Polk County GaArchives News.....SHOOTING AFFRAYS IN HARALSON November 2 1880
************************************************
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:
W. Stephens wend@bellsouth.net July 11, 2004, 6:33 pm

The Daily Constitution, Atlanta, GA
SHOOTING AFFRAYS IN HARALSON
Cedartown Advertiser
   Information reached us that on Saturday evening last, at Draketown, in 
Haralson county, Dr. M.K. Phillips shot dangerously “Bud” Hicks, a well-known 
character who lives just over the line in Carroll county.  We have not been 
enabled to obtain full particulars of the shooting, but learn it occurred from 
Hicks having abused Dr. Phillip’s wife, and Phillips coming up and Hicks 
turning his abuse upon him, he shot at him four times, one of the shots taking 
effect in the head.  Dr. Phillips bears the reputation of being a peaceable 
citizen, and it is said was so justifiable in doing the shooting that the 
public authorities did not deem it proper to arrest him.  At last accounts 
Hicks was alive, but his chances of recovery were few.
   We learn also that on the west side of Haralson county, near the Alabama 
line, on Monday night last, a lewd woman named Powell shot and killed Albert 
Green, a young man of the county, Green, who claimed to have borne insult from 
Miss Powell while in company with a respectable young lady, went to the house 
of Miss Powell for the purpose as stated of chastising her.  She seems to have 
heard of his threats and was prepared for him, and when he went shot him, from 
the effects of which he did not long linger.  It is stated that they had a 
considerable fracas and the woman was shot and badly beaten up. (The Daily 
Constitution, Atlanta, GA, November 2, 1880)


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/polk/newspapers/nw1262shooting.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/

File size: 2.1 Kb