TAYLOR COUNTY, GA - Newspaper Hill, Clyde C. ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Butler Herald Thursday, August 17, 1916, #39 Page Five Dr. C.C. Hill Released On Bond Dr. Clyde Hill, of Reynolds, charged with assault with intent to murder in connection with the shooting of Mr. Oscar E. Draughon on the streets of Reynolds September 7th waived commitment trial before Justice J.T. Adams last Saturday and upon application for bail bond was assessed at $2,000 which was promptly furnished and Dr. Hill released from jail and returned to his family at Reynolds. It will be of interest to the many friends of Mr. Draughon to learn that he continues to improve and his recovery is practically assured. It is thought that he will be able to leave the hospital at Macon, where he has been since the shooting, in a few days. The Butler Herald Thursday, October 5, 1916, #46 Page One Taylor County Superior Court In Session The State Vs. Clyde C. Hill, assault with intent to murder, set for Friday. --------------------------------------------- The Reynolds New Era Wednesday, April 16, 1930 Number VII TAYLOR SUPERIOR COURT ADJOURNS; HILL ESCAPES Taylor Superior Court adjourned Saturday, April 12th, after being in session one week.... In the trial of Mr. Clyde C. Hill charged with forgery, Mr. Hill plead guilty and the court received a recommendation from the prosecutors that he receive not more than one year in prison. On last Sunday while transporting Mr. Hill from Butler to Milledgeville the party stopped at Loh's Cafe in Macon and while the sheriff went to the laboratory, Hill walked down the steps and away. Within one minute Mr. Hill's brother gave the alarm and called detectives who could find no trace of the fugitive. The many friends of Hill regret this escape for the reason that efforts to apprehend him will be redoubled and that in the event of his capture, the fact that he has escaped twice will be detrimental to him in every way. =============== The Reynolds New Era Wednesday, April 30, 1930 HILL WRITES JUDGE OF INTENDED RETURN Columbus, Ga., April 28.---Clyde C. Hill, convicted in Taylor county of forgery of a land deal and now a fugitive from justice, has written Judge C.F. McLaughlin saying he will return to serve his sentence if he lives. Hill. former prominent citizen and druggist of Reynolds, Ga., while under charges of forgery in Taylor county. He was convicted of forgery in Decatur and given three years in the penitentiary. He later escaped but was recaptured at Macon only to escape from Macon officers. The letter to Judge McLaughlin said he had been advised he could not live more than two years and thanked the judge for "kind remarks" made about Hill's father when sentencing him. ============== The Reynolds New Era Wednesday, December 10, 1930 CLYDE HILL CARRIED TO MILLEDGEVILLE Clyde C. Hill formerly of Reynolds, was carried to Milledgeville Monday to complete a sentence imposed by courts on various charges. Hill escaped from officers about a year ago and was recently apprehended in Anniston, Ala., and brought back to Georgia to finish his sentence. ============ Contributed by Joan Hill http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taylor/obits/h/hill2587gob.txt Died April 27, 1936 Mr. Clyde C. Hill, of Reynolds, met tragic death early Monday night when his car failed to take a curve and smashed into an embankment at the approach to the city limits east of Knoxville, the county seat of Crawford County. .... Mr. Hill, who was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hill, both deceased, was born in Reynolds where he lived for many years. Circumstances brought about a number of business changes and locations to Mr. Hill in the interim of his young manhood in Reynolds where his was regarded as one of the brightest minds and be one of the shrewdest, young business men of his day, and his latter years in the same city as proprietor of a lunch room. One of the finest attributes in the life of Mr. Hill was his love for his friends. Truly no man ever had a more loyal or truer friend than those who were fortunate to claim him as a friend. Mr. Hill is survived by his wife, the former Miss Ida Jake Ruffin, together with their two sons, Messers C. C. Jr., and Ruffin Hill, and one daughter, Miss Christine Hill. Others surviving near relatives include three brothers, Mr. Bernice Hill, of Blakely; Elbert Hill, of Macon, and Edwin Hill of Reynolds; and sister, Mrs. Willis Saunders of Reynolds; a half-sister, Mrs. Ricks Carson, of Reynolds, and a step-mother, Mrs. James Hill of Reynolds.