The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-12-21
GRACKALOO COST HIS LIFE.
A FORMER CITIZEN OF DAWSON
SHOT TO DEATH IN CAMILLA.
jim Bob Cochran and Hilton HoIton
Fell Out While Filpping Coins,
and EOrmar Was kiIInd


tiVes in Dawson Thursday night that
Mr.. Jim Bob Cochran had been shot
and killed in Camilla.
Mr.. Cochran conducted a barber
shop in Dawson several years ago.
and the news of his tragic death
excited general interest here Mr.
u M. Roberts, an uncle of Mrs.
cochran, left on the train Thursday
night for Camilla. Besides his wife
tue deceased is survived by three
children.
Particulars of the Homicide.
The Camilla Enterprise of Friday
contained the following account of
the tragic affair:
The dispute which led up to the
Killing started in Mr.. Cochran's bar
bershop, and the shooting occurred
just behind the shop, where the men
mad gone to settle the difficulty So
tar as is known there were only two
eye-Wltnesses to the tragedy-two
negroes-Butler Shaw and Charley
Williams. Williams has not told his
story yet, and the only information
that has been secured as to how the
shooting took place was gained from
Shaw. He says that he had Just
come out Of the back door of one
OF the stores nearby when he saw
Mr.. HOlton and Mr.. Cochran come
out of the back door of the barber
shop. They were quarreling. and
Mr.. Holton backing away. He heard
several remarks made, and under
stood that Mr.. Cochran had applied
some eplthets to Mr. Holton which
the latter said Cochran had to re-
tract. Cochran was advancing on
Holton, and it is said had a knife in
his hand. Cochran is said to have
raised his hand as if he was going
to strike, when Holton drew his re-
Volyer and fired four or five shots.
three of which took effect, one strik-
ing Mr.. Cochran in the right arm
near the elbow, another making a
flesh wound in his side, and the 9th
er piercing his heart. He took a few
steps and fell on his face, expiring in
a few minutes.
When the pistol shots rang out in
rapid succession a number of people
ran out of the back doors of the
stores just in time to see two parties
running away through an alley. No
one except the negro Shaw knew
VINO the parties were, and excitement
was tense until the details were gath
cred up thread by thread.
Had Been Drinking Together.
1t is said Mr. Cochran and Mr.
HoltQn were throwing crack-a-loo in
the barbershop before the trouble
started and that Mr.. Cochran was
winning Mr.. Holton was intoxicat-
ed, and it is supposed that he and
Mr.. Cochran had been drinking to-
gether. The negro bootblack in the
barbershop says that Holton accused
Cochran Of beating him out of his
money and that Cochran called him
liar. They walked out of the
back door OF the shop together, still
quarreling, and the shots were
heard a moment later.
Charley Williams, the other negro
eyewitness, works for Mr.. Holton.
and was trying to get him to go
home. After the shooting he took
Mr.. Holton by the arm and they
went off down the alley. Mr.. Holton
stopped in Holtons livery stables.
where Sheriff Crow found him half
hour after the shooting. He suo-
mitted quietly to arrest and, we I'M
derstand, said that he was forced
to do what he did. The negro Will
liams was not arrested last night.
He had driven out to Mr.. w. E. HoI-
tons farm to tell him of the trouble
and could not be found.
Warrants were sworn out for both
Holton and the negro Mr.. Holton
Is now in Jail awaiting a commit
ment trial.