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VOL. X.
THRICESHOT.
The Body of James Young
Filled With Lead.
AN EXCITING STREET SCENE
Charles T. Jones the One Who
Did the Shooting.
ARRESTED AND CARRIED TO JAIL,
Young Dies Four Hours After the
Shooting.
JONES WILL NOT TALK,
But It Is Known That the
Tragedy Waa
•TITE tniSULT OF AM OLB FEUD.
■The Testimony Kit()r*“ the Coroner’s
Jury Mid the Verdict Rendered.
The city was startled Saturday
afternoon by three distinctly# re
ports from a pistol.
As fast as a trigger could be
pulled were the first and second
shots fired and, perhaps, a moment
intervened before the third.
They rang out loud and clear,
and were heard all over the busi
ness portion of town. On the streets,
in the stores and the offices, the
people turned from their business
pursuits and rushed in the di
rection the sounds came from with
the instinctive fear that something
.dreadful had happened.
And something dreadful it was.
Jn front of the old Moon store
house, on East Main street, an im
mense crowd soon gathered, and
this was the sight that met their
gaze:
A white man, standing like a
statue, with a still smoking re
volver in his right hand, a negro
■man, a few feet from him, lying on
-the ground, with his head support
ed by his arm, his face presenting
.a dazed and horrified appearance.
The white man was easily recog
nized as Mr. Charlie Jones.
The negro was James Young,
well known by all our people.
Deputy Sheriff Maxw'ell made
his way through the crowd and,
touching Jones on the shoulder,
said:
“Charlie, give me that pi^olf*
Without a word the weapon was
handed to the officer.
“You must go with me, Charlie,”
were the next words of the deputy
sheriff.
“AH right, Bob.”
Taking Mr. Jones by the arm the
tw’o walked away from the scene
of the horrible tragedy. Mr. Jones
was placed behind the locks and
bars of the Bartow county Jail.
The awful happening almost stu
pefied the people. It came like a
flash and without warning. The
-cause of it was not known, and all
kinds of rumors were soon afloat.
Around the dying man the scene
was indescribable; strong men
were almost wild with excitement;
•mutterings, curses and threats
■came from the negroes, while some
women, presumably kinspeople of
the prostrated one, set up wail 9
&nd moans that were frightful to
listen to.
Dr. Johnson soon arrived and
Tin; gourant-amerioan.
made examination of the wounds.
He pronounced them fatal, and
said Young had at least only a few
hours to live. * 1 *
The man was picked up aud car
ried into Hicks A Brevard’s coffin
store, near by. He was, a short
while later, taken to his house,
where he died at 9:15 o’clock, four
hours and twenty minutes after the
occurrence.
The Result of an Old Feud.
This terrible tragedy is the result
of an old feucL
While the Courant-Amerioan will
not undertake to discuss the imme
diate actions of the principals of
the affair that brought on the en
counter, only giving the versions
of the witnesses at the coroner’s
inquest, it would not, perhaps, be
amiss to refer to events that led up
to it, as gathered from various
parties.
At the beginning of the year, and
up to some time in the spring, Mr.
Jones was an employe of the Eto
wah Iron Cos. He was foreman of
a squad of hands. In some way he
and Mr. Odell, the general foreman,
fell out. Jones charged him witli
using underhanded means to oust
him from his position, and in the
positive way characteristic of the
man, Jones denounced him. Among
other things, as is claimed by the
friends of Mr. Jones, Mr. Odeii
told the superintendent of the
works, Mr. Africa, and-in the pres
ence of Mr/Jones, that he (Jones)
abused the officers of the company.
This Jones positively denied, and
then denounced Odell in unmeas
ured terms. For proof of what he
said, Odell called up Jim Young,
who affirmed the statement. At
this Jones became angry with the
negro and hot words ensued on
both sides. This came very near
resulting seriously.
Another thing, it is said, that
enraged Jones was that Odell at
tempted to discharge him and put
the negro in his place.
However this may be, Jones and
Ode!! met one day at East Main
street and had a row, the event at
the time causing some excitement.
Both appeared later before the
mayor of the city and were heavily
fined.
These events stirred p the feel
ings that ended in last Saturday’s
aw fill tragedy.
The Principal* of tha Affair.
Mr. Jones, the one who did the
shooting, is a gentleman of un
doubted courage. When a friend
to a man he is as true as steel. He
is a man of many good qualities of
heart. He has many strong friends
hi the community who deeply sym
pathize with him in his trouble, and
they will see to it that ho gets a
fair and impartial trial. Perhaps,
the only fault of his is his haste to
resent an insult.
He has a wife—a noble woman—
who bears up heroically under this,
the most trying ordeal ot her life—
and five little ones. Thousands of
expressions of sympathy went up
Saturday afternoon for these.
Jim Young, the dead man, has
also a number of friends among
both white and black. His char
acter is better described by a gen,
tleman whom he worked for a long
time:
“I liked Jim. He was nearly
always good-natured, a good work
er and a ready slave to every re
quest that was made. His great
fault was his disposition at times,to
place himself on an equality with
white men. I have heard him
curse white men, not to their face,
of course, aud I have often remon
strated with him about it, telling
him that it would surely get him
into trouble sooner or later. He did
not seem to fear anything, however.”
The Town Excited*
It was rumored that the negroes
intended to take the prisoner away
from the sheriff, and in their own
way revenge the death of Janies
Young. This caused great excite
ment in the city, and revolvers,
shot-guns and rifles were brought
out The hardware stores were
raided for implements of warfare,
the people intending to protect the
prisoner at all hazards. A strong
guard was placed at the jail and
the streets were patrolled by armed
men. Through the long hours of
the night the faithful men kept
watch, and nothing that indicated
an attack on the Ja(l occurred,
About 3 o’clock In the morning two
pistol shots were flTed, which caused
a temporary excitemeut. It is not
known who they were fired by and
for what cause.
The blessed light of day streamed
in through the windows of the Jail
building, and then did the men
know that their task of guarding
the prisoner was over. At a safe
hour the gentlemen composing the
guard left the jail and sought rest in
sleep.
It is not known whether any
actual attempt to take the prisoner
awav was inteuded or not. There
were certainly threats and vague
hints made. It was a wise precau
tion of Sheriff Roberts to be equal
to any exigencies that might arise.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1890.
It is believed, however, that the
cooler and wiser heads of the race
in this community were against
any such proceeding.
Mr. Jones in Jail.
Hundreds of visitors called on
•Mr. Jones Sunday to express their
sympathy to him and offers of any
favors that could be done him.
Among his visitors were his wife
and three little boys. The meeting
is described as a most sorrowful
and affecting one.
A Courant-Ainerican reporter
was one of the callers. At his en
trance Mr. Jones arose from his
cot, which was in one of the large
hallways of the jail, and greeted
the reporter and others who were
with him warmly. He was as cool
as a man could be expected to be
under the circumstances. He dis
cussed many things calmly and
deliberately, avoiding studiously
the discussion of any of the events
of the day before. Referring to
them he only said: “If any of you
gentlemen were placed in the same
position I was, and did not do as I
did, I would not want to know you.”
The Coroner’s Inquest.
Sunday afternoon Coroner Pat
terson arrived in the city and went
to work to get up a jury and secure
witnesses for the purpose of hold
ing an inquest.
At 4 o’clock the coroner and jury
met at the house of the deceased.
After the latter was organized Mr.
John T. Owen was selected fore-
man.
The first witness was Mr. H. F.
Wallace, who was acting as extra
on the police force. He was
under the riding gallery where he
heard the first shot and got there
after the third. Saw Mr. Jones
standing on the pavement with a
pistol in hand. Jim Young was
lying on the ground.
J. F. Alexander said he saw the
last shot fired, just after Young fell.
He went up and saw that Charlie
Jones had shot him. It occurred in
front of Fran Bel’s store.
W. L. Miller was standing at the
counter of his store and got to the
door in time to see Young fall on
his elbow. He fell between his
-A J
fJlGir uuu A i aimci o.
C. K. Evans: “I was sitting in
front of Mr. Miller’s store when I
heard the pistol fire. I jumped
up and whirled around and saw the
white man shoot the negro. I
walked off towards Mr. Satterfield’s
store. Saw Young when he fell.
The last shot was fired as Young
hit the ground. Did not know
either of the parties.”
C. F. Bell said: “I didn’t see the
shogting. Was standing pretty
close to the parties with my back
toward them, al>out four or five
feet. When the shots fired off I
walked off pretty quick as they
frightened me. Mr. Jones was
about four steps from the negro.
Heard no conversation between
them. Saw Young about a minute
afterward on the ground, Saw Mr,
Jones with a pistol In his baud,
Sam Saxon, the father-in-law, of
the deceased, then gave in his evi
dence. He said: “I saw the killing.
I was about ten feet from the par
ties when the shooting occured.
Did not hear any words between
them, but could have done so had
anything been said, Jim stepped
back and threw his head down.
At that time Jones fired the first
shot. Jim then fell to his elbow
and still laid in that position until
the next shot was fired. He star
ted to twist over at the last shot,
which struck him in the back. I
went up to Jones aud said: ‘You
did wrong in doing that.’ Jones
only said: ‘I am ready for the
other one.’ Jim made no sign to
draw his knife, which he had in
his hand. Before the meeting he
was whittling, but closed it while
the two were talking.
“The killing was the result of an
old grudge. Jim was sitting on a
box, a short while before the kill
ing, behind Harwell’s shop when I
came along. Jones saw Jim on the
box and then stepped off and got a
big stick. By this time Jim got off
the box and went through the
crowd at the flying jenny. Jones
was tiptoeing looking for Jim.
After he saw' him he went bolting
through. I was just telling Jim
that Jones was looking for him
when the latter came up. Before
he got up I said: ‘Mr. Jones, you
are going to do some meanness. I
am a friend of yours.’ The answer
was: ‘I know my business.’ After
he got to Jim hesaidt ‘Come here
Jim,’ Jim went to him. He then
said: ‘Jim are you ready to settle
that fuss?’ Jim said: ‘No, you
always pick your crowd to raise a
fuss with me.’ He asked, ‘Jim,
where will you meet me? Will
you meet me at Akerman’s cross
ing?’ Jim replied he would meet
him anywhere. Jones stepped
back and gave his stick to the man
he borrowed it from. Nothing
then occurred between them until
the shooting began.”
Daniel Williams said: “I live in
Mississippi. Know nothing of
either parties. Haw two of the
shots. The man who did the shoot
ing looked as if he weighed about
180 pounds. The negro was shot
between Miller’s store and the Jew
store. Was standing in front of
Miller’s store when I heard the pis
tol shot. I glanceu around and
saw Mr. Jones with pistol in hand.
Haw the second shot; Jim reeled
around on his elbow when that was
fired. Didn’t know whether or not
4 im had a knife. His rigid hand
r as clinched aud his left either on
his pocket or on his hip,”
T. J. Lawhon said: “I was at
the sidetrack when the shooting
occurred. The first shot drew my
attention. I looked up and saw
Young turned with his face toward
the street. Haw the last shot and
it was fired by Charlie Jones.”
Lige Henderson, colored, said:
“I helped to dress Young after he
died. He was shot in the small of
the back. Another ball entered
just below the navel. The other
one under the left shoulder blade.”
Ben Decatur, colored, who also
helped to dress Young after he died,
swore as to the correctness ot the
above statement.
John T.* Tribble, colored, said:
“Didn’t see the shooting. Picked
Young up from the place where he
fell und carried him into Hicks A
Brevard’s and afterwards removed
him home where he died. Dr.
Johnson advised removal.”
T. E. Campbell said: “Saw the
last siiot tired. Didn’t see Young
advancing on Jones and he showed
no signs of fighting."
Pres Low, colored: “Haw Jones
shoot Young. Haw all three of the
shots. Heard no words after Jones
called Young. Haw no pistol or
knife in Young’s hand.”
George Coolley, colored, said: “I
was present at the time of the
shooting. Knew both Mr. Jones
and Jim Young. Haw the shoot
ing. Jiin Young and 1 were wait
ing at the Etowah Iron company’s
office for our pay. Jim was stand
ing with his left foot on the bottom
stair. I was standing on the third
step. Ike Suddeth was standing on
the fourth. Mr. Charlie Jones
walked by with right hand in ids
coat pocket. He walked in front
of Frankel’s store, and then turned
around and came back to Mr. Geo.
Hatterfield’s store. He stood there
about five seconds. Jim walked to
near midway the sidewalk. Mr.
Jones walked as if lie would run
over Jim. Jim moved five or six
inches out of the way. Jones struck
his right arm against Jim’s right
arm. Jones said to Jim: “Walk
out here; I want to see you.” Jim
turned, and the two walked side by
side into the street. They were
standing together about as close as
two men can to talk together.
Jones asked Jim if he was going
to meet him where he asked him
to. Jim told him he would. Both
turned to the right and both said
‘all right.’ As they turned Mr,
Jones stepped forward a step and
whirled around and fired on Jim?
Jim hollered ‘Oh don’t shoot Hie!’
At the second shot Jim was falling.
As Jim fell Jones made one long
step forward and shot him again.
Jim had a little pen knife he was
whittling with at the time we were
talking. Jim made no demonstra
tion of any kind and used no harsh
words. Mr. Jones said when the
sheriff arrested him: ‘1 have done
what I aimed to do and I will go
with you.”
Dr. C, A. White said; “I saw Jim
Young after he was siiot. He had
been carried to his home. He was
shot three tiiues. One of the bul
lets struck him just above the hip
bone, on the left side, and ranged
downward and forward and was
found just above the groin. The
next shot entered nearly the mid
dle of the abdomen. The third ball
struck him underneath the should
er blade and ranged upward and
forward and lodged behind the col
lar bone. Either of the first two
would have killed him.”
This closed the evidence and the
jury retired and made the follow
ing verdict:
Georgia, Bartow County:
In accordance with an inquisition
taken this, the 10th and 17th of Novem
ber, lsoO, before J. F. Fatteison, coroner
of said county, upon the body of James
Young, then and there lying dead in his
house in the city of Cartersville, Ua., in
the said countv, upon the oaths of E.
Matthews, C. N. Smith, J. M. Dobbs, W.
11. Barron, 0. F. Johnston, T. C. Wat
kins, W. A. Williams, N. A. Bradley, W.
W. Cotton, John C. Hilburn, Jesse Wil
lingham and John T. Owen, sworn ac
cording to laws as jurors and charged
bv J. F. Patterson to inquire when und
how und in what maimer tho said James
Young came to his death.
Wo the said E. Matthew*, F. C, Wat
kins, J. M. Dobbs and others, make aud
return the following presentment In
reference to the aforesaid matters and
things, concerning which we were sworn
to enquire by the said J. F, Patterson,
ooroner:
We, the Jurors aforesaid, upon our
oaths say, that Charles T. Jones, of said
county, alii on tho loth of November,
IHOO, fn said county, unlawfully and
with malice aforethought kill the said
Jumes Young by then and there shoot
ing the said James Young with a pistol,
contrary to the laws of said state, tho
good order, peace and dignity thereof.
John T. Owen, Foreman.
Nov. 17th, ISSO.
When the case comes to trial, it
is stated, a great deal of evidence
in behalf of the prisoner will be
produced that was not brought
forth during the coroner’s investi
gation. As Mr. Jones won’t talk,
his side of the case is hard to get
at. It is hoped and believed by his
friends that he will show by evi
dence wherein he w as justifiable in
shooting the negro.
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