Haralson County GaArchives News.....GA. PAIR SLAIN IN GUN FIGHT WITH WOUNDED OFFICER August 3, 1834
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The Atlanta Consitution August 3, 1834
I have a follow-up to the article re Melvin B. Sewell. This family saw a lot 
of violence. This article appeared two years later in the Atlanta 
Constitution on September 3, 1934:

GA. PAIR SLAIN IN GUN FIGHT WITH WOUNDED OFFICER

TALLAPOOSA, Ga. Sept. 3. A street battle in the downtown section early 
Sunday morning between Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ledlow [Frankie Sewell Ledlow was 
Melvin's sister] and Night Marshal Henry Pope resulted in death for the 
couple and serious wounds for the officer.
    The shooting occurred shortly after 1 o'clock Sunday morning. The fight 
is said to have started over an arrest made by Pope.
    According to police here, Marshal Pope had arrested a nephew of Mrs. 
Ledlow's, Kenneth Sewell [a son of Melvin], earlier in the night and was 
holding him in jail when the couple advanced on him.
    Mrs. Ledlow, armed with a shotgun, approached the car in which Marshal 
Pope was sitting and fired, the charge taking effect in his abdomen.
    As he slumped over, he answered the shot with a bullet from his pistol, 
which entered Mrs. Ledlow's head, killing her instantly.
    Pope shot again on the other side of the car, where Mr. Ledlow was 
advancing on him.
    The shot hit Ledlow in the head and he died en route to the hospital.
    Marshal Pope was taken to the hospital in Anniston, Ala., where his 
condition is said to be serious.
    Mr. and Mrs. Ledlow were widely known in this section. Funeral services 
were to be held today.


Melvin V. Sewell (b. Feb 1890) probably died of his wounds; his tombstone 
indicates he died in 1932.

>
> Haralson County GaArchives News.....Sewell, Melvin B. shot by Paul Moody .
>
> "The Cleburne News" .
> Heflin, Cleburne Co., Alabama
>
> NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, SEPTEMBER 29, 1932
>
> TALLAPOOSA MAN IS SHOT IN ARGUMENT
>
> Melvin B. Sewell, age 40, Tallapoosa, Ga. merchant and extensive land 
> owner,
> on Sunday was in serious condition at Garner Hospital suffering from nine
> bullet wounds which he said were inflicted by Paul Moody, age 22, at 
> Arthur
> Lee Bentley's stand on the outskirts of the Georgia city about noon on
> Sunday.
>
> One bullet struck the scalp in the top of Sewell's head and two struck him
> in the abdomen. The latter two were said to be the more serious wounds. He
> was struck in the arms and legs several times.
>
> Sewell said that he and Moody engaged in an argument and that Moody left 
> the
> scene and returned with a pistol. He said he was helpless after Moody 
> fired
> the first shot. The injured man was brought to the local hospital in a
> Tallapoosa ambulance. Officers from Tallapoosa and a physican accompanied
> Sewell. The officers said they had information that Moody had fled in the
> direction of Anniston but were unable to locate him here. The Anniston 
> Star


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