The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-09-25
THE MURDER M RANDOLPH.
alien Nipples Slot Through the Heart
Wash Robinson Charged With the Kill
ina.s3of6 Dawsn1 1nrL;.

one dawson negro by another at
ohellman upon the arrival of the
cannon ball train~in that place
Very little could be learned OF the
affair, and even up to Monday Mt
neon nothing but the names of the
parties could be found out. The
NEWS at once sent special re-
porter to the scene of the tradegy.
and IS this morning able to give its
readers as much of the facts in the
case as could possibly he gatherc d.
a large number OF Dawson re.
gnoes, itseems. had left here that
morning on the three o'clock train
tor Shellman to attend an associa>
ton, and 10 the crowd were Allen
Nipples, Mack Henderson and
W"sh Robinson. As soon as the
train arrived at Shellman and the
passengers were put off, Nipples
and Robinson were seen to 90 to
the rear OF the depot, and even
while the crowd was still in front
of the depot a pistol shot
was heard in the rear
ami few moments later Allen
Nipples was found dying in the
arms of Wash Robinson. He had
been shot through the heart, and
the pistol with which he was killed
was found in Wash'S satclfcI.
As soon as possible a jury was
empanneled, and in the absence OF
the coroner, Justice ID. L. Fer
euson acted in that capacity. The
evidence was very lengthy, but the
following is about the result of the
investigation:
Wash Robinson and Allen Nip,
pies had LEFT Dawson together,
both drinkin- Between Dawson
and Shellmao they had an alterca.
ton but upon the arrival of the
train at the latter place were SEEM
ingly all right again. They went
to the rear OF the depot together,
and shortly afterwards, possibly a
half hour, pistol shot was heard.
Rich Jackson ran to the spot. and
found Allen Mp les shot through
the left breast. Wash Robinson
was trying to hold him up.
Nipples said he was shot, but would
say nothing more. About thirty or
forty dollars of Nipples money was
found in Wash's pocket, and a
five dollar bill was found on the
ground. A pistol was also found
in Wash's satchcl. One empty
cartridge was in it, four that hail
not been used were found Oh the
ground. The verdict of the Jury
was that Allen Nipple came TO his
death by pistol in the hands of
Wash Robinson. and that in their
opiEiOn the same Was murder.
Robinson had been arrested and
carried to Cuthhert, and there the
rep otter learned his side OF the mat
ter.
81 left Dawson" he said, in
company with Allen, who was
drinking. I bGd drank some, but
was not feeling it. Mack Hender
son was also aboard and was drink
ing. He sat down and began talk
ing to us. In a short while he
aud Allen had gotten in quarrel
about drinks. Mack got mad about
ONE thing Allen said about Me'is-
ga Henderson. | tried to keep
them quiet, and parties on the
train asked them to be quiet. Soon
after we got to Shellman Mack
came to where Allen and | were
sitting on the northwest corner of
the depot. Allen asked Mack to
have Il drink, and Mack said he
didn't want any of his d. liquor,
wherup9n Allen told him he( Mac
was mad about what he had said
about Melissa. They begun TO
quarrel and Mack told Alien not
touch him or he would fix him.
Allen got up ON the platform and
got pistol out of his val;se and
told Mack he had the ends on him
and jumped off the platform to
where Mack WIS landing. When
he jumped nc stumbled and fell
and simultaneously the report of
the pistol was heard. He raised
up and tried 10 get to the platform.
help him to it, His hand was
on my shoulder He said, Wash,
I'm shot, Take this money and
yet it to my wife and childreD.'
At this time Rich Jackson came
up and picked a bill up off of the
ground. | told him it was Aliens.
The money WAS rolled up together
and | don't know anything about
the amount. Some one picked up
the pistol and laid it in or on nay
satchel. Allel was very drunk
and so was Mac, and my opinion
is that when allen stumbled the
pistol he had il his hand struck
the ground. went off and killed
Lin. Before God I'm innocent"
Nipples and Robinson were both
iudustrsous and thrift negroes and
owned nice homes in the city.
Karr owiy Escaped Blaze.
The gin house OF Mr. John Jones,
about four miles from the city,
narrowly escaped destruction on
last Friday night. One of the
hands accidentally knocked over a
lamp in the lint and the blaze rap
idly spread, but was extinguished