Fayette County GaArchives Obituaries.....Parrot, John November 16, 1924 ************************************************ 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: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 14, 2011, 10:01 am The Atlanta Constitution, November 18, 1924 The Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, November 18, 1924 Page Twelve Brother-in-Law Slays Georgian Fayetteville, Ga., November 17 – John Parrot, 40, prominent Fayette county farmer, was shot and killed Sunday evening by A.D. Cleveland, 45, his brother- in-law, at the latter’s home on the Union-Fayetteville highway three miles west of Fayetteville. Ill feeling had existed between the two men because of a recent prosecution of Parrot by Cleveland on charges of assault with intent to murder. Doctors who made an autopsy for the coroner’s jury, said Parrot had been dead for several hours when found and that he had died from gunshot wounds inflicted at close range. He is survived by a widow and small child. Cleveland declared that Parrot came to his home Sunday night partly drunk, and after threatening his life, started towards him with an open pocketknife in his hand. Cleveland also said that he was standing in his front door and ordered Parrot to stop, and when the warning was disregarded, in self-defense he seized his gun and fired without intending to kill, but in the darkness did not know he had hit Parrot until he discovered the body this morning. Neighbors called by Cleveland to the place where the body was found, stated that there was an open knife in the hand of the dead man and a bottle of whisky on the ground beside him. Cleveland surrendered to Sheriff Kerlin and is being held pending an investigation by the coroner’s jury. Additional Comments: Transcriber's note: I'm not related to or researching the Parrot and Cleveland families. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/fayette/obits/p/parrot13698ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb