The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-24
A GEORGIA TRACEY
DEsPERADO JEFFCOAT KILLS AN
OTHER DEPUTY.
THIS MAKES HIS THIRD MAN.
ALL OF PERRY. S. c., FALLS BE.
FORE HIS AIM.

The Emanuel County Desperate,
ders, Is Still Uncaptured and Has
Three Murders to His Credit-Re-
wards of 5000 Are offered for Him
and the People of Emanuel Are
Anxious to Get Hold of Him-Kiil-
ing at Perry, S. c., Took Place in
Yard of Mother of Desperate.
Columbia, S. c., July 23.-The body
of Chester ALL. killed by the desperate
Jeffcoat, near Perry, S. c., was taken
to his home in Aiken this morning.
Ahl deputy sheriff with posse. To-
Gated Jeffcoat in his mothers yard.
opened fire and Ali pursued. Jeffcoat
lodged out of the horses way and as
Ali went by shot him in the back.
Sheriff Alderman with a large posse
and hounds went in pursuit this at
ternoon.
This makes Jeffcoat's third killing.
He was wanted in Emanuel county, Ga.
for killing man named Wilson, near
Herndon last winter. He went there
under the name of Charlie Johnson,
and it is said he and Wilson were do
ing an Illicit liquor business together
After killing Wilson he left Emanuel,
but recently returned. Sheriff Fland-
ers had made several efforts to ap
prehend him and on the
night of July 16 undertook,
in a swamp. The man had escaped,
however, and the posse scattered. to
search for him. Deputy Sheriff Curl
and Joe Flanders, a brother of the
sheriff, overlook Jeffcoat and his wife
on the road to Midwife at IL p. m.
The desperate was expecting arrest
and was sitting in his buggy with his
face to the rear. When ordered to
surrender he shot Flanders in the left
breast with a Winchester rifle. then
jumped from the buggy and fled to a
swamp. Mrs. Jeffcoat or Johnson, also
took part in the shooting and was
wounded in the head. She is how in
Jail at Swainsboro.
Emanuel County Wants Him.
Jeficoat has sailed under an alias. In
Emanuel county he was known as
Charlie Johnson. The people of that
county have been greatly aroused, and
any news of the man who killed Elan
ders is eagerly sought. This was
shown by the way in which informa-
ton was sought from Columbia and
from Aiken.
Rewards amounting to 5000 have been
IRE TaAr hn
printed and circulated. giving descrip-
lions of him. These may be the means
of running him to earth. The rich
prize his capture would bring will in
duce police and constabularies to main
tain a strict watch for him. He will
find it a difficult task to escape, and he
may yet meet death at the point of a
Winchester as unerring as his own.
The wife of j. G. Flanders offers 5000
for the apprehension of Jeffcoat, and
Sheriff j. T. Flanders, brother of the
murdered man, offers 5000 more. In
addition, 5000 is offered by friends of
the Flanders, and the aggregate of $500
is on deposit in the Citizens Bank at
Swainsboro In addition, there is $500
offered by the Governor.
Jeffcoat, or Johnson, is described as
being between n and 80 years old,
weighing about 1876 or 140 pounds. He
is rect y, or III, vScneS mgh, and mas
blue eyes and dark brown hair, which,
at a distance, seems black. He has a
light mustache and sharp features.
When he left Emanuel county, he was
barefoot and in his skirt sleeves.
Jeffcoat's occupation is that of a
wood sawyer He has two brothers
living in Aiken and two living near
that place.
Macon, July pa Swainsboro, Ga,
special to the Telegraph, says that Ben
Turner, accomplice of Jeffcoat, at
tempted suicide by cutting wrist arte-