Rabun County GaArchives News.....[no title] April 27, 1905
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The Clayton Tribune, Apr. 27, 1905, Vol. VIII No. 16, P. 3 April 27, 1905
Austin Mitchell, son of S. E. Mitchell of Clayton was killed at Tallulah Falls 
yesterday by J. A. Lockaby, acting town marshal, while Mitchell was resisting 
arrest for disorderly conduct. A number of our citizens went down to the Falls 
yesterday to the Odd fellows picnic and among them was Austin Mitchell. There 
are slight differences as to how or what led to the killing. It is reported 
Mitchell was resisting arrest by backing and had backed from Lockaby about one 
hundred yards. Mitchell was first shot in the hand, and after, twice in the 
body, and all the shots show he was shot in the left side. One of them perhaps 
the fatal one was under the left arm near the arm-pit.

The whole community here was shocked at the tradegy [sic], as Austin was a 
quiet and industrous [sic] young man and had many friends. It is an awful blow 
to the family and the sympathy of all goes out to the bereaved. Austin was 
about 22 years old. Lockaby who lives on Tallulah River some ten miles above 
Tallulah Fallsnearing 60[?] years of age. The deceased was a brother of L. T. 
Mitchell, of the firm of Mitchell & Welch. Lockaby wifed sheriff Carver to go 
down to the Falls immediately after he shot Mitchell, but when the sheriff 
arrived, Lockaby had escaped and up to our going to press he is still at large.

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