Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mathews, John 1888 ************************************************ 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 November 16, 2004, 8:27 pm The Marion County Patriot, December 7, 1888 The Marion County Patriot, No. 48 December 7, 1888 Page Three Negro Killed At Draneville last Friday afternoon about dust Dexter Gunnels killed John Mathews, colored, by striking him on the back of the head with a whiffletree and breaking his neck. It seems that Gunnels told Mathews to do something and the negro replied with an insulting remark which brought about the trouble. Gunnels immediate skipped the country and has not yet been caught. Both of them were youths about seventeen years old. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/marion/obits/m/ob5844mathews.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb