Berrien County GaArchives News.....Negro Killed by His Landlord October 21, 1904
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The Nashville Herald October 21, 1904
	Tifton, Ga., Oct. 18 – Ed. Ellarbee, a well known negro farmer was 
killed at Enigma yesterday by Mr. Sam J. Shippy, his landlord.
	Bad feeling had arisen between Mr. Shippy and Ellarbee, and the latter 
started down to Shippy’s house with a double-barreled shotgun, and on his way 
down made threats about him or Shippy one not living until night.
	Mr. Shippy was warned of the threats and met Ellarbee in front of his 
house and told him to go home and put up his gun and go to work.  Ellarbee 
made some impudent remark and several words were exchanged, when Ellarbee took 
his gun from his shoulder, cocking the right-hand barrel as he did so.
	Mr. Shippy seized the gun, and being a stouter man than Ellarbee, 
wrenched it away from and struck him a violent blow over the head with it 
fracturing the lock and breaking the gun at the breach.  Ellarbee fell 
unconscious from the blow and died the following night.
	A coroner’s inquest was held and a verdict of justifiable homicide 
rendered.  Both barrels of the gun were found to be loaded with buckshot.


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