Haralson County GaArchives News.....Sewell, Melvin B. shot by Paul Moody .
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"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

Ernest Chandler of Fruithurst is in jail at Buchanan in connection with the 
shooting of Sewell, his bond being set at $1000.


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