Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-07


and installed some fixtures and had
stated that he would be ready for bust
ness in a short while.
NO one in Leesburg had any bust
ness dealings with Oliver during his
stay here, and where he procured
money was mystery to all. About two
weeks before his death he turned up
with a large, seven-passenge auto
mobile, but where he obtained this car
no one here knows. Where it went
following divers death is another
mystery.
On The might of February II, about
S o'clock O,,yer was fired upon from
behind as he was entering his office
located about one hundred yards from
the Central of Georgia depot here The
shots penetrated divers neck, heal
and shoulders: one bullet passed
through his heart, also, producing il
slant death.
A. 4. Barr, who was section foreman
of the Central railroad here, and who
lived about seventy-five yards from
the scene of the shooting heard the
ehots, and securing his pistol left his
house hurriedly and just in time to
catch a glimpse of three men running
up the railroad. Barr ordered the men
t. stop, but instead the fugitives only
ran faster. Not yet knowing the ma
ture of the trouble, Barr came down
town and located Night Mahshal H. A.
Jackson, reporting what he had seen.
Together, Barr and Jackson then made
a hurried investigation, finding the
tody of Oliver The dead man lay
PROSTATE upon the sidewalk when To-
Gated, blood spattered about on all
sides of the corpse.
Eheriff Moreland was notified ana
in fifteen minutes reached the scene.
Track dogs were procured and put on
on the trail, but after following the
scent eagerly for about four hundred
yards up the railroad right-of- way in
a northerly direction, the dogs came
to an abrupt stop. The men had evil
IDENTIFY used car in which to escape.
A negro was found who told of a racer
car standing by the roadside about the
time the shots were fired, of three men
running hurriedly up to it, cranking
the motor, and leaving. This negro de-
scribed the men as best he could, also
the car.
The following morning a sixteen
gauge Ithaca shotgun was found under
seed house near the railroad, which
was declared to be the weapon with
which the murder was committed. 1t
is believed the gun was thrown under
the house to enable the person, carry
ing it to run faster.
Coroner T. F. Ford held an inquest
over divers body and warrants were
issued for the arrest of Roy, Black, j.
G. Webb and Roy Jones, all of Sumter
county. These men were brought here
and placed in Jail, but were able to
establish their whereabouts by reliable
witnesses and after a weeks stay in
Jail, were released.
In the meantime warrants had been
taken out for G. w Chance, Claud
Chance and Minter Kennedy, all three
being arrested and brought here. At
the committal trial of these defendants
three days later, it was alleged that the
gun found beneath the seed house was
the property of Minter Kennedy.
J Claud Chance, it was alleged at the
hearing, had driven a car similar to
that one described by the negro who
claimed to have seen the murderers
from Macon about two days bfore the
assassination. Witnesses were pro-
duced who swore that they passed the
home Of G. w Chance in Smithville on
Wednesday night at Z o'clock, and ~
the car was stopped in front of the