Pike County GaArchives News.....Crawley Brothers Charged with the Killing of Carden October 9 1910 ************************************************ 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: d hill dawnlfdp@yahoo.com April 4, 2004, 4:10 pm Griffin Daily News and Sun Crawley Brothers Charged with the Killing of Carden Together with Unknown Party – Verdict of Coroner’s Jury Which Investigated Killing. O.R. and J. M. Crawley and an unknown party are charged with the killing of William M. Carden By a Pike county coroner’s jury which impanelled yesterday and investigated the killing. Carden was shot down Friday afternoon on the roadside, just below Orchard Hill, while on his way to Milner, the shots coming, it is alleged from a buggy in which three men were riding. The story of the killing was published yesterday morning in this paper. The supposed motive for the killing is of long standing, Carden, while marshal at Milner three years ago, having killed one of the Crawley brothers. While the shooting seems not so much of a surprise to the people of Pike, it has caused considerable excitement. The killing of their brother was keenly felt and resented, it is said, by the Crawley family, and as time passed, according to friends of all concerned, the bitterness increased. The Messrs. Crawley, who are charged with the killing by the coroner’s verdict, are both residents of Griffin and are engaged in business here, and there is no one here but who regrets the trouble they have gotten into. Sheriff Miller Harrison, of Pike, arrived in Griffin last night on the 6:45 Central train from the scene of the coroner’s inquest and stated that the verdict was to the effect that the killing was murder and that Reg and Jim Crawley were charged with the killing by the jury. He stated that the Crawleys had not been arrested, but that he would make an effort to locate them. The “unknown party” in the case is known and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. Governor Offers Reward Sheriff Harrison stated that the governor of Georgia had notified him that he would immediately offer a suitable reward for the arrest and conviction of each of the following parties: “Jim Crawley, age 34 or 35, red complected, about 5 feet, 8 inches high, weight about 150 pounds, almost entirely bald-headed, hair dark. “Reg Crawley, age 25 or 26, light complected, weight about 150, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, round face, light hair, one hand badly cut, scar very noticeable. “Both wanted for murder.” Crawley Claim They Were Justifiable While the Messrs. Crawley could not be seen, a News and Sun reporter learns from reliable sources that they claim self-defense and that they were justifiable in what they did. It is said that they believed that Carden, whom they met in the road, threw one of his hands in his hip pocket and one in his side pocket and with a vile epithet remarked that “now he had them.” The Crawleys, it is claimed, knew the old grudge which Carden had against them, and thinking that they were going to be killed, it was but natural that they should protect themselves. It is said that Messrs. Crawley will surrender at the proper time and be ready to stand trail to the charge which has been brought against them. The News and Sun does give these statements for facts, but they are rumors and are given for what they are worth. It remains for this case to be tried in the courts on its merits before the true facts can possible be brought out. Sheriff Harrison spent last night in Griffin at work upon the case and will go to his home at Zebulon this morning. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb