Monroe County AlArchives News.....Unknown Assassin Shoots James E. Smith & Family August 13, 1903
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Monroe Journal August 13, 1903
A dastardly attempt was made on Saturday night by some person or persons 
unknown ,to assassinate Mr. James E. Smith at his home near Monroe Station.
The assassin crept up while Mr. Smith and his family were at supper and fired 
a charge of buckshot through an open door.  Four of the balls took effect in 
Mr. Smiths body just below the shoulder, two perforating the upper portion of 
the lung: two balls struck Mr. Smiths' little daughter in the arm and one 
struck Mrs. Smith in the hand.  The remainder of the charge lodged in the door 
frame just behind Mr. Smith.  The assassin evidently stood only a few feet 
from and to the rear of his intended victim.
Mr. Smith's injuries are dangerous and may prove fatal, although the latest 
information from his bedside is to the effect that he is resting as quietly as 
could be expected under the circumstances.  The injuries sustained by the wife 
and daughter are slight.
Warrants were sworn out charging Issac, Joseph and Jesse Shirley, brothers-in-
 law of Mr. Smith with the crime. The Shirleys were arrested on Monday and 
lodged in Jail. Owing to the crowded condition of the cells, the prisoners 
were removed to the jail at Brewton for safe keeping until the date appointed 
for preliminary hearing. 

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