Pike-Meriwether County GaArchives News.....Arthur B. REYNOLDS murdered near Concord, Ga. on 30 Nov 1893 December 8, 1893 ************************************************ 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: Valerie (Johnson) Freeman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002248 and Ben McLaughlin October 11, 2005, 1:55 pm The Meriwether County Vindicator December 8, 1893 Greenville, Meriwether Co., Georgia Vol. 22, No. 1, December 8, 1893. REYNOLDS, Mr. Arthur B., a young man about 21 years old living in Meriwether, was robbed and brutally murdered, his head and face being crushed by blows; the deed occurred near Concord in Pike county as he was returning home from having purchased cotton seed in Concord; the murderer, who was discovered with bloody clothing and with property of the victim, was lynched by a band of determined men; Mr. Reynolds was the son of Mr. Clifton Reynolds who lives near Warnerville; [from the Atlanta Constitution, Dec. 1, 1893] Vol. 22, No. 10, February 9, 1894 In a memorial by J. M. Herndon in this later issue: he was born in Meriwether July 17, 1866 and was murdered Nov. 30, 1893; he became a member of the Mount Zion Baptist church in August 1882 or 1885; File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/newspapers/arthurbr2351nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb