Crisp-Dooly County GaArchives News.....BUNDRICK'S ARREST VERIFIED June 24, 1905 ************************************************ 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: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR WYLIESHEPPARD@YAHOO.COM November 7, 2009, 8:36 am CORDELE DISPATCH June 24, 1905 SHERIFF OF DOOLY COUNTY GOES AFTER PRISONER CORDELE JUNE 24,1905 (SPECIAL) THE REPORT CIRCULATED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON OF THE ARREST OF GEORGE BUNDRICK,WANTED FOR THE KILLING OF J.H.SHROUDER, NEAR RAINES,WAS CONFIRMED THIS AFTERNOON WHEN SHERIFF LEWIS CLEWS LEFT ON THE WEST BOUND TRAIN FOR MONTOGEMERY,ALABAMA.WHERE HE WILL MEET THE PRISONER, ON THE REQUEST OF GEORGE SHEPPARD.THE ARREST OF BUNDRICK WAS AT JENA CATAHOULA PARRISH,LOUISIANA AND WAS DUE TO THE UNTIRING EFFORTS OF MR. SHEPPARD,WHO WAS THREE TIMES SHERIFF OF DOOLY COUNTY AND WHO HAS NEVER RELINQUISHED HIS SEARCH FOR THE MAN SINCE HE RETIRED FROM THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF. SHEPPARD HAS TRACKED BUNDRICK STEP BY STEP EVER SINCE HIS ESCAPE. HE LOCATED HIS MAN AT JENA ABOUT 20 DAYS AGO,AND HAS BEEN AT WORK GETTING EVERYTHING READY FOR THE ARREST,WHICH WAS MADE BY SHERIFF WALTERS OF CATAHOULA PARRISH.BEFORE THE ARREST WAS MADE IT WAS NECESSARY TO SEND A MAN TO LOUISINA TO IDENTIFY BUNDRICK, WHO WAS WORKING AT A SAWMILL UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME.F.J. PERRY OF THE FIURTEENTH DISTRICT IN WHICH THE KILLING OCCURED, WENT OUT AND MADE THE IDENTIFICATION. PERRY IS RETURNING WITH BUNDRICK ACCOMPANIED TO MONTOGOMERY BY SHERIFF WALTERS, THEY ARRIVED IN THE ALABAMA CAPITAL AT 11:00 O'CLOCK TONIGHT AND WILL BE MET BY SHERIFF LEWIS.SHERIFF CLEWS AND PRISONER WILL REACH VIENNA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BUNDRICK LEFT A WIFE. Additional Comments: GEORGE W.SHEPPARD WAS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER.IN 1905 HE WAS ELECTED FIRST SHERIFF OF CRISP COUNTY. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/newspapers/bundrick2842nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb