoners are being kept
separate from each other, officers an
ENROLLMENT SHOWS INCREASE
Camden Club Falls Oft' While Rural
Precincts Gain Ouite a Number.
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A total of 1,0-17 names show on the
club rolls for this county according
to a tabulation by the County Exec
utive Committee holt! last Monday
morning. The Cantey Hill club did
not organize this year and voters
who forme.rly voted at this precinct
will vote at Shaylor's Hill and Cam
don. Reulah and Stockton clubs
wore consolidated and the voting pre
cinct this year for these clubs will be
known a? Charlotte Thompson and
voting place will be at the school
house. Indian Ford was changed to
Gates Foid, The figures of the first
column represents tho enrollment
this year/ the figures in the second
column is the enrollment two years
ago and the last column represents
the vote east two yi'ius ng^ty > ri
Alviicy . l \ . 04 17
Antioch 73 07 55
Be lk> Hill 101 Hi) 09
Lethune . . 403 300 285
Blanev . 2S?2 183 180
liuilaiu 26$ 182 10 1
Camden . . ? v-, . . 839 Q84 81 8
.Charlotte Thompson . . 88 <>'.) 05
Cn.ssatt .. . . . . .. . ; 09 7i> - 78
DeKalb . . ... . . . . . .. U8 0,'} 57
Do.by's Mill '.. .. .. 89 75 05
Enterprise .. 52 U 34
Gates Foitl ... . 10 52 52
Harmony 50 .13 27
Hermitage . . 150 113 90
Kershaw . . . . . . . . 270 2(?2 220
Liberty Hill .. ... . ? 71 (>H 03
Lockhart 7 J 07 .54
Logoff . . . 147 98 90
Ned's Creek 110 1 r>7 11 a
Oakland f. 22 35 29
Pine Tree 48 12 41
Rabon's X Iioads . . . . 88 80 80
Ralev's Mill ...... 143 124 122
Roland .. 31 32 31
Salt Pond .. ; 110 70 05
Sandy Grove . . . . . . 05 43 35
Shamrock 80 47* 43
Shaylor's Hill 01 53 49
Sheppard 30 34 33
Swift Creek 41 35 31
Three C's 102 113 95
Twenty Creek . . . . 00 57 1 57
Wateree Mill 244 255 . 209
ft'efstville 108 ? 89
ofol enrollment Kershaw Co... 4047
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To Meet at Terraces.
By request of the voters of the
Charlotte Thompson Democratic Club
all candidates for county offices are
invited to meet with the club at The
Terraces at .4 p.m., Thursday, August
7th. J. F.^West, President.
E. C. Pearce, Secretary.
Catholic Church Services.
Services at the Catholic church for
the eighth Sunday after Pentecost, be
ing August 2, will be observed as
fol^vs: Mass at 9 a.m.; Sermon on
"The Destiny of Man." All are
cordially welcome. N
JENNINGS RESIGNS
I
Sumter .Mayor Refuses to Serve After
.Voters Turn, Him Down.
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Sumter, July 30. ? Mayor L. 1>. j
Jennings today submitted his resigna
tion as mayor of the City of SumLev I
to take effect immediately after *?rv- '
ing the city fourteen years as its'
chief official.
A special session of council was ?
called and the resignation was ac- 1
cepted by the other members with-!
out comment.
Councilman J. A. Raffield was ap
pointed mayor pro tern until R. 1).
Kpps is sworn in as mayor followfngj
the general election on August \'l to j
confirm the action of the primary o i j
yesterday when Mr. Jennings was de- 1
featAl by a decisive majority.
In his letter to council, Mayor j
Jennings makes an attack upon city
employees who worked against his1
election in the recent campaign and j
he declares that if cfty employees are j
allowed to continue this practice, in)
future he foresees they will work for J
their own good and not for the goc..i i
of the citizens at large and the com- }
munity. Mr. Jennings states in his
letter that a large majority of citi
zens 'by their votes have shown that;
they do not appreciate what he had j
accomplished and tried to accomplish t
during his tenure of office and there-)
fore "I cannot give my consent to!
?continue H6 mayor for another day." |
Mr. Jennings' resignation followed!
the announcement of the result oft
yesterday's election, denpit* th<? fact I
that during the campaign he stated j
that if defeated he would "not sulk" I
but would work under the new regime ?
as hard as ever before for the ad
vancement of the city. The official
count of yesterday's election as an
nounced by the executive committee
which canvassed the votes was: For
mayor, Epps, 956; L. D. Jenninjr*,
422. For councilman: J. A. Raffield,
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PKOIM.K SriTOItT I'AMI'AlliN
Liberal Kesp<in>?- >!*??'! i nu Workers In'
I . a > - 1 1 y Schools Organization.
TIhui i>- real evidence of a desire
to rid Kershaw county of illiteracy,
and 1 he Chronicle readers an; sup
porting the financial campaign to
carry on i ht- Lay-By Schools during
the month ??f AugUst. As stated last
week the object of these schools is
to teach adults to read and write,
thus giving them elemental educa
tional training' they missed in youth.
No large donations arc asked >n
this campaign. Sums ranging from
one to live dollars are desired from n
large number of people. It is a
splendid opportunity to do, some good.
'tiring your donation or send it to
The Chronicle office. It is our aim
to rai^e the jnnount thiy week. We
do npt wan: to disappoint those who
; have charge", of this work. The fol
lowing donations have been sent in:
American Legion Auxiliary , . .$20.00
The Camden Chronicle. . . 5.00
R. B. Pitts 5.00
Fashion Shop 5.00
Mrs. K. f. I'l'i.. t>?r 5.00
Wateree Mill v . . 5.00
IB. 1%, Sparrow 5.00
R. I]. Stevenson *. 2.00
W. L. DePass 2.00
B. B, Clarke 2.00
Bums & BaiTvit . 2.00
Mrs. \Y. I'. Thomas 1 .00
W. L. McDowell 1.00
J. II. ^JcLeod 1.00
D. A. Bovkin 1.00
.). H. Clynurn ..!. .1.00
Jlirsch Bros. & Co 1.00
Cash .\ . . 1.00
^Camden Oil Mill 5.00
J. G. Richards, J r 2.00
Cash .. <1.00
Cash '. 1.00
Total ' $74.00
American Legion Meeting.
A very important meeting of this
post will be held at our headquarters
on Monday night, August 4th, at 8:80
o'clock. Adjusted compensation
blanks have been received and are to
be distributed. There will be other
impoitant business and all members
ate urged to be present.
?JOHN WHITAKER, JR.,
Commander,
.las. LeRoy Belk Post, No. 17.
In Police Court.
J. L. M oseley, Fred E. Moseley and
J. B Balchvin were summoned by the
police before Recorder Mills Monduy
morning to answer to charges of
lighting The three men engaged in
a personal altercation in front of the
postoffiee one morning last week, and
it' is said the trouble arose over money
matters. Upon request of Mr. Mose
ley for a trial by jury the case was
continued until next Monday morning.
MAKE TRIP IN CANOE
To Georgetown From North Carolina
In Less .Than Two Weeks.
There arrived in Georgetown Mon
day in a canoe two young college
boys from Hickory, N. C. They were
Alex Shuford and Jack Geitner, who
made the trip all the way via canoe.
The morning of Wednesday, July
!>, they left Hickory, N. C., which is
the navigable .head of Catawba
river, a tributary of the Santee. The
boys stated that there were many
hazards in the upper part of Catawbu
liver in the rapids flowing from out
the mountainous regions of that sec
tion.
Their first stop of any importance
was Great Falls, where they inspected
two hydro-electric plants there. In
all, on their trip down they passed
14 hydro-electric operations.
Continuing down Wateree river
from Great Falls they entered Santee
?river at the junction of Congaree and
Wateree rivers, and paddled on down
the Santee to the South Santee, where
they entered the governmnt cut, and
then up Winyah bay to Georgetown^
which terminated their trip. ^
They state<} that they had been in
only two rain storms during their en
tire trip and when asked if freshets
<1 id not handicap them, stated that
the frei(fiets had assisted them mater
ially because the swelling of thu
rivers kept the currents from rushing
too fa*t over the various rapids
which they encountered.
Alex Shuford, who is 19 years of
age, is a student at the University of
North Carolina, and his partner, Jack
Geitner, 22, is attending North Caro
lina State collcge at Raleigh. Both
boy k were very enthusiastic over their
trip, and said they had enough pad
dling to last them the rest of the sea
son. They shipped the canoe back to
Hickory, N. C., and left on the train
for Charleston, where they intend to
vbrit friends, ? Georgetown Times.
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M KS. W A I K KK
Former Cumdcn l ady Hrouuht Here
I'iir Huriul \N edlie?*da} -
The remains of \lrs- Matilda
\\ Hiker, who dud in Columbia Mon
day. night 'weu* brought to (.amden
Wednesday ami the interment was in
the Camden cemetery at noon. Mrs.
Walker was lomembered tit*rcj by
many of our older citizens and quite
a number * of her fofmeV fiumds j
attended the funeral at the grave, thoj
body being accompanied by a nuin*
bet of Columbia friends. The State |
of Tuesday contained the following
account of tyer 'death- |
"Mis. Matilda Walker, a . native ol
Ireland and for many years a Yesident
of t'amilin, but who has lived j-o l?
lumbia for the past years, died at
7-45 o'clock last \v'?<rht ,at tho homo
of her son. W, T. ' Walker. in* Ebiwj
wood avenue. ( .
"Mrs; Walker who was >.'? years ol I
ijg Qi had b. en in failing 'healt H f*'? ;
some time but the end was probably j
hastened by a fall which she suffered
Inst Saturday night She rrachiredj
a l ib and whs otherwise shaken up. j
She developed bronchitis Sunday j
morning, followed by. pneumonia. |
which came upon her yesterday morn- 1
jng. hi her weakened condition she j
was unable to withstand the disease.
Mrs.' Walker who before her mar
riage was Miss Matilda Wilson, was
born at Kandallstown, County An
tvinu Ireland, November, 1841. the
daughter of George and Ellen Mc
Cartney Wilson. She came to Amer
ica in the early '50s with her nine
brothers, following the death of their
parents They sailed from Liverpool
and landed in Charleston. After a
few years in Charleston she and hei
brothers moved to Camden, where for
45 years Mrs. Walker was in the mer
cantile business. In 1870 she married
Thomas Walker of Fairfield!
county, whom shev met in Camden.'
Mr. Walker died about IK years ago.
During her long mercantile career,
Mrs. Walker never made an assign
ment or a compromise and never
failed to pay i? creditor 100 per cent
on the dollar.
j "Mrs. Walker was the last of ten
brothers and sisters who came to
America from Ireland. She is sir -
viyed by three children: W. T. W al
ker of Columbia, Miss Irene Walker
of Columbia and Mrs. S. L. Young of
Summer. Also by the following step
children: T. F. Walker, Mrs. Nannie
Kirkley and Mrs. Essie Singletofi, all
of Columbia.
"Funeral services will be conducted,
in Columbia some time Wednesday by
the Rev, A. J. Derbyshire of St. Tim
othy's Episcopal church, and the 'in
terment will be in Camden. Mrs.
Walker was a life long member of the
Episcopal church, having been con
firmed by her uncle, tiishop McCart
ney of Ireland, before she came to
this country. For many years she
had been a devoted member of the
Grace Episcopal church, (amden.
"Mrs. Walker had great energy and
a fine mind and she made a decided
success of her mercantile business.
She was a woman of strong Christian
character, devoted to her home, and
to her husband and children. S. e
made friends readily and in ( amden
and in Columbia there are many who
will join with the family in mourn
ing her death.
Public Health Note*.
The cases and suspected (Uses
found at our tuberculosis clinics are
being followed up and some have al
ready filed their applications for
treatment at the camp.
Children are still being taken l.>
Dr. Boyd's orthopedic clinic at the
Columbia Hospital. These Tuesday
clinics are always crowdwl and in
teresting, and many remarkable
treatments have been accomplished.
Several of our Kershaw county chil
dren have been benefited by this state
appropriation, and we hope that
others needing this treatment will
a pply.
Schools will Koon open ami it is a
if ood idea to have the young children,
entering school for the first time, vac
illated before opening time. Thus
they will be over it before their
studies begin and will not have to
lose any time from school.
Mrs. Louise M. Brown,
Public Health N'urse.
Marriage.
Married on Monday evening last,
July 28th, at the home of Probate
Judge W. L. McDowell, Mr. Clyde
Herbert Cunningham and Misa Ber
tha Lucile Capell, both of Camden,
Ill l i.KT UlOhl Fl> HOWES
Ot i'w? Officers Found in North
Carolina Hi\?;i Swaiup.
Wilmington., N. C.,- .Inly -iO.-- 1 Hv
bodies ol' City Prohibit ion Officer
Loon (Uorgc and Deputy United
State Alarshul Sam W . I. illy, found
at 10 o'clock last night on a lonely
swain)) nmd, 15. miles northwest of
the e.ity in Brunswick county, were
literally shot to pieces, according tu
a reporter who returned from the
scene at 1:30 this morning.
There ' were 25 bullet holes in
George's body and at leiist 20 in that
of 1 .illy. t / ;
Powdet burns on George s face in
d tea ted that both men were shot, down
with buckshot at close range and then
loun 1 after round poured into their
hod its from pistol*.
A small cupper still was found in
the rear of Ihci.i machine.
Lee Jackson, a nephew of George,
collapsed when he saw the mutilated
body of his. kinsman.
No v.tl'ort W U he made to insti
gate a search for the >layers until
daylight this innrmnu when, fully
f>0,i armed men will begin scouring
the swamps it 'was announced early
'unlay by Chief of Police Lane and
! Shci'iiV.Gcurge G. Jatksotl.
Both bodies were pierced with
bullets tired at ? 1?? -e range ami
j Geoi go's pulue dog was also found
'dead in the ear. The posse consisting
| of 50 police and county officers, went
1 armed with riot guns to meet any
j exigency.
} The weapons of both officeis weic
| in their pockets and had not been
j fired.
First news of the tragedy came in
: the form of a telephone message from
Phoenix to the effect that a negro
had reported hearing 25 or 30 shots
ft red and had seen the bodies of the
wounded officers at a distant e.
At 11 o'clock an additional 100 men
had been hurried into Brunswick
county to join in the search for the
slayers.
George was 52 years old ami had
been a member of the police depart
ment for 25 years. For the past
three vears he had been assigned
actively to prohibition enforcement
work, his efforts in this direction
have been widely exploited in motion
picture news reels. He was un
married.
! Lilly was about 15 years old and
!i? survived by a wife ami nevcral
? children.
; The two officers left Wilmington
1 at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, Lilly
' telling friends that he was going to
| servo a paper in connection with .t
i prohibition case in Brunswick.
Nothing was heard from them
after their departure from the. city
! until the brief telephone message at
?8:55 tonight, saying that it was rc
I ported they were killed.
j The officers were traveling in Lit
! ly's automobile.
When the bodies were found at 10
o'clock, they had apparently been
dead for several hours. The road on
! which they were traveling being
; merely a trail through the river
j swamps accounts for the tact thai
i they were not discovered sooner.
I Lilly, three months ago, shot and
kilU-<r Jimmy Hi". m'?ro' "lk'K'''1
bootlegger, in a Run battle near the
; scene of today's tragedy a coronet*
. jury later exonerating him for the
killing, "it t he grounds of self de
fense.
i L'p to midnight reports from
scene of the tragedy were meagre,, a
rural telephone line between I'hoenix
and Wilmington, a distance o
miles, being the sole means of com
municaLion none of those taking part
! in the ypMrrh having returned to the
< city.
The activity ? ?(' Ct'oi'tfi* Lilly i'l
! breaking u j > <list ilicries during the
i last few month* leads local police
authorities t<> believe that the pair
were ambushed by persons who had
reason to f??ar thefr coming. Georgj,
| in addition to his duties with the
local police force, was a special
deputy marshal and frequently ac
companied members of the fedoral
unit on their raids on nearby counties.
Karly this (Wednesday) ) morning1
the local police received a brief re
port that the top of George's head
was virtually blown away, indicating
that the shots were fired at close
range and without warning,
At 12:30 today Coroner Harrelson,
of Brunswick county, accompanied by
Sheriff Jackson, of New Hanover
county, w?s reported en route from
his home at Winnabow to Phoenix, a
distance of 20 mil**.
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