The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-03-06
Killed ON TIE STREET.
p,Es ALLEN SHOOTS PAUL HILL
SLADE.
r,a Men Had Ouarreled Earlier in the
nav. What Those Who Saw the
Deed Say.

iDe0u Sdy'
A. obont four o'clock Saturday after
on +be report of a pistol rang out
,o.n and clear upon the air, and in a
fev moments one man was lying
c,rpse on the principal business thor
onabfare of the city, while another was
prisoner at the county jailer.
Charles S. Allen had shot end killed
panl Hill Slade, both well-knoWn clti-
zens of Dawson.
The tragedy occurred near the store
of Alesker &,,Taubin on the Lee street
sidewalk that crosses Main, and SO rap
idv was the whole affair done that de-
.D;te the GRO wds an the streets it could
mt be prevented.
Bad Feeling Existed.
7, seems that for several days bad
feeling had existed between Messrs.
Glade and Allen. Allen had recently
bult and fitted up large wagon and
furniture factory here, and Slade had
been furnishing him with logs out of
which lumber for the shops was cut. A
misunderstanding arose between them
about settlement and two or three
lively disputes occurred at different
times, the last one taking place fifteen
or twenty minutes before the killing.
This last interview was an unusually ex-
citing one, and those who witnessed 1t
say that Slade cursed Allen severely and
and aourished stick in the air. Chief
Savage quelled the fuss, and Slade walk
ed up Main street with Mr.. Coop Ted
der.
How the Killing Occurred.
After a few minutes Mr.. Slade went
back down the street in company with
Mr.. W. W. Tedder and, stopping where
he was killed few moments later,
engaged in conversation with MI
Tedder, Mr.. II. 81. Savage, his two
brothers-Deputy Sheriff Slade and Mr.
T. ]. Slade-and his half brother, Mr..
R. l. Colson. These gentlemen and
Sheriff Christie and Mr.. Charles Deubler,
the latter two being but few feet dis
tant, all saw the shooting and make
about the same statement as to how it
occurred.
They say that Slade was standing with
hSface to the north vest and was telling
Mr.. Savage about goat he had pTomls
ed to give the latter gentleman's LITTLE
boy when Allen walked from Baldwin's
store and approached his victim on the
leftside; that when Allen got in about six
feet of where the men were standing he
raised his pistol and, With an oath, told
Slade to retract all that he had said, and
while Slade was in the act of turning
around and before he had time to speak,
the pistol was fired and he fell to the
ground.
Before Allen could fire a second shot,
if such had been his desire or design,
Deputy Sheriff Slade and Mr.. Colson
seized him and threw him to the ground,
and the slayer would have been killed
with his own smoking revolver had not
aEdrzen Or so men rushed forward TO
prevent it. Mr.. ColsOn had wrested the
weapon from Aliens hands and, after
striking him over the head with it, had
reversed ends and was in the act OF
shooting when Sheriff Christie, thief
savage and Mr.. Tedder succeeded in
dISarming him. All of these gentlemen
lad bruised and bloody hands when the
nerce struggle for possession of the PTS
tol was over.
Allen, in the meantime, was in charge
VI officer Arnett, and as soon as posi-
ole he was rushed off to Jail by the sher-
III and sthe chief OF police. County
hySlclan Dean called at the Jail short
while afterward to examine Aliens head
anu found that the blow from Colson
WIN the butt of the pistol made but
'iight hurt, a small knot and few drops
VI olood being the only evidence of the
lick.
Slade died vvbora bo fou in Fan min
u'eS' surrounded by thousand or more
P''ple' An examination showed that
- was unarmed He never spoke after
'00eiVlng the fatal wound His body
""S removed to his home and the lamen-
UaVlOns of the wife and sig ehildren over