The leader., 1905-11-15
PINK ADAMS KILLED NEAR INGALLS,
The Circumstances Indicate a Foul
Assassination.


Saturday night that Pink Adams,
la well-known citizen of Franklin
fcounty, who lives on the old
Judge Magee place, had been
foully assassinated near McCall's
Greek postoffice, while en- route
to the latter place with the U. S.
mail from Brookhaven.
! Adams was not the regular mail
carrier, but on that day agreed to
serve for DR.. Cain, the sub-con-
tractor, and bring the. mail to
Brookhaven and carry it back.
He bought new suit of clothes
for himself at Parsons. May,
Oberschmidt Co.'s, closed deal
with Messrs. A.. G. Seayey &
Sons for new farm in this coun-
ty, to which he proposed to move
with his family in the near future,
and about 1 o'eluck left town in
his buggy with the mail for Nc
Call's Creek, where he was due at
6 O'Clock.
Awhile after dark his horse and
buggy turned up at McCall's
Creek without their owner, and
on investigation being made by
some of the neighbors, Mr.. Adams
was found lying dead in the pub
lie road a half mile or so from the
Mccall postofice, riddled with
pistol balls.
A jury of inquest was promptly
summoned by Justice Wooten, of
Franklin county, and an investi-
cation begun and carried on Sun
day the jury returning a
verdict that the deceased came to
his death at the hands of John
Nettles, VIM. Nixon, Sr., and
VIM. Nixon, Jr., with second
son of the senior Nixon as acces-
sorry.
The Leader learns from a near
relative of Mr.. Adams, who ex-
amined the body. that he was shot
with pistols of two different cali
bres, and the range of balls show
led that they were fired from two
different directions. One bullet
struck him just below the heart,
another just above the heart, one
directly in the abdomen, another
In the side, coming out in front,
another shattered his right shoul-
der, two pierced his left arm
above the elbow, breaking the
bone, and one passed through his
hat. His assailants were so close
when the shooting was done that
!. his clothes were set on fire and
the flesh powder burnt around the
wounds where the balls entered.
| Adams pistol was found in his
} hand with two shells empty and
the cylinder pin so badly sprung
the cylinder would not revolve,
and the weapon bore evidence of
having been struck by one of his
assailants' bullets; presumably
after he had drawn it and was try
; ing to defend himself. Those who
} knew Pink Adams we'll say he
habitualIy carried one chamber of
his pistol empty as safety rest
for the hammer, and if this be
: true, he did not fire but one shot
if any at all.
Some of the citizens of the Nc
Calls Creek community were in
Brookhaven Monday and they re.
ported that John Nettles and the
Mixons were giving out version
, of the killing altogether different
from the conclusion reached by
the jury of inquest. 1t is claim.
ed By them that Adams was drunk
and started the trouble with Net
) ties, who unexpectedly met him ir
tie road while he (Nettles) was
returning from an Odd Fellows
Lodge meeting, and that two ol
the Mixons happened up just as
: the shooting commenced. 1t was
further claimed that Nettles usec
two pistols of different sizes ano
} that nobody shot Adams but him
he acting in self defense after
, Adams had become the aggressor
Nettles and the Mixons had moi
} been arrested up to Sunday night
but it was reported that they were
{ going to Meadville Monday tt
{ surrender to Sheriff Newman.
Pink Adams was once a mem
! ber of the white cap organization
of Franklin county, but on dis
covering its true character, early
withdrew from its ranks and tool
: quite an important part by th'
assistance he rendered Detectiv,
Hoyt and the Law and Orde
League of Lincoln county, in ex
posing it and bringing its lawles
methods to light.
|, His life was repeatedly threat
ened after it was known that b,
had made these exposures ant
j more than once he left home 0
took extra precautions because b
feared assassination. He was
witness against some of the whit
caps in the proceedings now pend
ing in the Federal court at Jack
son, and would have been an i'm
portant witness for the State j
the white cap cases were eve
: broughtto trial in Franklin.
I Many Of Mr.. Adams relative
& and friends believe his tragi
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