Lee County AlArchives Obituaries.....Waldrup, Edwin 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 18, 2004, 4:06 am The Marion County Patriot, November 5, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 45 Friday, November 5, 1886 Page One Murdered and Robbed News was received in this city yesterday of a most brutal crime committed near Waverly, Lee County, Ala., Thursday night. A young farmer named Edwin Waldrup was murdered by a negro named George Hart, who cut his throat from ear to ear with a razor and robbed his person of about $50. Waldrup was missed Thursday night and his dead body was found yesterday morning in a cotton field. The negro escaped, but the citizens are aroused and a posse of armed men is scouring the country for the murderer. The negro, it is said, met Waldrup in the road, and knowing he had money, cut his throat for the purpose of robbery. Hart was in the employ of young Waldrup. Every effort is being made to capture the fiend. Telegrams have been sent to the principal cities and a reward offered for his arrest. – Columbus Enquirer File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lee/obits/w/waldrup374gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb