Covington County AlArchives Obituaries.....Crumpler, Robert June 1888
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The Southern Star, July 4, 1888
The Southern Star
Ozark, Dale County, Ala.
Wednesday, July 4, 1888
Page Two

News has been received here of a tragedy which occurred in Andalusia, last
Wednesday.  Robt. Crumpler a saloon keeper at Andalusia, owed the sheriff of
Covington county, John W. Penton, a small amount of money for cost in a case
which Crumpler had in court.  Penton in order to collect the same had an
execution issued and levied on the store and one wagon of corn belonging to
Crumpler, and was sitting on the steps holding the lines to the wagon, which was
in front of the store, when Crumpler came up and attempted to take the lines
from him, and at the same time making an attempt to draw a pistol, Penton turned
the lines loose and immediately drew his revolver and fired at Crumpler killing
him instantly.  The above is as Sheriff Penton relates the occurrence, and says
he killed Crumpler in order to save his own life; others, however who were eye
witnesses to the tragedy say that when Crumpler made the attempt to seize the
lines that Peyton kicked him in the stomach and as he was falling shot him. 
There has been a bad feeling existing between these parties for a long time, and
it is the general opinion that the murder was committed to satisfy the old
grudge.  Both parties were desperate men, and especially was Penton.  He is the
man that gained so much notoriety a few years ago by repeatedly resisting arrest
from the United States marshals.


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