The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-03-15
THE MURDER IN OGLETHORPE'
.cs,ss1NAT1ON OF COL. GEO. w. FISH, OF
MACON coUNTY, GEORGIA.

iShed statement from the MacoH O,
Telegraph in regard to the assasslna- ii
ion of Col. George w. Fish, OF Macon ?
county. The account was meagre and -
and the friends OF the q
man in Savannah have t.
waited with some anxiety for the par )
ticulars of the outrage. =
Col. Fish was brother of DIR. John I
D. Fish, of this city, one OF our most t
prominent and successful ply sicians.
The Americas Republican, in giving
account of the affair, says that the peo-
ple of that section are Mortified at the
cowardly and brutal murder, which
occurred in Oglethorpe last Monday
night. The Republican is enabled
through the services OF well-knowh
citizen of Americas to give the details
of the terrible tragedy, gathered at the
scene of it's occurrence.
Col. Fish, returning from trip to
Savannah, had come down from Macon
on Monday nights train, reaching
Oglethorpe about one o'clock. Get
ting off at the depot of the latter place,
he gave his bundle of books to negro
man, named Jacob, and started walk
inc home, followed Immediately by the
servant. Proceeding towards his resi-
dence, he had reached the heart OF the
town, and was passing up the left SIDE
walk along side of the Court House,
when gun was fred at him from the
door of this building, opening lmme-
diately on the street, the shot taking
effect in the left side of the face and
! neck, and inflicting most CHASTITY and
gaping wound, from which Col. Fish
8 died at once. He fell forward on his
n right side, out towards the outer edge
q of the sidewalk, evidently never NOV
: ing after he touched the ground; for
his arms were lying the one easily by
- his side and the other on his breast,
his satchel nearly just were it had slip
ped from his hand, and his beaver on
e the sidewalk where it had tumbled
e from his head. His Overcoat was but
d toned up close to the chin, and nothing
,e about him had been disturbed in any
i? way, although he had on gold watch
a. money about his person, and Other
|, valuables, plainly showing that the
:. lurking assassin, who had fired the
- fatal shot, sought no spoils and profits
io but human blood and human life.
H. The servant was walking, according
10 to his own account, to the left and
n little in the rear of Col. Fish, and whel
IT, the gun fired, lodged down, squattine
D. and then turned and ran off, frightened
He at once woke up some gentlemen
sleeping not far off, who found tn
. body as above described, the warn
ei blood gushing profusely from the sew
TN eral arteries, and the last faint breat
n fluttering OH his dying lips.
ID This assassination is as astonishin
Ole to the community in which Col. Els
lie has long lived, universally respecte
to and honored, as the details of its PEI
w. petratiop prove it atrocious. A maj
;al polite and gentlemanly towards al
!, making no enemies ever and havir
no malignant foes has been wayla
and murdered in the centre of a peac
'o' tul town on it's most Fl e q u e II t
'ay thoroughfare, and none can ascribe Il
% reason why.
Tor. Thomas P. Lloyd, Esq, Solicit
Ier- General Of the Southwestern Circu
uld and John d. Carter Esq, District A
on torney of the Court of which Col. Fl
MID was Judge, were in Oglethorpe ye
orn terday to represent the State in t
-, preliminary trial of negro, nam
Henry Stubs, who has been arreste
. % and Is charged with this crime.
10 seems that Henry confesses to ha
ma been at the Court House the night
1t the murder. On his shoe-heels W.
lble iron taps, and the right one make
in peculiar track. This track was d
II b covered leading from another door
in the Court House, made by party e
we're IDENTIFY running, was followed, measur
M on identified as Henry's, and indeed
o,o, mitted by him to be verbally his o.
=. The case against him rests thus
, ~ upon this circumstantial evidence
pio The gun wads were found near
was body, and buck-shots were cut on
the the shade trees near by, but no
nselt was found in Henry's possession.
N in Very grave suspicion points t.
lrse, known white man as the instigatol
here the deed, for whom warrant has b
had taken out.
4 Il The case was to have been invt
heo+ gated yesterday, the magistrates
fore whom the investigation is t
conducted having granted a cont
Pun ance of the prosecution. We trust
soi'ii the matter may be thoroughly sit
AT and that the murderer will be bro'
sent to speedy justice.-[Sayannah
given News.
III ny THE ABoRIGINEs USED IT.-The