Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Miller, Frank L. 1901
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Cedartown Standard, November 28, 1901
The town of Cave Spring was deeply stirred Tuesday afternoon by the killing of 
one of her most prominent citizens by his own nephew. The slayer has fled, and 
a scouting party of incensed citizens has been searching the country for the 
fugitive. So high was the feeling incident to the killing that summary 
punishment would have been meted out if the murderer had been caught. The story 
of the killing was phoned to Cedartown to the officers, and the facts are 
reported about as follows: Mr. F. L. Miller, of the well-known business firm of 
Miller & Sons, went bird-hunting Tuesday afternoon, and in his hunt trespassed 
on the farm of his nephew, Mr. John B. McGhee, near Cave Spring, and shot at 
some birds about six hundred yards from McGhee’s house. This greatly angered 
McGhee, who went to town to swear out a warrant for trespass against Miller. 
Failing to find an officer, McGhee returned home, meeting his uncle in the 
road. He showed evidences of anger, and asked Miller why he shot on his 
premises so near his wife and children. Miller replied that he had not been 
dangerously near the home and would not injure a member of the family for 
anything. He tried to mollify the anger of his nephew, and proposed to go to 
his home with McGhee, at the same time breaking his shot-gun and extracting the 
two shells therefrom. As Miller turned to get into his buggy, McGhee drew his 
pistol and fired five shots at his uncle, two balls entered the latter’s back 
and one in his leg, the victim dying in about fifteen minutes. McGhee saw what 
he had done in a heat of uncontrolled passion, and fled immediately. The news 
spread rapidly, and soon a hundred men were in hot pursuit of the fugitive. 
Fierce indignation was rite for several hours, and threats of lynching were 
heard on all sides. The deplorable affair has stirred that community as nothing 
else for years, and is deeply regretted on account of the prominence of both 
families. So far, nothing is known of the whereabouts of McGhee. (Cedartown 
Standard, November 28, 1901) 

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