Butts County GaArchives News.....McDaniel, J. S. Burglary June 1877
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Butts Argus June 1877
McDaniel, J. S. – Burglary

On last Friday night, two men who have the misfortune to have “Col.” Affixed 
to their names, unlocked the smoke house door of Mr. J. S. McDanaiel, and 
carried off twelve pieces of meat, which they considered enough to keep their 
throats well greased during the summer, but unfortunately, they will never 
have the chance to avail themselves of that opportunity.  Mr. Mc suspicion two 
Negroes living on the premises of the widow Giles, Jesse and Ben Barren.  Mr. 
McDaniel obtained a search warrant, and accompanied by the sheriff, proceeded 
to the house of Jesse and Ben’s, where they searched it vigorously, but found 
nothing of the meat, and after looking around the house a while, they noticed 
tracks through the field leading towards a pine thicket, and fortunately, this 
was a successful clue to the finding of the missing meat.  They had only been 
in the thicket a short time when they found a pit about two feet deep, with 
the meat therein.  This was a right sharp burglary, but it wasn’t 
quite “thick” enough.  One of the Negroes was captured, but made his escape 
after receiving the contents of two barrels of a pistol, which was loaded with 
squirrel shot.  Both Negroes are now at large, and Mr. McDaniel has offered a 
twenty-dollar reward for their deliverance to the Sheriff, or ten dollars for 
each.

Butts county Argus – Butts County Ga.
Week of April 26, 1877


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