Pike-Spalding County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hyman L Pitts  April 4 1915
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Griffin Daily News and Sun, April 5, 1915

Hyman L. Pitts Dies From Injuries in Local Hospital

Young Man Who was Shot by Frank Armistead at Williamson Dies Here.

Shooting Followed Quarrel A Week Ago.

Armistead Was Acting as Town Marshall at Time of Shooting Which Occurred in a 
Store at Williamson.

Hyman L. Pitts, who was shot by Frank Armistead at Williamson Saturday night, 
died from his injuries at 5:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Griffin 
Hospital, to which he was brought Sunday morning.
The shooting occurred Saturday afternoon in a store at Williamson, Pitts being 
shot one time in the left side, according to reports received here, and 
followed a quarrel which the two men are said to have had last Saturday night 
one week ago.  They met again and renewed the difficulty, resulting in the 
shooting.
Pitts was a young man about nineteen years of age and Armistead is a married 
man, age about thirty years.  Armistead was acting as town marshall at 
Williamson at the time the shooting occurred.  He was arrested Sunday and 
committed to jail in Zebulon, without bail, according to reports received here 
Monday.
Funeral services over the body of Pitts were held Monday afternoon, being 
conducted in an impressive manner by the Rev. J. A. Drewry, of Griffin, after 
which the remains were laid to rest in the family burying ground at Rover.  

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