Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-11-08
p,ack Who Killed Sheriff Greer of Magnolia Is Found in
 Swamp. uE IS ARMED WITH
 HIGH-POWERED RIFLE Ron Brannon, Relative of Slain Man, Notified of Actions-Feeling
 in Columbia County
 Is Aroused.

1 Jonas JamlSOn, the negro WHO killed Sheriff B. E. Greer of Colunl- bia county, near Magnolia, yesterday afternoon. was surrounded by posse last night in Big Creek bottom, few miles from Magnolia, and possemen were awaiting daylight and the blool- hounds to close in on the slayer, who is armed with high-powered Win chester rifle. Warden A. J. Witt Of the Cummins farm and Warden Dee Horton of Tucker farm were on their way to the scene with bloodhounds. Information that the sheriff's mur- derer had been surrounded reached
 here in telephone message from Chas. J. Can't, a former Pine Bluff ian. to Constable Ben Brannon. MT.
 Can't expressed confidence that the
 negro could not escape through the cordon thrown around his refuge.
 The sheriff was killed instantly, ne told MT. Brannon, a bullet from the l negro's rifle breaking the sheriff's
 neck.
 Warden Witt, with J. R. Clayton, three bloodhounds and the dog boy
 came up from Cummins in one hour
 and 40 minutes in an automobile,
 reaching here about midnight. MT. Witt took the boy and dogs to Mag
 nolia on Cotton Belt No. 8. Warden Horton was on the way from Tuck CT, and was expected to reach here
 in time to board the same train..
 Resentment Keen.
 MT. Witt said there would be no trouble in having the dogs pick up the fugitive's trail where he is surround ed, and anticipated quick capture of the slayer unless he evaded the possemen last night.
 There is keen resentment felt against the negro in Columbia for the tmwarranted killing of the sheriff
 according to reports reaching here.
 First news of the .-agedy reached Pine Bluff yesterday afternoon in . telephone message to Sheriff c. M. Nlchol, who was asked to get blood- hounds from the Tucker farm, and send them to the scene of the murder. Deputy Sheriff J. L. McBurnett com municated with Judge w. D. Coker, commissioner in charge of the Tuck CT farm, and with John McQuisition, commissioner, in charge of the Cum mlns farm, and the wardens imme- dlately arranged to go to the scene With the man-hunting dogs. MT. Witt said last night the penitentiary o11lclals are always willing to lend assistance to the authorities of any county
 Sheriff Greer, with two deputies, mad gone to Jamison's house to ar rest him for wife-beating, according to information received here. The sl snerltf went around to the rear of the negro's home, and the tw, deputies went upon the porch. The negro shot from a back door, with a nlg-power rifle, killing MT. Greer, ana then making his escape.
 Sheriff Greer of Columbia county was wa a first cousin of Constable Ben nrannon of Pine Bluff and frequent y visited in Pine Bluff. MT. Bran no non's mother, who still resides at tne old home in Holly Springs, Miss, ana the sheriff's mother are sisters, ana the only members of their fami- Y stlll living. Mrs. Greer has made years.
 MT. Greer was serving his second 1grm M as sheriff of Columbia county. ne ] mad served four years as hhe:puty ~: sheriff immediately preceding ni ms election. He was highly esteem s1 p' as citizen and officer by Pine pun officials who had known him . aor years. His slayer, Jonas Jami- son, IS said to be negro about 50 years of age, and to have borne sood reputation in Magnolia.