Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-20
BODY UNEARTHED,
MANS WIFE AND
BROTHER ARRESTED
Accused Woman Makes
Stout Denial of Charges
Before Leaving for Doug
las in Custody of Sheriff

AVON PARK, Fla, Oct. Ill. S.
Rogers, former mill hand and farmer
of West Green, Coffee county, Geor'
gia, was brought here under arrest
this afternoon at the request OF
Sheriff Tanner, of Douglas, who ar
rived to take the prisoner back with
him to answer a charge of killing his
brother there nearly a year ago.
Rogers was arrested here yesterday
by L. NJ Marsh, city marshal, at
the request of the Georgia authori-
ties, and taken to Arcadia Tor saLe'
keeping, there being no Jail here.
"God knows we've done nothing
wrong" was the statement OF Mrs.
Rogers, when she and her husband
reached here from Arcadia.
She said they arrived here about
a week ago and had been visiting
r. C. Moore and wife, friends OF
Mrs. Rogers, who knew her when
she married John Rogers. MRS:
Rogers said they had corresponded
with relatives in Georgia since their
arrival. and this was confirmed by
the Moores, who said the Rogers
told them that everybody was leav'
inc Georgia because of crop conol'
SON for coming here.
Under questioning by Mr.. Moore
she stated that she and L. ). Rogers
were married early this year arter
John had left her and ran away 10
Jacksonville with another woman
She said she got a divorce on
grounds of desertion, but could not
remember the names of the lawyers
nor the circumstances of the pro
ceedings, She added that they nave
heen living with her people In Geor-
ola for the last few weeks;
ENVIRONMENTS RETURNED
iA nv COFFEE GRAND jury
po1-CT-AS Ga, Oct. 17.-lnolct'
-a,,ts charging murder were return,
"a here this morning by the granu
i;1rv now in session, against L. ..
Poyers charged with Staying ms
hrofher John Alton Rogers, anu
Mrs John Alton Rogers, woo" "
- dead man. who left with the al
ieSed SLAYER about a month ago. Botn
were orrasted Tuesday in Avon Parh'
Florida. ,,o+v
hos notified local authorities that ne
will return with his two prisoners IT,
morrow morning. This was an llluI'
cation. according to the local autnol,
tiles. that the man and woman nau
waived extradition rights.
+ was reported here this morning
tha- it was another one OF Rogers
brothers that told the story OF the
killing, which brought about the ar
rest of L. S. Rogers and his sister
in-law in Florida. This brother, 1t
Ia understood, appeared before the
local grand jury and charged his
brother with the murder.
The crime charged against the
man being held today in Florida ex-
plains the mysterious disappearance
Of John Rogers from this vicinity
during November, 1922. The crime
is alleged to have occurred on Nov
ember IS >.
According to the story which, it
is said, L. S. Rogers conflded to MS
brother, and in several close friends
living in this county and in FLORIDA,
on that day he slew his brother while
they were both working in corn
field. L. S. Rogers is charged with
shooting his brother, stripping him
of all clothing, wrapping the re-
mains in a n-lilt, and burylng his
body in the co~nfield.
When spring came, the brother,
still living on the farm, ploughed the
field, even over the exact spot where
his brother was buried, according to
the story related before the grand
jury here.
Coroner 6. L. Sims went to the
farm last Sunday and dug up the
body. The skeleton was brought to
Douglas for interment later.
Upon notification Of the arrest OF
Rogers and his brothers widow at
Avon. Sheriff Tanner, Of Coffee coun.
ty, left for the Florida town to bring
the prisoners back to Douglas to be
tried for murder. The dead mans
wife was formerly Miss Yarbrough,
of West Green.
Court is now in session, but It is
hardly probable the defendants will
be tried at this term Of court.