Butts County GaArchives News.....A Negro Killed August 7, 1898 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Bankston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005864 November 17, 2006, 2:33 am Jackson Argus – Butts County August 7, 1898 Gus Goodman shot General Connally last Saturday and on Sunday morning the wounded man died. Both parties were negroes. The killing was done at the store on Covington street known as railroad crossing. It appears that Connally was shot in the bowels with a 38 calibre pistol and died as above stated. Goodman was arrested and is now in jail awaiting trial. He will be represented by Dr. Mays. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts/newspapers/anegroki1987gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb