Sumner County TN Archives News.....SHOT DEAD WAS RAYMOND WHITSON BY BOBBY DAVIDSON October 13, 1921
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Franklin Favorite October 13, 1921
     (Tragedy occurs in corridor of court house Monday afternoon (several words 
unreadable here??)
     Raymond Whitson 33 years old farmer and oil contractor of Sumner County, 
Tennessee was shot and instantly killed in the corridor of the Court House here 
Monday afternoon by Robert Davidson, 38, son of Jailor Charles L. Davidson.
     Whitson, who came here to attend the trial of a relative on a charge of 
breach of peace was standing talking to Davidson it is said when the killer 
fired at him.
     Chief of Police Aspley chance to be at the upper end of the corridor but 
approached the men just as the revolver flashed. He at once siezed the weapon 
and placed Davidson under arrest.
     In common with all citizens who look to the law for protection, The 
Favorite deeply deplores this additional stain upon the good name of Simpson 
county.
     Having never in life heard of the dead man, we of course know nothing of 
him except statements attributed to friends and neighbors since his death, and 
without exception they declared him to be an industrous frugal and trustworthy 
man. he is said to have owned about 80 acres of good land and was accepted by 
Portland business men as a reliable and (---?) able farmer.
     The examining trial was called at 11 o'clock Wednesday, but continued 
until Tuesday at next (unreadable?).    


Additional Comments:
Raymond Whitson born 6 Feb 1891 in Sumner Co., TN to William Henry Whitson & 
Ardelia Lenery Perdue.

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