Pike County  Georgia Newspapers - Murder Prentiss Chapman kills Tom Head

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Pike County Times_Journal
Zebulon, Ga., Friday, June 23, 1905

Chapman Kills Head
Prentiss Chapman shot and killed Tom Head from ambush
Wednesday night at Heads shop’s near Griffin. Head was
returning from W.F. Huddleston’s where he took supper on
his way home about 10 o’clock when he was shot five times
by Chapman.

Chapman went home and committed suicide by cutting his
throat from ear to ear. Neither body was discovered until
Thursday morning, though both had been dead for several
hours.

It is said that bad feeling had existing [sic] between
the two for some time and that Chapman had threatened the
life of Head.

Mr Head was a widower with one son. Mr. Chapman was also
a widower but had no children.

The killing and suicide are very much regretted by the
entire community.

(Transcribed by Lynn Ballard Cunningham 9/6/02)