Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Cooper, George 1907 ************************************************ 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 16, 2004, 10:22 am Cedartown Standard, July 11, 1907 The pleasure of the "glorious Fourth" in Cedartown Was marred by a homicide about 5:30 p.m. in Eastview. Mr. George Cooper was shot down near the store of Mr. J. S. Moore, where he was employed by his brother-in-law Mr. Jake Martin. Martin is the husband of Cooper’s sister, Mamie, but the couple had not been living together for a couple of months, and the tragedy grew out of this family trouble. It is reported that Martin had been making ugly threats of late against various members of the Cooper family. Martin and Cooper entered into a discussion of the former’s treatment of his wife, and as a result, Martin drew his pistol and fired several shots at Cooper, three of them taking effect in his head and breast, killing him instantly. Cooper drew a pistol when Martin began to shoot, but there seems to be a difference of opinion as to whether he fired it or not. Martin swore that no one should take his pistol from him after the commission of his crime, but Mr. A. W. Swann placed him under arrest and secured the weapon. He was turned over to the officers, and is now in the county jail awaiting trial. The remains of Mr. Cooper were taken to his home and funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon by Rev. R. P. Tatum. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Cooper and was twenty-seven years of age. He was a young man well liked by all who knew him and was about to open up a store of his own, the stock having already been purchased. He leaves a wife, nee Miss Jennie Sanford, and a bright little six0year-old daughter to mourn his tragic death. Martin is a painter and paper hanger by trade and while known as a drinking man, has never been generally regarded as a dangerous character. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/polk/obits/ob5006cooper.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb