The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-11-17
MURDERER IS CAUGHT
UIILED DEPUTY SHERIFF GIRL
NER OF MITCHELL COUNTY.
Was Captured Yesterday Near Do
vereI and Carried to Macon
For Safe-Keeping.

vereI and Carried to Macon
For Safe-Keeping.
Felming Jackson, negro about 20
wears of age who is wanted in Mitch
al county for the murder of Deputy
cberiff Griner of that county last
tuesday night, was arrested below
Doverel on the Gay plantation Mon
dow morning by Chief of Police Mack
prown and Messrs. Fred Gay and
Lester Corbin.
Chief of Police Brown had receiv-
Cd q description of the negro with the
information that he had an uncle liv-
ing on the Gay place. He notified
Massrs. Gay and Corbin to keep a
lockout for him. The negro went to
the Gay farm Sunday and Messrs.
Cav and Corbin took him in charge
Monday morning and carried him to
noverel. where they notified Chief
BROWN to come for him. The officer
oot into an automobile and soon had
the prisoner in Jail in Dawson, after
which he notified Sheriff Grove of
Mitchell county, who Immediately
came to Dawson in car with others
to identify the prisoner, who proved
N he the man wanted. Late Monday
afternoon a phone message was re-
ceiyed by Chief Brown from the po-
lice at Baconton that sixteen auto
mobiles had just passed through that
town en- route to Dawson loaded with
men determined to wreak vengeance
upon the murderer. Judge Worrill,
who is holding superior court here,
was notified of this report and he Or
dered the negro carried to Macon
for safe-keeping, and officers left
Dawson Immediately with the prison
er. taking him to Macon, where he
is now in Bib county jail.
The murder is said to have been a
cold-blooded one. Jackson was want
ed on warrant charging the theft
of a cow sworn out by a Mr. Sumner.
Tuesday afternoon the warrant was
placed in the hands of Mr.. Griner to
serve, and in company with Mr..
Sumner and Mr.. Jim Sapp the deputy
went to make the arrest. When the
party reached the house of John
Jackson, Fleming's father, they were
informed by the father that his son
was not there and had not been there
that day. Mr.. Griner decided to see
for himself whether or not the man
wanted was in the house, and to-
gether with Mr.. Sapp walked up on
the porch of the house. A negro wo-
man came to the door and told the
deputy that Fleming was not there,
and while he was talking to the wo-
man and as she opened the door for
Mr.. Griner to step inside Fleming
Jackson appeared from behind, polk
ed a single-barrel shot gun in the
deputy's face and fired so quickly
that Mr.. Griner had no time for de-
Tense. The full discharge entered
the neck and death was instantane-
Gus, Mr.. Griner falling in the door
way. The negro then threw down
the gun and fed through the back
without his coat through the back
door and to the woods.
A posse numbering ZOO or 800
persons, with dogs, trailed the muir
derer for several days, but were una
Bile to apprehend him, although once
or twice they had him surrounded
in houses, but he managed to elude
arrest until captured in Terrell
county yesterday
1t is reported here that his father
and the woman in the house at the
time of the murder have been killed
in Mitchell county, and also negro
man who aided the fugitive to escape
by carrying him several miles in a
buggy, but these reports are not veri-
fed.
Mr.. Griner, who had been the
sheriff's chief deputy for several
years, was widely esteemed in Mitch
ell county. He was about thirty
years of age, and leaves his wife and
three small children to mourn his
untimely end.