Coffee County GaArchives News.....DEWEY McLEAN IS KILLED BY GASKIN  January 29, 1928
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Satilla Regional Library, Genealogy Dept., Douglas, Coffee Co., GA. January 29, 1928
DEWEY McLEAN IS KILLED BY GASKIN 
A tragedy involving two of Coffee's well known families occurred last Wednesday 
night at the home of Jonathan Hill, north of Broxton, when Spurgeon Gaskin shot 
and killed Dewey McLean, while sitting at the supper table. 
The best facts obtainable are that several days ago Dewey McLean and some other 
young man had some trouble. Spurgeon Gaskin while intoxicated walked into the 
dining room at Jonathan Hill's and asked McLean, who was eating, if he was the 
man who had imposed on his "buddie", meaning a friend, using oaths in asking 
the question, and immediately pulled out his pistol and shot McLean, killing 
him instantly. He shot twice. 
Gaskin was placed under arrest and brought to jail in Douglas. 
He is a brother of the late Dan Gaskin, who was clerk of superior court here 
for a number of years, and had just returned from the west where had been 
living for about 22 years. He is about 40 years of age. 
Dewey McLean was a son of Archie F. McLean, and a grandson of the late Duncan 
McLean. 
SOURCE: Satilla Regional Library, Genealogy Dept., Douglas, Coffee Co., GA.
The Douglas Enterprise January 29, 1928 
Submitted by Lourice Lott Merritt 


Additional Comments:
My Uncle I never got the chance to meet, my fathers brother R.I.P.

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