Grady County GaArchives News.....Tom Hurst Shot By Unknown Party Last Saturday Night May 2 1919
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Janet Sumner http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002510 June 15, 2004, 6:28 pm

The Cairo Messenger
Crippled Man Shot -- Cause of Shooting Unexplainable -- Victim Recover

Mr. Tom Hurst, a well known Grady farmer, residing in the Northern portion of 
the county was shot by unknown parties last Saturday night about nine o'clock.  
The shooting took place just across the county line in Mitchell county, where 
Mr. Hurst had gone to visit a neighbor.

Mr. Hurst, who is a cripple, and has no enemies as he knows of, being a law 
abiding and peaceful citizen, was standing in front of his neighbor's home, 
when the shooting occurred.  An automobile driven by a stranger drove up at a 
rapid rate and stopped near where he was.  A man immediately jumped out of the 
car and opened fire on Mr. Hurst, shooting him in the left leg, just above the 
knee.  The party doing the firing, as quickly as possible, got back into the 
car and was driven off at a very rapid rate of speed.  It being dark, Mr. Hurst 
was unable to recognize the party who did the shooting, or who was driving the 
car.  A doctor was immediately summoned from Pelham who came at once and gave 
the injured man medical aid.

It is generally thought that the party who did the shooting mistook Mr. Hurst 
for someone else, as stated he was not known to have ever had an enemy.  The 
officers of Mitchell County were notified and are working on the case, but up 
to the time of press no one has been apprehended.

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