The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-08-20
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discussed plans for the crop of pota-
toes and other produce for market next
season. The association during the
past spring made the largest single
shipment Of potatoes ever marketed
from this section, and preparations are
being made for operations on an ever
larger scale next season.
VIII Kicks, a negro. has been arrest.
ed on an affidavit sworn out by County
Prosecuting Attorney Martin Miller
and placed in the county Jail at Me
ridian on a charge Of murder. The
charge grew out of the mysterious
murder OF George John, a Syrian mer-
chant. who was shot to death in his
store about W months ago. The afr
davit is believed to have followed ar
Investigation by the grand jury.
Bob White. the Warren county con
Wet, who recently escaped from the
Oakley state farm, where he was serv-
ing a 15-year sentence for murder, has
been captured in Warren county at
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the information to the local officers.
The prisoner vas brought to the War
rem county Jail, where he will await
the arrival of a sergeant from the Oak
ley farm to accompany him back te
continue serving his term.
News has reached Foxworthy of a Sc
rious shooting affair at varnado, a few
miles south OF that place. on the night
OF Aug. ID, the participants being Neill
Strahm and w. s. Warren. 1t is
claimed that Strahm got off the train
and fatally shot Warren. Town Mar
shall Wallace Walker grabbed Strahm
and took his gun away from him. but
Warren took the gun from Walker and
shot Strahm twice in the leg. After
emptying the pistol Warren used the
u as a club on Strahm, inficting
painful wounds. Marshall was hit by
a stray bullet, the ball taking effect
under the left shoulder blade. Warren
died and Walker was taken to a hos
pital in Bogalusa for treatment.
Strahm is under arrest. 1t is said the
trouble grew out of a business trans
action between the two men.
After it Is claimed he engaged HIM
self to a wealthy and socially prom
inent mi of the gulf coast and
flashing across the social skies of the
section with a meteoric b%rilliancy, Dr..
w. E. Thompson, now is in the Biloxi
Jail to face trial on charges of grand
larceny and of passing worthless
checks. Thompson, according to a
telegram received by Chief of Police
Stahlin, has had an exciting and pre-
carious career in cities of the north.
The Ford Automobile Company in De-
troit, Mich, has wired that Thompson
masqueraded in Philadelphia as the
son of Henry Ford. Thompson is
charged with passing bogus checks to
the extent of $3.50 and with larceny;
the total of his alleged improper
operations Is said to be $500.
Walter Simmerman, a wellknown
sawmill man. was mysteriously muir
dered near his home, four miles from
Fish Pond and 20 miles from Natchez
some time during the day of Aug. II.
The body was not found until late in
the night. Simmerman had been shot
with a shotgun, apparently his W
weapon. His neck had been broken
and the top of his head blown off.
He was found in a woods lot some
distance from his home. The baying
of his dogs drew the searchers to the
spot where his body lay. Simmerman
was a recluse. He came from Dan
vile, H., about six years ago., and
had conducted a sawmill business
near Fish Pond ever since. So far as
known, Simmerman had no enemies,
and the motive for the murder is
shrouded in mystery.
Frustrated over the death of her
lover, C. e. Wilson, who was killed
by her brother, w. A. Thomas, because
she persisted in seeing the man she
loved despite her parents objections,
pretty Roma Thomas of Mantee on
Aug. ~ was discovered in the act of
swallowing poison to end her grief.
TNe is still Frustrated, but will re-
cover from the shock of her sweet
hearts death and attempt at suicide,
the physicians say. The tragedy was
the elimination of the persistent at
tention of Wilson to Miss Thomas, the
1S-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. H. Thomas, one Of the most prom
inent families Of the village. 1t is
said that the girls brother emptied
= shotgun at Wilson when he was dis
covered in company with the young
Ia dy near the girls home the after
noon of Aug. IL. Thomas was placed
under arrest and sent to Jail after q
~coroner's jury had pronounced him
guilty Of murder. The dead man was
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