The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-10-12
TILL OUT ON $4,000 BOND
v,s ASSESSED EARLY MONDAY MORN
ING BY JUDGE SHEFFIELD.
.,, oyford Fatally Shot by His Father
i,.Law, J. E. Wall. Evidence That
Was Given at Committal Trial.

Was hiVEU az OVMthAbSeeAS
,osse E. Wall, who was committed
iau Saturday afternoon by Justice
", Peddy for killing his son-in,law
un oxford, on Tuesday night before
rss released Monday morning on 8
.e ooO boud assessed by Judge Fl. G.
ShofieId of the superior court.
After the committal trial Saturday
,ha attorneys for the state and the
s.atondaut agreed upon bond OF 5000,
wa when the matter was presented to
I IudOe Sheffield he allowed bail accord
iugy u,ornv
On last Tuesday night Mr.. Wall
,.hot and killed Hill Oxford, his son.in'
Isw al the home of the latter, the
, roc occurring about 8 o'clock.
The victim was shot twice, one ball
making glancing wound on the wrist
and the other entering the body just
- The rear of the median line OF the
iSh aide and coming out on the right.
The ball passed entirely through the
body and was found in the left sock OF
the wounded man, who lived about an
hour
Mr. Wall came to town Wednesday
morninp and surrendered to Sheriff
Christie, but as no warrant had been
sworn out that officer did not take him
in custody and be returned home.
During she day, at the request OF both
Wall and relatives of the man he had
killed. Coroner Lewis held an inquest
with S. McGill, D. A. Gammage, G. G.
ZONES, B. L. Hill, G. E. Spier and JUL
ius Sears as jurors, and they returned
A verdict that 1.-The deceased came to
bls death from pistol wound inflicted
BY ]. f. Wall, the act being uniustl1a-
ble."
At the conclusion of the inquest Mr..
Wall again came to Dawson and sur
rendered to the sheriff, spending the
night at his home, and Thursday, at-
ter warrant had been sworn out oy
the coroner, was taken to jail.
THE COMMITTAL TRIAL.
A preliminary trial was set for Fri
dsy afternoon before Justices McLen-
don and Peddy, but when the case was
called the state dismissed the warrant
under which the trial was to have
been held with a view of proceeding
under another one that had been
issued. The defense objected to con
tinuing with the case under q warrant
different from the one under which
they had come into court, and the trlal
was continued until Saturday after
noon, when Justice Peddy presided
alone.
The evidence showed that on last
Tuesday night Wall had gone 20 the
home OF Oxford for his wife, who was
there nursing their sick daughter
and that when Oxford arrived about
. o'clock he reproved him for staying
away from his wife until so late ar
hour. At this the two men began
cursing each other, and the shooting
followed.
Mr.. 7. F. Bishop, who went home
with Mr.. Oxford, testified that he
was busy taking out the mule they
mad driven, and did not pay much
attention to the quarrel until he
heard Wall exclaim, Don't you cut
my throat.' The firing then began!
ne SAID, and when he looked Oxford
was running, He fell about IS yards
from where the two men were stand
ing. He did not see knife in Oxfords
hands Mr.. J. E. Jay testified that
wall passed his house about half az
nour before sundown that afternoon
ana borrowed a pistol. Mrs. Oxford
Tue wife of the deceased. testified that
ne came into the house just before the
suootlng and went out with an open
holte cursing her father ant threaten
Ing his life.
=, The defendants statement was &c
Sue e1ect that the difficulty was begun
W his reprOving Oxford for staying
away so late from his sick wife, and
mat the latter was advancing on hin
WIN an open knife and attempting
~ XIII him when be fred.
Inc defense was represented BY
HAttorneys M. C. Edwards, A. M
HHalnes, M. ]. Yeomans and w. II
~urr' aud the state by Solicitor Cen
T H LANG and b. A. Wilkinson o.
lawson and A. G. Powell of Blakely.
;, BON of the principals in the sensa
uOual tragedy were we'll known citi
1euS OF the Twelfth district. with
prominent family connections.