Clay County AlArchives News.....Deputy McCollum Shot July 14, 1932
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Ashland Progress July 14, 1932
While attempting to arrest a negro, James Trammell, near Barfield Wednesday 
night, Deputy Sheriff J. L. McCollum and the negro were both shot, the negro 
perhaps fatally. Mr. McCollum received two or three shots in the breast, one 
shot making a rather deep flesh wound and coming out under the arm, his other 
wounds are less severe, and his condition is not considered serious. The negro 
was shot twice one shot entering his body just above the heart and, passing out 
beneath his shoulder. He was brought on to the county jail, but the attending 
physician don't expect him to survive. The shooting occurred at the home of R. 
R. Whatley where the negro, who was wanted on a charge of theft in Randolph 
County, had been at work. He had been away a few days, however, and in the 
meantime is said to have escaped from officers who attempted to hold him at 
Wadley, taking an officer's gun away from him. It was expected that he would 
return to the Whatley home for his clothes and Sheriff Phillips's force had been 
asked to aid in intercepting him. Deputies McCollum and Browning were on the 
scene last night when he came, and, after he had gone into his room to get his 
belongings they entered, McCollum in the lead, and asked him to put up his 
hands. He immediately opened fire on them, and they returned the fire with 
results as stated above. 

Additional Comments:
James Trammell was convicted and sent to prison in Oct-1932. 

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