Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-11-16
MURDER APAC CHURCH.
Georgia Vendetta That Was Fought out
During Service.

bufiuS ctihitt-
Draw, draw, you, Quiok!"
But before he could, u bail went crash
ing through his brain.
1t was an old feud broken out anew,
and the work of death had commenced,
and another chapter in the Georgia
current calendar of crime has been com
mitted.
The Central Baptist Association was in
session in Bethe: Church, near Wiuifred,
Jasper county, Monday, and thousand
people were in attendance. Among the
attendants were representatives of the
Malone and Tyler families. Bad blood
had been existing between them for
years, and they had had bloodless en-
counters three or four times. Sunday after
noon during the erection of z rustic TEN
pie young Malone and AL old Tyler
had words, and the minister who was
conducting the services, fearing trouble
between the families, sought out the in
dividual members and told them not to
add fuel to the fame OF engage in
trouble at his church services. His sue
cess was limited, az the rebuffs with
which he was met took the form of cur
ses, and with a prayer for peacs-for the
good man seemed to have forboding OF
trouble-He turned his attention to his
ministerial duties.
All went along smoothly enough until
about IL O'Clock Monday forenoon. Sam
Tyler, in passing Jim Malone, was touch
ed by his elbow, when Tyler, called out
to Malone to draw and defend himself
accompanying the invitation with a pis-
toll shot through the unfortunate Ma
lone's head. Malone fell dead. Tyler,
who, accounts of the affray say, was under
the influence of liquor, calmly viewed
his victim, and as he attempted to
turn in the opposite direction, fell dead
fatally shot. Six men had drawn pistols
and were firing. Ed. Tyler rushed to
the ARRAY and fell with two balls in The
bowels and one in the leg. While he was
lying PROSTATE on his back, still con
scious, he saw Walker Malone approach
ing pistol in hand.
Spare me, Walker; spare NY life. On
God! Oh, God!'
The appeal was frritiess. Standing
over the PROSTATE man Malone fred two
shots into his aodomen-fatai hurts.
Fifty shots were fired. Walker Malone
was painfully wounded in the shoulder
Albert Taylor was struck in the arm
Frank Miedlebrook's life was saved by
Ais watch, ball striking it and falling
in his vest pocket. Others were hurt
but left the grounds 10 avoid arrest.
When the firing was at its heighth
every woman on the ground and in The
church began to shrek, and the spectacle
was narrowing one. The association
would have dispersed in an hour. 1t was
broken up in confusion, but later few
of the delegates mat under a tree anG
formally adjourned, the business of the
body having been transacted bsfore the
shooting began. A correspondent whC
reached the place shortly after the blood J
work was done, says the scene beggars
description. In tha church lay JOSEPH
Malone cold in death and on the yerandt
of the house a few yards away lay Sam
Tyler deao, and in room gdioininS wa
his nephew, George Tyler, laying il
a pool of blood and almost st death:
door. The shrieks of mothers, wives anC
sisters of the dead and dying were awfu
IN the extreme, and the widest confusion
prevailed. Walker Malone and Aiber
Tyler, two of the principal actors in thu
bloody row escaped.
The fate of Jim Malone is g sad one
He had just arrived at the church meet
ing from his home in Birmingham, Ala.
and was on q visit to his parents in Jasp
er county accompanied by his wife ane
child of four months OF age. He was s
geuteel, handsome, neatly attired man, 81
years old, and it is likely that he hac
nothing to DO vi h the feud. There were
many narrow escapes of bystanders from
| being killed. regular panic existed il
the chur, while the shooting WAS going
on outside. All the young men engaged
in the ARRAY, have hitherto borne gooi
reputation, but there is no disputing tht
fact, that the sad tragedy was the result
of whiskey drinking ard the habit o.
carrying concealed weapons.