Taylor County GaArchives News.....Jim Hill In County Jail; Charged With Murder of Oscar Cattle - Dec. 1918 December 5, 1918
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The Butler Herald December 5, 1918
The Butler Herald
Thursday, December 5, 1918
Page One

Jim Hill In County Jail; Charged With Murder of Oscar Cattle

Jim Hill, who was reared on the Level south of Butler, is in jail charged with
murder.  It is alleged that on the night of November 27th he killed Oscar
Cattle, at or near Charing.  That the trouble resulting in the death of Oscar
Cattle arose from a game of “skin,” the dispute terminating in the shooting of
Cattle by Hill, a single barrel shot gun being the weapon used.  

Sheriff J.R. Beeland arrested the Hill negro and has him in the county jail
awaiting a preliminary hearing which has been set for next Monday, December the
9th at Butler and before Judge J.T. Adams.  Quite a number of witnesses have
been subpoenaed and the decision of the hearing is awaited with interest.

The Butler Herald
Thursday, December 19, 1918
Page Three

Jim Hill, colored, who was charged with the killing of Oscar Cattle, also
colored on the night of November 27th, in Charing, was tried before Judge J.T.
Adams in the justice court here Tuesday and bound over to the superior court
charged with manslaughter.  His bond was fixed at $500 which it is believed he
will be able to make in a few days.


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