Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....King, Greely April 4, 1908
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The Marion County Patriot, April 10, 1908
The Marion County Patriot, No. 14
Friday, April 10, 1908
Page One

Fatal Shooting At A Church Supper

Greely King, colored, who was living on Mr. R.E. Clement’s plantation six miles 
west from Buena Vista, was shot and killed at a church supper Saturday night by 
his cousin, John Thomas King, who lives on the Miller plantation which adjoins 
that of Mr. Clements, and only about three-fourths of a mile from the man he 
killed.

Both men were shot, the dead man receiving two bullets from a 38, one in the 
mouth and one in the bowels from which he died in a few minutes, the other 
receiving one bullet in the bowels. The St. Paul Church supper was not held at 
the church but in an empty house between the residences of the two men, and the 
trouble arose over a door fee of ten cents.  These men were not only cousins, 
but were close friends up to that time and the quarrel and shooting may be said 
to be the result of bad whiskey, as we are informed that about six gallons had 
been taken to the place.

On Sunday morning Sheriff Mires and Jailer Warren Belk went to the scene of 
trouble where they found evidence that would answer in place of an inquest.

Dr. J.A. Weaver was called to attend John Thomas King, who was thought to be 
mortally wounded.


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