Clay County AlArchives News.....The Murder of James McClary September 18, 1907
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The Birmingham News September 18, 1907
Lineville Sep 17,
Jim McClary was shot and killed by a negro on mile west of Lineville Tuesday. 
Mr. McClary was employed as foreman in a railroad camp near here and was 
returning to the camp with a negro man and woman who had run away from the camp 
during the night. It appears that McClary had stopped at Crooked Creek for his 
horse to drink and the negro man got the drop on him and shot him through the 
back of the head. H. W. Barfield, a farmer who was picking cotton nearby saw Mr. 
McClary coming down a hill with the negro man in front, and the negro woman 
behind, just prior to the shooting. Shortly afterward he heard two pistol shots. 
He paid no attention to the incident for a while, but not seeing the party pass, 
he went to investigate and saw the woman fleeing up the road. The negro man made 
his escape and has not yet been captured. Mr. McClary came to this section from 
Tennessee and was employed as foreman at R. E. Robinson's railroad camp on the 
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad.

Ashland Progress Sep 27, 1912: 
Sheriff Mayo together with Deputy Sheriff E.B. Edmondson, of LaGrange, Ga., came 
in Tuesday night with a negro which is thought to be one John Bailey, alias 
Charley Williams, who in 1907 killed James McClary, a white man who was employed 
as a foreman during the construction of the A. B. & A. Ry near Lineville. The 
negro was lodged in jail at LaGrange several days ago but was not brought here 
till Monday. An effort is being made to have someone who knew the negro who did 
the killing to identify him.

Additional Comments:
James Boyd McClary body was sent back to Tennessee, he is buried in the Benton 
Cemetery, Polk County, TN.

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