Butts County GaArchives News.....Man Shot While Attempting To Burn His Neighbor’s Barn September 16 1893
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Middle Ga. Argus – Week of September 16, 1893
About six miles south of Jackson, near Mr. Vernon church, lives Mr. Jack 
Waldroup and Mr. Ward.  They live on adjoining farms and are close neighbors.   
For two years these two men have been at “outs”, and many difficulties have 
arisen between them.  Recently Mr. Waldroup has bought Mr. Ward’s farm and 
shortly he was to move away, but a new difficulty arose between them by Mr. 
Waldroups horse getting out and doing some depredation about Mr. Ward’s 
premises.  It is claimed that Ward made some threats that he would burn his 
neighbor out and fearing that he would carry these threats out, Mr. Waldroup 
and his two sons posted themselves to watch their premises, and shortly after 
dark saw their man stealthily creping up to their barn in his stocking feet.  
The young men demanded him to halt and a fight ensued and Ward received two 
wounds, one in the back and one in the right shoulder.  Dr. Kelly, of Indian 
Springs, was called and he found the wounded in a field near the barn in a 
badly wounded condition and but little could be done to relieve his suffering.  
He made several conflicting statements concerning his being near Waldroup’s 
barn with matches in his pocket




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