Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Grisom, Joe December 25, 1903 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 February 11, 2005, 9:44 pm The Marion County Patriot, January 1, 1904 The Marion County Patriot, No. 1 January 1, 1904 Page One Christmas Murder On Friday afternoon of last week Rosco Martin shot and killed Joe Grisom, on the street corner near the Patriot office. Both men were Negroes. The shooting is said to have been caused by a disagreement the men had previously had about a woman. At the time of the killing they were standing on the street, had some few words and Joe Grisom, with an open knife in his hand, advanced towards Rosco, as he did so Rosco caught him with his left hand, drew a pistol and shot three times. One ball missed but the other two took effect in the head and Joe fell on his face dead. As his victim fell the murderer ran down the street by the side door of the Georgia Trading Company and was soon out of town. Fortunately, however, several policemen who were on duty that day, including Marshal Chapman, were soon on his track and succeeded in capturing him about a mile from town and carried him safely to jail. The commitment trial was held Monday before Justice Smith and the negro was sent to jail without bail. It is general opinion that the killing was a clear case of murder, and that Rosco stands a pretty fair chance of stretching hemp. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/marion/obits/g/ob6442grisom.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb