Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-08
DOUBLE TRAGEDY MARKS STILL RAID.
Officers lake Green And Lawrence Dun
nam Killed.
Henry Bond Seriously Wounded In Lungs
in The 6~un-battIe.

Leakesville received one of the
worst. il not the worst shock in its
history, last Friday afternoon, April
L, 1921, when the news came in over
phone that Deputy U. S. Marshal ].
f. Green, whose home is here, had
been killed that day 10 a s~hinny-still
raid near Rlchton. The news was
broken to his wife as gently as pos
sible. Sheriff Webb VALLEY and a
number of others motored to Rich
ton about night-fall where they
learned that the crime had really
occurred just in the edge of Greene
County, and not in Perry County
as was at first supposed. Also
t h a Town Marshal Lawrence
Dunnam OF Richton, who was Jake's
assistant ia the raid had been killed
ia such raid.
The scene of the double killing was
in a very thickly wooded piece of
country on Piney Woods Greek not
far from the Perry County line in
Greene County. The ralding officers
had come out of Richton that morn
ing with a Taxl-driver to a point on
road near this place where they left
the car and went into the woods tell
ing the driver that if they did not
return in a reasonable length OF time
to return to Rlchton and report
fheIr absence. which he did having
heard the volley of guns while he
he had waited. His report stirred
the town Of Richton into prompt ac-
ton and Dol a posse went to the
scene of the killing and recovered
the bodies of the dead officers which
were carried to Richton.
The top of Jake's head had been
blown off with a load of buck-shot
and he had fallen dead on his face,
likely instantly killed. His pistol
showed all balls except n which
had been snapped emptled and some
| shot fouled the chamber of his pistol
indicating that the fire which KILLED
him was directed up his pistol barrel.
Dunnam had a large hole blown In
his breast a wound in his arm and
other wounds indicating that he had
been badly shot up and by shotgun.
The first arrest made was of Henry
| Bond who vas brought in from his
home to Richton to board the train
for Laurel, after DIR. Cochran had
been called to his place not far re-
moved from the scene of the killing
to dress a wound which he claimed
was accidental. An officer was sent
along with Bond to the hospital. 1t
was reported at first that he had
died, his wound, being in the lung
and a serious one, but he has since
pulled up and looks as if he will live
and has made a confession implicat-
ing the others under arrest, who are
Manse +. Kelly. who had a shot
wound in arm when found at his
home; John Adams and Will Morris.
| Morris was with Bond when the doc
tor came TO his house. This trio
we're taken to H%attiesburg Jail for
safe keeping, their arrest being made
Jointly by Sheriffs Webb Valley of
Greene and Dennis of Perry Coun-
ties. Morris was partly intoxicated
aud made the first confession which
involved the other three men. A
broken shotgun and shot-sack both
bloody we're found at home of Bond.
Also shotgun at Kelly's. Both
were repeating guns.
Pieced together the reported con-
fessions from daily newspaper &C
counts and other news afloat, gives
it that the shooting must have
started as the raiding officers APP |
peared in the small opening where
the still was with possible the four
men all in the bushes except maybe
one. resulting in Dunnam being first
shot down, and then Green killed
and Dunnam subsequently finished
off, all the shooting being done at
close range.
LATER.-B. b. Baggett ofSumrall,
who drew the diagram which guided
the unfortunate officers to the spot
of their doom, has been arrested in
connection with the crime and to.
gether with Morris, Kelly and Ad-
ANS has been nut in the Kinds COun-