Thomas County GaArchives News.....Negro Woman Shot to Death;Husband is South, (Anna Belle Rowan) November 27 1933
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Thomasville Times Enterprise
November 27, 1933

NEGRO WOMAN SHOT TO
DEATH; HUSBAND IS
SOUGHT FOR CRIME--

   Anna Belle Rowan, colored, was
shot and killed at about; five o'clock
yesterday afternoon and Robert Row-
an, her husband is being sought by
the police for the slaying.  A coroner's
jury which met this morning, reach-
ed a verdict of murder.
   The slaying is said to have occurred
on  Hall's  Alley  in  the Tockwotton
negro quarters in the eastern part of
the city, at the home of a neighbor
of the participants.  Two negro women
witnessed the crime.
   According to reports of the inci-
dent, Rowan is said to have entered
the house where his wife was visiting
and asked her to come outside.  She
refused and a few words passed be-
tween the two, and Rowan is said to
have drawn a pistol and fired two
shots, one striking the woman in the
temple and the other in the body.
   The negro is sad to have then
gone out into the yard of the house
and pretended to shoot himself, fir-
ing in a ditch and fleeing.
   Police were called and a search was
instigated for Rowan but he, is still
at large.



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