Rockdale County GaArchives News.....ELLIS M. COLLUM SHOT January 9, 1886 ************************************************ 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: Phyllis Thompson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002524 September 5, 2011, 7:51 pm The Solid South January 9, 1886 Last Monday John Banks, col., shot Ellis McCollum, col., with a shot gun. It seems that Banks happened to pass through the field where McCollum was at work and McCollum ordered him to get out, at the same time advancing on him with an ax. Banks told him to stop or he would shoot him, but McCollum proceeded and Banks discharged one barrel of his gun striking McCollum in the abdomen. He still followed Banks some distance before he fell. Banks was arrested Wednesday by Constable Bryans and placed in jail. He will have his commitment trial this morning. Banks made no effort to escape and says he done it in self defense. They had had a quarrel before. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/rockdale/newspapers/ellismco2724gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb