Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jones, Walter December 25, 1924
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The Columbus Enquirer-Sun, December 31, 1924
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun
December 31, 1924
Page Two

Two More Arrests In Recent Killing

Two additional arrests, Eddie Davis and Will Davis, negroes, have been made by
Sheriff John L. Moon, of Lee County in connection with the killing Christmas Day
of Walter Jones, Columbus negro, at Smith Station.

An exhaustive investigation has been made by the Sheriff's authorities in to the
shooting and as a result four persons are behind the bars in the Opelika jail.

The Jones negro was chased from a house by five negroes his brother said and a
few minutes later several shots were fired.  An investigation revealed Jones
dying with three bullet wounds in his body.



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