Rockdale County GaArchives News.....A MAN MURDERED January 16 1896 ************************************************ 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 mandpthompson@bellsouth.net April 30, 2004, 7:12 pm The Rockdale Banner LOGAN BRADFORD KILLS JOHN ECKLES IN SHEFFIELD DISTRICT BRADFOR IN JAIL. Last Tuesday night at White's mill, some eight or ten miles northeast of Conyers, Mr. Logan Bradford shot and killed Mr. John Eckles, and early yesterday morning Coroner Farrill was notified of the affair and he at once went to the place of the killing. After hearing quite a number of witnesses the jury returned a verdict of murder. Sheriff Austin brought Bradford to Conyers yesterday afternoon and put him in jail and he will be given a preliminary hearing this morning. Up to going to press we were unable to get any of the testimony in regard to the killing. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb