Butts-Fulton County GaArchives News.....Julia Force - Not Guilty June 1897
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Flovilla & Indian Springs Enterprise June 1897
Julia Force Not Guilty

Her Trial In Atlanta For The Murder Of Her Two Sisters.

Under a Previous Judgment She Will Now Be Sent To The Asylum.

The trial of the state against Miss Julia Force, charged with the murder of 
here sisters, Misses Minnie and Florence Force, was begun in Atlanta Monday 
morning.

Miss Julia Force is resting under two indictments for murder.  IN one 
indictment she is charged with the murder of her sister, Miss Minnie Force, 
and in the second she is charged with the murder of her second sister, Miss 
Florence Force.

Just why this was done is not stated but Miss Julia Force was put on trial in 
the case of the state against herself, charged with the murder of Miss Minnie 
force.  Should Miss Force be found guilty of murder, although it is hardly 
probable, Solicitor Hill has as yet not determined whether or not he will put 
her on trial for the second murder.

THE FATAL SHOTS

Miss Force’s crime is too well known to need any dwelling upon, and the sad 
story but brings up sad memories of an insane woman’s terrible and blood 
thirsty deed.  The double murder occurred on Saturday, February 25th, just at 
the very time when the city was wild over a bank defalcation and a couple of 
suicides.  From the statements made by Miss Force herself the murder was a 
deliberate one, which was well planned and faithfully executed.  The mother 
was absent from home; the two servants were dispatched on errands, and the way 
was clear for the horrible deed that was to follow.  Miss Minnie Force was 
shot first,  the residence was locked and the fully arou_________________-

REST OF STORY TORN FROM PAPER

Flovilla & Indian Springs Enterprise –Butts County Ga.
Week of June 3, 1897




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