Randolph County AlArchives News.....Gun Battle at Morrison's Crossroads leaves two Men Dead July 24, 1947
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Roanoke Leader July 24, 1947
Newt Stewart and Jim Bowen shot it out in the home of Mr. Bowen, two miles above 
Morrisons Crossroads, Wednesday morning about eleven o'clock, and both men died 
instantly, according to the report reaching The Leader just before press time 
Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Stewart, who lived in Anniston, is said to have parked 
his truck near Bowens house and to have approached the house through the woods. 
Reportedly, he had been drinking. According to the report given by members of 
the Bowen family, Stewart and Bowen engaged in an argument over money, and 
Stewart threatened violent action. Coroner W. V. Cockrell states that When he 
reached the scene, Mr. Bowens body was found lying face-down in the front door, 
with an automatic 12-guage shotgun beneath him. He had been hit by five bullets. 
Mr. Stewarts body was found in the kitchen, his hand clutching a 32-calibre 
pistol. One shotgun blast had torn a hole in the middle of his chest. 
Investigating officers report that so far as they have been able to learn, there 
were no eye-witnesses to the shooting.

Anniston Star:
A gun duel which claimed the lives of two men, one an Anniston, at Martha's 
Crossroads in Randolph County Wednesday was being investigated today by Sheriff 
T. O. Kirby. The dead men were identified by Sheriff Kirby is Newt Stewart, 55. 
an Anniston truck driver, and Jim Bowen, 50, a farmer, who lived near Martha's 
Crossroads Both men died from gunshot wounds,' the Sheriff said Stewart from a 
single shotgun blast, and Bowen from five 32 caliber pistol wounds. Relatives of 
Bowen found the bodies at his residence, but no eyewitnesses to the shooting 
have been found, Sheriff Kirby Mid. Funeral services were held today at the 
Union Baptist Church at Martha's Crossroads for Mr. Stewart


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