Newton County GaArchives News.....Shooting Affray, Tom Smith shoots Arthur Jackson May 9, 1873 ************************************************ 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: Phyllis Thompson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002524 October 2, 2006, 3:17 pm The Georgia Enterprise May 9, 1873 A difficulty occurred between Tom Smith and Arthur Jackson, in Oxford on Wednesday last. They were both Negroes and had been drinking. From angry words a shot gun was brought into the use. Tom fired two shots into Arthur, one in the head and the other in the side. Tom escaped, and Arthur will probably get well. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/newton/newspapers/shooting1828gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb