Butts County GaArchives Obituaries.....McDaniel, Will December 1901
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Jackson Argus
Will McDaniel –Shot Dead
Whiskey is at the bottom of almost every evil deed done these days.  Whiskey, 
blind tigers, lewd woman and pistols resulted in a cod-blooded murder in 
Pepperton  about three o’clock last Saturday morning.  Will McDaniel, a  young 
white man, went to the house of a questionable character, where a negro named 
Will Besley was, for some whiskey, and raised a row.  Besley went home, got his 
gun and came back and shot McDaniel dead.  McDaniel is in his grave and Besley 
is in jail and will probably hang, as the killing is said to have been cold-
blooded.  The Argus does not furnish details of such low, horrible crimes.  
Coroner Pelt held an inquest Saturday and the verdict was murder at the hands of 
Besley.  The arrest of Besley was effected by Sheriff J. M. Crawford and his 
son, Marshal Lawrence Crawford, before day Saturday morning and lodged in Butts 
County jail.
Jackson Argus – Week of December 20, 1901


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