Heard County GaArchives Obituaries.....Webb, "Preacher"  May 1923
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"The Roanoke Leader" -- Roanoke, Randolph Co., Ala.
NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, May 23, 1923

THE DUNN CASE HAS WITNESSED ANOTHER TURN

The Leader last week reported the killing on Sunday afternoon, May 13th of 
Hubert Summers by Wyatt T. Dunn near the latter's home on Roanoke Route 5, 
also the fact that at a corner's inquest held in Roanoke on Monday morning, Mr 
Dunn was held guilty of unjustifiable homicide and was carried that afternoon 
to Wedowee where he was released on bond of $2000., under a warrant charging 
second degree murder.

Saturday afternoon another turn was taken in the case when the brother of the 
slain man, Mr. W.M. Summers, came to Roanoke and swore out a warrant charging 
murder in the first degree, obtained in Justice Harris' court and made 
returnable instanter before Judge Moor. Mr. Dunn was carried to Wedowee that 
evening by a deputy sheriff.  Sitting in special session of the court, Judge 
Moore ruled that this warrant was not binding as the defendant had already 
appeared before him and been released on bond.

Monday, Mr. W.M. Summers returned to Roanoke and again swore out a warrant for 
Dunn, charging murder in the first degree and made returnable May 23rd before 
Justices Harris, Cofield and Awbrey in Roanoke.  Mr. Dunn was arrested Monday 
evening and brought to Roanoke and incarcerated in the city jail, where he 
awaited preliminary trial set for 10 o'clock this morning. As the Leader goes 
to press the case is being heard, with a large crowd in attendance.
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TWO MORE DEAD BY GUN SHOTS

Just over the line of Randolph, in Heard County, Georgia, a young man white 
man 22 years of age known as "Preacher" Webb, was shot four times Sunday 
night, dying at 12:30 Tuesday afternoon.  Olvin Heard, another young white 
man, is alleged to have done the shooting.  It is also reported that his 
father Henry Heard had a gun drawn on the deceased when the shooting was 
done.  Up to Tuesday afternoon no arrests had been made.  It is understood 
that an effort wil be made to arrest both of the Heards.

Tuesday afternoon, County Solicitor and Sheriff Ballard went over near 
Cragford and investigated a killing that occurred one and a half miles east of 
Cragford on Monday afternoon in the home of William Mayo, white, aged 23, and 
married.  The victim was his brother Henry Mayo, aged 40 years, who leaves 
four motherless children. He received a pistol shot through the heart and died 
instantly.  All the members of the family who witnessed the tragedy claimed it 
was accidental.  No arrests have been made.

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