Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-04-01
A STATEMENT FROM G.. WILCOX

leading up the trouble writing this for their special
benefit and enlightenment
few months ago was in Fitzgerald talking with
Mrs Babham she mentioned that good friend OF hers
fathers had told her that will had been made by my father
that the will pobad solemn form and recorded the
ordna office of Irwin That this will set out the fact that the
his be kept intact until she age married
until mother died married had before this
heard of will in connection with my fathers Being about
years age the time of his DEATH and being the inside
the affairs Of the latter When sister rected these
facts laughed her. and told her that would have
bought lands fathers without investigating and that
certainly they would have found facts they
There nothing said in regard the matter had
thought again. until several weeks later Oca Col
H. Quincy and he told had been him about
the will that she had spoken about and that they had gone the
records and found be fact He further stated that investigating
this he had found that bond for 100000 given by brother
he Wilcox for the safe keeping insurance money left by
father had been stolen from the odnary office and the
the bondsmen from the records do know how that bond
with believe that brother had anything
Quincy my talked the
fully they decided that under the provisions of the will they had
good for ega the land of the fact that the
lands consisting about 5000 had been sold before
and that neither mother had realized benefit
the sale of them They then and there employed Col Quincy
them in the suit along with another for two lots of land
my mother says sold without her permission Their
counsel solely with Col Quncey Afterwards Col
Quincy employed ygood and counsel
not until this time did Haygood and Cults know anything about this
matter
Immediately after the filing of these suits Gelders editor Of
the Fitzgerald Leader gan headlines of article in his
the effect that the land sharks again busy having entered
very tomb of the dead greed for themselves He that
any interested in these suits directly indirectly is being
been asked advice the butts in this
the affairs of other people and into matters in which he has
whatever He mentions but leaves the article
shape reflect mother and along with the counsel Can
he offer explanation that ne intended no reflection on Them when
they plaintiffs these cases and had been for them there
certainly have been suit filed? AS read this
article Of mind made Geders On the following
Monday night him and told him that utterly shocked his
and that undoubtedly he had been msead had published the
he Investigated the then into the facts with
him detail and told him that believed that after had explained the
that he would be only glad undo wrong he had done
mother and sister
Well correcting wrong his issue
with article than brands my mother and
and calls Oh of Ben Hill and Irwin help the
vures flight After reading this last article made mind
any and brother would have DONE that Geders
would these articles take beating from
Col Quincy and myself Fitzgerald Monday and called
Ge We told him what wanted He that meant
ac said and his first reply that he would retact anything
had said that reflected Col uncey mother sister, but he
would anything ayGood and Cults then told Geders
had his articles mentioned anyOnes that
if he had might have been different proposition but that his
well knew reflection all concerned he would just
to- mentioning anyones whole affair and
agree desst from anything further regards the SUITS
article way the proceeded and just other
paper would have right do He then said that he would do
requested engagement with his office
o'clock which he would tender copy article he
would have appear his paper fully reacng everything
previously That if what he didn't suit could
add take kept engagement $3.50 but
Geders did We called repeatedly his office late 600
o'clock but Gers had returned We then decided that he had
jumped and left Fitzgerald Ocla spend the night On
Tuesday morning came back with the determination to have his re-
traction Invent by the office ygod and Cults told them going
down settle the with Gers and they volunteered go
me- stating that they that the article fixed
properly Col Quincy along with and all of
interested alike told them needed help whatever and left
their office When into Geders office said Gelders broke
the engagement with Col Quincy and myself yesterday afternoon but
have have it. He then turned his desk and right at this
unce Coils Haygood and Cults down the sidewalk He
them and Immediately opened drawer his desk and pulled revolver
grabbed the revolver and kept him from shooting and Wrenced out
his hands then proceeded the with him and
him exactly what he deserved hands Some don't know who
has tried that three had plot to go there and beat
GerS together Whoever that infamous liar and hope will
such did not know that these gentlemen
intended following Gee Office Then that makes difference
the other Had Gde done what he promised and had he