Clay County GaArchives Obituaries.....BEE, AARON November 1889
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THE ADVERTISER, FT. GAINES, NOV 13 1889
AARON BEE A NEGRO LIVING ON MR. W.C. GRIMSLEY'S PLACE WAS SEVERELY CUT IN THE 
ABDOMEN LAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND DIED FROM THE EFFECT OF THE WOUND ON THE 
FOLLOWING NIGHT.
WE ARE INDEBTED TO CORONER FOR THE FOLLOWING DETAILS IN REGARD TO THE AFFAIR.
THREE NEGROES, PERRY WILLIAMS, ED AND LEWIS HAZELY, LIVING THE FARM OF MR. 
WOODY DAVIS WENT TO THE HOME OF PETER BEE ON MR GRIMSLEY'S PLACE AND ATTACKED 
HIM.  PETER DEFENDED HIMSELF WITH A PIECE OF A RAIL HASTILY PICKED UP AND 
BEGAN CALLING FOR HELP.  AARON BEE WHO LIVED CLOSE BY HEARD HIS BROTHER 
CALLING FOR HELP AND WENT TO HIS ASSISTANCE AND IN ENDEAVORING TO PROTECT HIM 
RECEIVED THE CUT FROM WHICH HE DIED.  THE CORONER HELD AN INQUEST SUNDAY, THE 
VERDICT OF THE JURY CHARGES PERRY WILLIAMS AND LEWIS HAZELY AS PRINCIPALS IN 
THE MURDER AND ED HAZELY AS ACCESSOR TO THE CRIME.  
THE NEGROES ALL MANAGED TO ESCAPE AND UP TO DATE HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD FROM.  IT 
IS THOUGHTY THEY WENT TO ALABAMA.  SHERIFF MCALLISTER TELEGRAPHED 
DESCRIPTIONS.  THE NEGROES IN BEE'S COMMUNITY RAISED $36 AS A REWARD FOR THE 
CAPTURE OF THESE MURDERERS.

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TYPED EXACTLY AS IT WAS PRINTED IN THE NEWSPAPER

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