The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-09-17
CHIEF OF-POL|CE
GEORGE CAMPBELL
KILLED WEDNESDAY
BY A NEGRO
BOOTLECGER
WITHOUT PROvOCA ton
Bullet From a Swiss Rifle Pene-
trates His Head and He
Expired Instantly.

At 9:45 o'clock Wednesday morning
Johnson City was intensely shocked
by the announcement that George
Campbell had been killed. 1t was al
most unbelievable and next to impos-
sible to realize that it could be true.
Shortly after o'clock colored wo-
man came to him and complained of
her husband being drunk and whip
ping her, and also that he was selling
household articles to purchase liquor.
The chief called policeman Yost and
they started for the negro's home to
make the arrest. The negro was
known as George Segine and had only
lived here a few weeks and occupied
a residence on Fairview street short
distance from Roam street across from
the Baptist church. When the officers
were going up Roam street they saw
Segine coming toward them but he
turned and went back to his home.
The officers walked up to the house
and the negro was standing just in
side the front door behind the screen
with a swiss rife in his hand. He told
the chief not to enter the house and
George began talking to him and ask
ed him what he meant by acting in
that manner and told him he must be
crazy and told him to come on out and
behave himself Yost says the negro
then loaded his gun and told the chief
that he would show him whether he
was crazy or not and raised the gun
and fired Immediately, the ball enter
ing just below his left eye and to the
left of the nose and passing straight
through his head and coming out di-
rectly opposite Campbell fell to the
porch dead. The negro man ran out
of the home by the back door into a
corn patch in the garden with police
man Yost after him. Yost fired at him
once and tried to shoot again but his
pistol would not fire. The negro fired
at Yost four or FIVE times while he
was getting away. He ran down tow
ard the Southern freight depot and as
he crossed the bridge at the Tannery
ne met Bob Milhorn with dray and
made him turn around and drive him
)ut Division street to the top of Roam |
street back of the Burbage home. He
leld his gun on Milhorn all the way. |
As soon as he left the wagon Millhorn |
,ame back and told the officers and
,itizens who were arming themselves
o help capture the fiend.
The military company was called
tut under a roit alarm and the men,
'ers derutized as individuals to join
n pursuit 1t seemed an age to the
multitude that was on the street but
n just SO minutes after the shooting
he negro was captured and on his
way to Jail at Jonesboro. When he
ound he was going to be captured he
ave up and begged for protection
Segine, 1t has developed since, was
.nown to be bad negro. by those who
new him at all, particularly in rail-
Dad camps where he had worked. He
vas not very well known here but
vas thought to be bootlegger and
ocaine fiend. He had been seen get
If No. every morning for week
II more with a suitcase.
The particular offense for which
campbell and Yost were seeking to
rrest him on, however, was drunken
less and whipping his wife and it was
carcely possible to that he would re-
ort to such desperate means to re-
list an arrest for such a trivial Of
ense and this is what caused the
.hief to pay no attention to his
hreats about entering the house. II
nay be truly said that over condolences
md being utterly incapable of feeling
ear caused his death. Had 1t been