The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-11-29
A Saturday Night Drunken
FrOIic
RESULTS IN A BLOODY TRAGEDY.
Mitchell Evans Boyles is the Victim,
and Elias Cox is the Acknowledged
Slayer.

- saturday night last about 9:zO
o'clock, top buggy drawn by gray
mule, stopped in front Of Read &
Virgins store on the west side of
the square. There were several
persons around it and the cry of
'Police! police Here is blind
tiger p sounded out, and then there
was report of q pistol and a man
staggered and tell dead with bullet
hole in his breast near the heart.
Itwas soon ascertained that Mitchell
Boyles had been shot and killed and
that the man who shot him was
Elias Cox and that he drove rapidly
away in the buggy.
Officers began search, but did
not find him.
The body was carried to the court
house where the mother of Boyles
came and saw her dead son. The
scene was heart-rending as the ago
nized mother screamed and lamented
over the corpse of her son.
Coroner Lyon summoned the fol-
lowing jury: DR.. G. I. Nolan,
Sumner Nell, Charley Nell, Joe
Murray, Frank Lumpkin and w. r.
Power, Jr. They viewed the re-
mains and adjourned to Sunday
morning and then proceeded to in
b vestigate the killing.
I 7 From the evidence it was learned
that Mitchell Boyles, Charley Sagges,
Elias Cox, Tom Jackson, Tol Wal
lace, Jim Wallace and others met
at the house Of two white women
named Nancy Morgan and Mamie
caves near the Confederate cemc-
terry. Some of the parties were
under the influence of whiskey and
acted in very disorderly manner,
when Nancy Morgan asked Cox to
make Boyles and Sanges leave the
house. Cox succeeded in getting
them out, when Jackson slapped
Sanges on the face and said, ''Here
is kid who ought to be at home. "
Boyles took up for Sanges and a
difficulty ensued between Jackson
and Boyles. Jackson received a
bad lick over the eye.
The. crowd started back to town
quarreling all the way. At the
railroad crossing on Powder Springs
street, Cox snapped his pistol at
Boyles. The. pistol failed to fire.
Near Meinert's stable, again, it was
sworn, that Cox was provoked to
snap his pistol at Boyles. Near
Anderson Bros store Boyles was
knocked down with stick.
The buggy proceeded on to in
front of Read & Virgins store
Jim Wallace got out and left To-
Wallace in the buggy. Boyles
caught the driving reins and called
tor the police. Cox pushed Boylet
away and told him if he didn't lei
his mule alone he would shoot Kim
Boyles replied, "You've got the pis
toll, but you haVn't got the nerve te
shoot"
Coz got in the buggy with To
Wallace and some one threw rock
at him in the buggy. Boyles was
standing Immediately near the
wheels of the buggy on the LET
hand side. Tom Jackson was hold
ing the mules bride and was urginl
the mule on. Cox became exasper
ated and reached his arm out will
bis pistol in hand and fired. Boylel
received the ball, walked few step,
behiLd the buggy, and tell dead.
Cox then whipped up his mule
down Church street. At Legg'
store, Wallace jumped out, but Co,
kept on a1d stopped his buggy a
Tom Ogle's house on Cherokee
street. He called for Ogles, VIII,
responded and be told Ogles in tn,
presence of Mr.. Mashbu-n that h.
had shot man up town and h
wanted him to take charge Of hi