Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Canada, General  April 22, 1931
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Clubbed over the head with a shot gun in the hands of Marion Grady Jones, 
General Canada was killed in a wooded section near Chandler Springs late 
Wednesday afternoon ling to reports reaching Talladega. The scene of the killing 
was in Clay County, and after it occurred Jones went to his home where he was 
later arrested by Clay County Officers and taken to the Ashland jail. The 
staying of Canada was the result of an argument about some money in which he and 
Jones had engaged Jesse Germany and Johnnie Wheeler, who reside in the same 
community, are said to have been at the scene but were powerless to interfere 
because of threats Jones wade to use his gun if they did. It is said that a 
physician's examination showed Canada had received three blows on the head. Both 
of the men involved in the tragedy are World War veterans and well known in 
Talladega and Clay counties. Canada is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Canada who 
resides in the Chandler Springs section, and in addition to his parents is 
survived by his wife who is the sister of Homer Ivey of Talladega, and three 
children as well as a number of brothers and sisters. Jones is an unmarried and 
the son of Mr. & Mrs. W.M. Jones. 

Additional Comments:
Ashland Progress Nov 19, 1931:
Of the criminal cases tried two were on charges of murder. Grady Jones who slew 
General Canada near Chandler Springs last April by striking him on the head with 
a gun barrel was convicted of manslaughter in the 1st degree and his punishment 
was fixed at 2 1/2 years in the penitentiary.



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