Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-17
FUND IS GROWING
FOR DEPUTY'S
FAMILY
AtlantanS Eager to Relieve Need
of Those Who Survive Negro
Desperado's Victim.
Continued From Page /.

VIII thank their creator that their
husband and father served such a
generous and noble master.
Touching among the contributions
which have been received was that
sent in by a little boy The amount.
was 81 and the note accompanying
it stated that the donor was "a little
kid Just like those who have lost their
daddy"
Contributions have also started by
the police and detective departments
Of Atlanta. Headed by the names OF
Police Chief Beavers and Detective
Chief Lanford, the list of contribu-
tons coming in from the police is
constantly growing as the officers Of
the law step forward to aid one of
their own kind who met a fate which
they themselves are ever in danger of
meeting.
Eugene Watson, the negro who slew
ire brave deputy and devastated his
home. died at the Grady Hospital
Monday night Death despoiIed the
law Of its duty.
FAMILY WeepS at Bier.
I'm small bare cottage on the
JOnesborO road, where, until yester
day. a family had struggled hard for
an existence and good fortune had
never smiled, to-day the utter hope
lessness of the poverty is emphasized
Through the night a widow, broken
in health and spirit and six chill
drcn, none of them able to work
knelt by the form Of the murdered
Dave Yancey, court deputy. weeping
for the life that was sacrificed tDI
Guty and for the dark days ahead
when there viii be no one to pro-
vide
The fate that had never been kind
to Yancey was more than cruel tot
him yesterday when it called him TO |
pursue Eugene Watson, negro des- |
perado.
The hand that the arresting officer
depended upon to accurately and /
steadily hold his revolver shook and |
disease with which he had been at |
hicted since he was boy
He knew as he ran after the negro /
that if Il came TO a flint it would be |
the meTest accident if his aim We're
true. Three times he fired at the |
negro approaching him with the !
knife. one shot was at close range, |
but his hand veered widely to theI
right and the revolver was snatched /
from him before ne could fire again.
Bad Luck Pursued Him.
Once or twice in his life YanCey /
had prospered. Shortly after he came |
TO Atlanta he was "a bailif for a Jus |
tice of the Peace He earned money /
then to take care of his wife and emil
dren He held the position short |
while. when the justice died. For sew |
.Hn h Ia FfWFH
employment
About four years ago ne secured a |
position as a court bailift under Sher
IF Mangum. His salary depended on /
the number of days ne worked, which /
was never over two weeks each |
month. on other days he would sub
stitute as a deputy and serve subpe
mas. During the summer months, /
when court was not in session. his |
income was practically nothing.
On the day he was stabbed to death
he had virtually secured the position
as a regular bailiG in the court of
Judge Calhoun. 1t would have paid
him 500 monthly. This news was to
be a surprise to his wife and children
when he returned home
Lived Life of Farmer.
Although he lived in the shadow of
a great city the life of Yancey and
his family was that Of the farmer.
About a year ago he secured the
place on the Jonesboro Road on which
he had made two payments Nine
hundred dollars are still to be paid.
He called it truck farm but the
few acres were almost barren, and it
was with the greatest difficulty that
enough vegetables were raised to sup
ply the needs of the family
About six months ago his oldest
daughter Lois was taken seriously i'll
and had to be taken to the hospital
1t cost IanCey more than $500. and
during the time his family was often
without food.
He had lived at the house on the
JonesborO Road for about a year, but
he lived in that section of the county
the fifteen years since he came here
from GraysOn in GWinnett County.
He was raised on farm, and when
ne secured enough money to make
the first payment on his little home
with the few acres of untitled soil he
had hopes of making it a productive
truck farm and later acquiring more
land.
Family Worked the Farm.
His wife and children titled the soil.
They had no horse to draw a pillow
and the work was difficult. From
carly morning until late in the even
ing Mrs. YanCey worked in the field
ana tlFtcIeu IIt WOik OF the tnllQFen.
YanCey usually came home at about
o'clock every evening. As he trudgcd !
up the long hill from the end of the
car line his wife and children left the
field and came to the house to pre-
pare the scant supper. By O'Clock
in the evening the house was in dark
ness and the family asleep.
Only when little Lois was in the
hospital did any of them venture into |
the city Usually they walked the
entire way. They saw little of their
neighbors except an occasional con
versauOn as one would pass the house
in the early morning. or after work i'm
the evening.
Where they have lived and strug-
gled for an existence together Mrs
Yancey and her children want to con
tinue to live. They declined 10 con 4
slider returning TO GWinnert County. I
where Yancey's relatives live.
Outlook Is Gloomy,
There is some hope Of the little d
farm being made successful. enough
so TO pay the monthly instalments on
the home. and there is some posi-
biIity of Mrs Nancey's idea Of a small |,
poultry farm becoming a reality but L
these are things that are almost ont