The age-herald., 1901-09-07
F M, Mooney Knocks VIII Lynn Down and Ch0kes
 Him to Death
 ss---s-.--a HAD \ ROW OVER VISITORS
Mooney Asked Lynn to Move and Was Answered In Violent Language. Men Closed In Death Grip
 Before Visitors,

Will Lynn, a prisoner in the county jail, was killed yesterday by another pris- oner, P. NJ. Mooney, Beth men are white, and while the accounts of the occurrence are conflicting, the evidence goes to show that Lynn was choaked to death by Mooney.
 The killing was the result of fist fight Neither person had any weapons. and Mooney claims to have acted in self-de- fense. When the jail officials reached the scene Lynn was lying on the floor uncon- scious, and died within ten minutes with out regaining consciousness, in spite of restpratives used by the warden
 Lynn was young man about twenty Ave years of age. He had been in jalt for three months on a charge of assist ing a prisoner to break jail at Rloss- burg. He comes from Blossburg and has a sister, Mrs Ed Bidgood. living there. with whom also live his wife and child. These have recently removed from At lanta. Lynn about six months ago killed a white man at Brookside named Boss Jones, striking him on the head with piece of scantling.
 Mooney Is a "Trusty.H
 Mooney Is twenty-two years of age. Hs is also from Blossburg, and has been in jail for about seven months on a charge of assault with intent to murder. He is said to have made an assault on a po- liceman at Pinckney City, stabbing at him with knife, but striking him on his badge, which probably saved his life
 Mooney, however, according to Warden Berry, has behayed himself so well while he has been in jail that he was made 'trusty", and was put in charge of the hospital. 1T have never had to reprimand him,R said Warden Berry, land he has always behaved himself we'll and been quiet and unobtrusive. Lynn, pn the other hand, is a bad character: He has been troublesome and hard to manage. He was always getting in rows with the other prisoners, and on yesterday at 2:S0 had to inform him that if he did not behave himself I would be obliged to lock him up. I have reprimapded htm continuously. He has been in jail off and on for about five years during the last eight"
 Story of the Killing.
 From accounts given by witnesses or the killing 1t seems that Mooney was showing two visitors through the jail yesterday afternoon. One was l.. Ada- holt. a conductor on the Highland avenue line and the other was a young boy from East Lake about IA years old named Willie Halter. When the party reached the western corridor of the white division of the jail Lynn was sitting in the-way. Mooney asked him to move So that they could pass, and Lynn got np WIFI an oath and cursed them: You ought not to behave that way" said Mooney. INT: Berry is so kind to you.' Lynn then said something else insulting and put his hand back as If he was going to draw weapon
 Instead, however, he simply drew his arm back and struck Mooney q terr,nc blow in the face with his fist. The BLOW cut his cheek, and Mooney struck paek' hitting Lynn in the face and knocklng him down. The two men then clinched ln a death grip, and when Mooney released Lynn the latter fell to the floor, striking his head on the stone flooring. He was unconsc,ous when he fell and remained SO until his death. It was first thought that his death was caused by concussion of the brain, produced by the fall. Mooney himself admits that he threw one arm behind Lynns neck and struck him in the face with his fist. He says he then turned him loose, when the fell:
 Evidence of stranguIation.
 The certificate of the physicians who performed an autopsy about two hours and a half after death was to the effect that Lynn died from strangulation The evidence of Coroner Paris given at the autopsy was that he reached the body before life was extinct and that the eyes underneath were blue and there were marks of fingers on the neck. C9roner Paris was in his office at the time, which is about thirty feet from the jail, and went oyer immediately From his state ment and the certificate of the physicians it would appear that the two men engaged in a frightfpl struggle and that Lynn was choked to death.
 Warden Berry was immediately natihed of the affair and hastened to Lynn's aid, applying restoratlyes without effect, as he died ten minutes after without rssain= ing consciousness His body vas removed to the undertaking establishment of Gaudln and Loy in Twenty-frst street and his relatives at Blosspurg were not fled.
 Moneys Statement. .'I was fixing to lock up the coiored jail" said Mooney, ''when MT, Berry