Newton-Morgan County GaArchives News.....MURDER AND MARRIAGE May 16 1895
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Georgia Enterprise
  On Sunday afternoon a young man by the name of Mr. Wm. Green shot and killed
Mr. Thomas Estes. Both live in Morgan county, near the line of Newton. Rumor
says that Mr. Green was getting ready to marry a daughter of Mr. Estes and that
the latter was opposed to the union. The lovers had gone to Rev. Mr. Harwell's
to get married, where Mr. Estes and his son came upon them, and when the
father asked his daughter to come to him, Mr. Green protested, pulled his
pistol and shot him dead, and then fired two shots at the son, but failed to
hit him. The lovers then hurried away in a buggy and were united in marriage
by Esquire Mann, who knew nothing of the bloody work which had been done by the 
groom on that quiet Sabbath afternoon, only a short distance from his own
home. The couple again entered the buggy and up to Tuesday noon no positive
information of their whereabouts had been ascertained, although a number of
persons have been searching for Mr. Green. Telegrams were sent to many places
requesting his arrest. The Estes family offered a reward of $250 for his
arrest. At the inquest Monday a verdict for murder was rendered. This tragic
death and romantic marriage has created a sensation in Morgan and Newton
counties. It is indeed a sad and deplorable affair.
  It is said Green was near Willard Tuesday, with two pistols and defied
arrest when halted, leaving his mule in the road and going into a thicket.
It is thought he will soon be caught. His bride is said to be in Baldwin 
Co.

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