Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-29
DYING MAN SAID
HAWKINS DID IT
Prominent Young Farmer Held
as Murderer.
CIRCUMSTANCES or SHOOTING
Hawkins Surrendered and Claims He
Can Prove an Alibl-The Community
Highly Wrought UP over the Afro
cious Crime.

Gainesville, Ga. Aus. ~ Fred
Hawkins. i son 0f jerry Hawkins, IA
prominent ana idhuen tai farmer ot
the Ddde dls>riCt. mas been arrested
by Saerir Crow, ot gainesville, un the
strength of he post mo- tenn statement
OF thF murdered man, H,nrI r. Caglo,
Hawkins claims that 1t can prove an
alibi The murdered man VAS cOnstd
cred a leader In his community aud
the residents arr highly iurcnsed over
the atrucious crime.
eagle was shot with a doubl"bar'
relied shotgun loaded with Ouckshot.
he first load entering his stomach
and the last one hitting him In Che
thighs. The shotgun be- held In his
hands was knocked from nm by the
FIRST shot. watch tore away his rlgIt
hand
The circumstances OF the shooting
are aDOul as follows:
eagle Was attracted 90 his chicken
house about midnight lie got w
ana started Into the yard, his wife
Holding a Ugh, for him As he step
ped into the yard. he declared that
he saw Fred Hawkins standing In a
corner Of the yard near his chicken
house He says that a soon as Haw
kins got good sight on him, Hawkins
raised his gun and fred at him Ca.
tgl. o. hn
wouni. which was inflicted In his
stomach tie stated that when the
first shot was fred Hawkins face was
clearly seen by the ta.h ~ the gun. A
second shot was then fired. this shot
striking Casio lower down than the
FIRST.
Mrs. eagle ran ~ her husband. aud
as soon a. possible Heighbors were
summoned She remained 20 admin.
ir'eT 10 the fa,ally wounded man.
while others came 10 Gainesville for
physicians and Sheriff Grow.
As soon as the sheriff arrived az
eagles an EFFORT vas made % locate
the person who did the shooting
Tracks we're found Ia tho corner Of
the yard from which the sSOts were
iirei. and these tracks led on from
the house across the fields. and wa
bnaiy lost some distance away. Sher
In Crow then visited the homes III
Fred Hawkins father aud his broth.
ers and searched them, bat young
Hawkins was not found he then
wen 10 Lula and teiephoned and
wired all over the county for blood
hounds q was while ne was engaged
in tryipE 10 Evt dog. that he was M
tined thar Pred Haut lns awaited him
Al Reed Hawkins whore be proposed
10 surrender himself 20 the sheriff
sheriff Grow Immediately vent 10
R'-ed Hawkins and placed the accused
man under arrest Accompanied D., /,
At Tom Martin the shsrin brought,
Young hawkins 10 Tho city and placed
aim Ia jail Hawkins gsfased % aIa
GUS TIE affair. fnf Ter than 10 ga,
tina, he was NO, guilty 81 the crime |
u which he was accused
The shooting % csEis. sud tina d. |
Ina ssatsmsss ms - ~ him that Pred |
Havkins was the DsrvOa Who eha 1
aim. has csased . gr~at ssnsAlion AZ
this place and thrDughOnf the eOun
- osgis Sss a god eitlxsn. ana
wss of . quiss sni Esniai Disposition
h9 ~as highly esse-H'sd and va con.
'idsFss . isadss 10 biz community
Fred hawkiEs - ssa az suneIe~
'erry HaStins. and vss nos kn0~a a.
bad yoans msa 10 say rsspeot.
u IL said taAi Cssia ana HaskIns
ahd . dlsaKFs~msH aboat one yea,
asa. bst friends prssanisl ina, sas
.pnr sinss fHEpsfsa - bsh ~ them
Ias aafortaHsis sssif IL greatly g.