Berrien-Lanier County GaArchives News.....Escapes from Detective May 26, 1909
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Atlanta Constitution May 26, 1909
ESCAPES FROM DETECTIVE
John F. Studsill Charged with Getting Money Fraudulently.
    Milltown, Ga., May 15. - (Special)- John F. Studstill, who was recently 
captured in Bowling Green, Fla., on ad-vices from Ashdown for getting money 
fraudulently, escaped from Detective Tucker, who had him in chage, while 
waiting for the train at Ray's Mill, near here, Saturday afternoon.
    Studstill has been in considerable trouble here of late about money mat-
ters; he was for two years his father's assistant in the tax collector's 
office in this (Berrien) county, but was under no bond. Last year the county 
commissioners called for a settlement from the tax collector, but Tax Collec-
tor Studstill was unable to produce the books, claiming his son, John F. 
Studstill, had them. THe commis-sioners finally checked up Mr. Stud-still's 
books, and found him several thousand dollars short, which he promptly made 
good. It seems that his son, John F. Studstill, did all the work in the 
office, and it was through his hands that the money was short.
    Some time during the fall the Atlantic Coast Line railway sent W. H. Stud-
still a check to this place, as this is his home and postoffice, a check cov-
ering their taxes for 1908, the check amounting to $913.55. John F. Studstill 
got it from the office, and carried it to Jacksonville, Fla., and cashed it at 
one of the banks there. Studstill got word that they were on his track, so he 
left home here, and took a steamer from Jacksonville for parts unknown. After 
a delay of two weeks or more the Bank of Milltown, of this place, began to get 
sight drafts from Studstill at different points in Texas, finally wind-ing up 
with a draft through the Ash-down bank, of Ashdown, Ark., for $5,-000. All the 
drafts were turned down, as Studstill had withdrawn all his funds from the 
bank.

Additional Comments:
1) Typos transcribed as published May 16, 1909, Atlanta Constitution, pg. 6  
including misspelling of name in subtitle. 
2) On Aug 16th, 1909 the name of Ray's Mill, Berrien county, Ga. changed to 
Ray City, Berrien county, Ga.

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