The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-07
WITH BODY ON ice
JEFFCOAT's SLAYER is ON THE
WAY TO SWAINSBORO.
THE BODY is WORTH $3.50.
PRICES ON JEFFCOATS HEAD AG-
GREGATED THAT AMOUNT.

Deputies DunsOn and BrestwOOd Got
the Drop on JefrcOat Islands
Up,' They CREDIBLE Sprang Be
hind a Tree and Opened Fire-At
the Second VOIIey Exchanged
JeffcOat Fell Dend-StOry of the
Crimes For which Je1TcOat Was
Wanted.
Macon, March 6.-Packed in a box
of ice. to preserve it from decay, the
body of Charles Jeffcoat, the Emanuel
county outlaw, passed through Macon
tonight en- route to Swainsboro, where
it will be surrendered to the sheriff by
the two Alabama deputies. one of
whom shot Jeffcoat to death Wednes-
day afternoon near Liberty Hill.
Jeffcoat was located Wednesday
morning at the home of his brother-in-
law, near Andalusia, by Deputies Dun
son and Priesthood. The fugitive was
then making his way into Mississippi,
and when the officers came upon him
he was sitting on a porch, talking to
some ladies.
AS the officers discovered him. Jeff
coat started on his journey to Laurel
Hill, accompanied by a 10-year-old
boy, who was to show him the way.
Near the house the officers and jeff
coat met When within some twenty
feet of the outlaw. both officers COW
cred him with double barreled shot
guns Deputy Dunson drew a bead on
Jeffcoat, but before pulling the trig-
ger said:
"Jeffcoat, I've got the drop on you.
Throw up your hands. 1 don't want to
hurt you"
Jeffcoat hesitated for a second. With
in ten feet of him was large tree.
Like a flash he darted behind the tree.
Both officers and the fugitive then be-
gan firing, and at the second voiley
Jeffcoat fell dead.
AS Deputy Dunson attempted to step
forward he, too, dropped upon the
ground. A bullet from the outlaws
pistol had passed through his left leg.
The body is worth to the sheriff, in
all, 81, 550 Jeffcoat was horse thief,
and killed Deputy Flanders, who was
trying to arrest him. He escaped IN
to South Carolina, where he killed a
deputy sheriff.
story of His Crimes.
Swainsboro. Ca, March cit will be
remembered that Charlie Jeffcoat, alias
Charlie Johnson, was indicted by the
grand jury at the April term, 1902, for
the murder of his partner, James Viii
son, OH Dee. 10, 1901. Several attempts
had been made to capture him, but
he always succeeded in eluding the Of
ficers, until on the night of July 10 it
was learned by Sheriff Flanders that
he had returned to his hauntS in the
lower portion of this county for the
purpose of removing his wife and be-
lodgings to South Carolina. Sheriff
Flanders, in company with his brother,
Postmaster Joseph c. Flanders, ard
Deputy Sheriff r. A. Curl, and a posse
of citizens left for the scene.
At o'clock on the morning OF July
16 J. c. Flanders and r. A. Curl came
upon the desperate and his wife near
the Ogeechee river and the town of
Herndon. Upon being ordered to halt
Jeffcoat fired at Mr.. Flanders With a
Winchester rife, killing him instantly
He then took to the swamps, which
were secured by posses for days and
weeks in efforts to capture him. His
wife was placed in Jail here herself be-
ing wounded, but was afterwards re-
leased.
Rewards aggregating 1000 were of
fered for Jeffcoat's capture alive, ard
as he was located during August in
Aiken county, South Carolina. an eff
fort was made to capture the desperate
criminal which resulted in the death
of Deputy ALL of Aiken.
Jeffcoat escaped, and had been hid
ing in the swamps of Georgia, Ala
bama and South Carolina, swearing he
would not be taken alive.
The following is a list of the rewards
offered in Georgia, and all except the
states will be paid for the dead body:
Emanuel county 800; Mrs. Flanders,
$500; state of Georgia, 5000; citizens,
$500: Sheriff Flanders, 5000.