Butts County GaArchives News.....Stolen Flour April 9, 1897
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Jackson Argus – Week Of April 9, 1897 April 9, 1897
Will Pettigrew, col., the Star Store’s drayman is confined to his room from the
effects of a sleight-of hand performance in which he has been engaged.

The store has been missing things for quite a time and Sheriff Beauchamp was put
to work on the case with the result that Will Pettigrew was arrested on Tuesday
charged with having stolen flour.   A lot of the flour was found in possession
of Laura Allen, a negro woman living near the depot.   She at first refused to
tell where she got the flour, but finally admitted that she had gotten it form
Will Pettigrew.   The brand is one that is handled exclusively by the Star Store.

The drayman was given a preliminary trial Tuesday before Judge Roberison and was
bound over to the superior court under a $200 bond for larceny after trust.

He was in the habit of stealing the flour before it reached the store and on
unloading would report the full amount. 




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