Butts County GaArchives News.....Oliver Simmons – Killed March 15 1894
************************************************
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 June 26, 2004, 12:22 pm

Middle Ga. Argus – week of March 15, 1894
Oliver Simmons, a half-witted negro was killed by a train in Jackson, on Friday 
night last.  The coroner held an inquest in the depot.   The witnesses were 
generally truthful, but one little Negro who would have sworn anything, 
somewhat worried the jury, after sitting on a very hard box for two hours.  For 
we were all sitting on boxes and the fattest man had the softest seat, the 
leanest juror whose patience became threadbare and whose box grew harder and 
harder with each fleeting moment, virtually moved to adjourn.  The verdict 
exonerated the road from all blame, as the train was due along there about that 
time and the negro could have waited a few moments without serious injury to 
the church or state.  The poor Negro is as well of as when living.



File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts/newspapers/gnw178oliversi.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/

File size: 1.4 Kb