Butts-Monroe County GaArchives News.....Mitchell Shepherd nabbed by Sheriff Beauchamp December 31, 1896 ************************************************ 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 April 13, 2005, 11:37 pm Jackson Argus – Week Of December 31, 1896 December 31, 1896 Sheriff Beauchamp captured a negro by the name of Mitchell Shepherd in Monroe county last Tuesday who was indicted for a misdemeanor in this county. The Negro went to South Georgia and dodged about until Christmas when he returned to Monroe to spend the holidays. Our sheriff nabbed him before he had a chance to claim “Christmas gifts” on his folks. Sheriff Beauchamp is a slick one. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts/newspapers/mitchell609gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb