Spalding-Newton County GaArchives News.....Travis, Lewis killed in Jail 1870 November 19, 1870
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Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. November 19, 1870
Dead.

The Griffin Middle Georgian, of yesterday, states that the negro, Lewis Travis, 
of desporate [sic] notoriety, who was arrested in Nashville and brought to this 
place, died in jail on last Wednesday night.  As it was stated in our last 
issue, it became necessary for a by-stander to shoot him.  At first it was 
thought that the ball had glanced off from the skull, but since, in probing, it 
was found to have penetrated the skull and entered the brain.
He committed many depredations in the neighborhood of Griffin-he shot Major 
Lovett, with evident intent to kill; shot Dr. and Mrs. Butler, with intent to 
kill, besides the killing of the Marshal of Covington.  He was a most desperate 
character, and undoubtedly has been providentially brought to justice.
Prof. J. S. Jones, Mayor of Covington, and others, were in Griffin on the day 
Lewis died, and identified him as the murderer of Mr. Barber, former Marshal of 
Covington.
Prof. Jones passed through Atlanta last night, and informed us that the 
identification of Lewis, as the murderer of Mr. Barber, was beyond all dispute.

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