Pike County GaArchives News.....Willful Murder October 1, 1878
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Macon Weekly Telegraph October 1, 1878

On the 10th of September a number of gentlemen collected at Barker’s mill in 
the western part of this county. The purpose of the meeting was to fish and 
seine the pond. After seining up the pond and returning to the mill, some of 
the party concluded to quit seining, while others determined to make another 
haul. At this juncture two young men, Mr. David S. Baker and Mr. Amon Cariker, 
uncle and nephew concluded to wrestle. They took a fall, which resulted in the 
uncle, Mr. Barker, throwing the nephew, Mr. Cariker. The fall produced some 
feeling on the part of Mr. Cariker, and he struck his uncle in the mouth. Mr. 
Barker returned the blow, and the contest ended by Mr. Cariker saying to his 
uncle that he would shoot him. He at once crossed the bridge to the gin house, 
and mounted a mule bareback, saying that he was going to get a gun and shoot 
Barker. Mr. J.C. Willis begged him to desist, but Cariker rode up to Mr. Josh 
Hamlet’s, about three-quarters of a mile distance and asked him to lend him a 
gun to kill a hawk. Mr. Hamlet let him have the gun and he rode back. Mr. J.C. 
Willis had gone to Mr. Barker and notified him of his life being threatened, 
and Mr. Cariker was seen coming up with a gun. Mr. Willis started toward Mr. 
Cariker, with the purpose of preventing the shooting. Mr. Barker ran behind a 
house nearby and Cariker pursued him. Instead of pursuing him around the 
house, Cariker proceeded in the opposite direction to meet him. As they were 
about to meet Barker turned, and our informant thinks Cariker fired as he 
turned, lodging fifty-odd shot in Barker’s hip and side. Mr. Willis reached 
Cariker at this time as he had the gun cocked ready to shoot the second time, 
and prevented the second shot. Mr. Barker was carried to his brother’s 
residence, and good medical attention and nursing administered until last 
Sunday morning, when internal mortification took place and death was the 
result.


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