Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Latham, Thomas S. 1901
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Cedartown Standard, August 29, 1901
The Standard last week published an account of the finding of the dead body of 
Mr. Thomas S. Latham, a good citizen of Haralson county, in the Tallapoosa 
river at Rowell ,s bridge, in that county. He had been shot in the back by some 
one whose identity was then unknown, and his body was thrown into the river. It 
has since transpired that the deed was done by Bije Latham, a nephew of the 
deceased. Bije had left the house with his uncle in apparently the most 
friendly spirit, and after killing his uncle returned home and told his mother 
what he had done. The young man has been unbalanced mentally for some time, and 
did not seem to realize what he had done. He was placed in jail at Buchanan, 
but has been adjudged insane and sent to the asylum at Milledgeville. The 
Standard was misinformed last week as to Mr. Latham being the father of Col. 
Edgar Latham, formerly of Cedartown, the deceased being his uncle. 

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