Grady County GaArchives News.....Early Harrell Shot  By Isaiah Oliver July 26 1918
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Janet Sumner http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002510 May 30, 2004, 6:45 pm

The Cairo Messenger
Last Sunday afternoon about five o'clock, Early Harrell shot and seriously 
wounded Isaiah Oliver.  The shooting occured near the place of Mr. H. J. Poulk, 
a little better than three miles north-west of town, in the public road, while 
the two negroes in company with four others were in an automobile.

After the shooting Oliver got on his bicycle, which he had on the car with him 
and made good his escape.  Harrell who was shot was immediately brought to Dr. 
Walker's Sanitarium by his companions.

It is said that Harrell was sitting on the front seat while Oliver was on the 
back seat.  A controversy arose as to whom was going to drive the car, when 
Oliver pulled out his pistol, placed it to Harrell's neck, and pulled the 
trigger, the bullet going in under the collar bone.  As stated, the car was 
stopped and turned around and brought the wounded negro to Cairo, while the 
other negro got on his bicycle and "lit a shuck."  Harrell is doing nicely and 
will get well if no complications set in.  In the meantime, Sheriff Perkins is 
on the trail of Oliver and hopes to soon have him behind bars.  The car in 
which the shooting occured belonged to a negro by the name of McGriff.  

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