BOB JESTER KILLED

Andrew Hightower Used the Knife That Laid Him Out.

A negro fandawgo (?) on the plantation of Mr. R. W. Aiken near Elgin on Saturday night a row occurred in which Bob Jester was killed by another Negro named Andrew Hightower.  Jester's throat was cut and he died instantly.  Hightower made good his escape and has not yet been arrested.

No just cause is assigned for the act more than the common hot blood of a young negro when he imagined he has been assaulted by a colored fellow.  It will require a few more hanging to settle such matters in Butts County.

Middle Ga. Argus - Week of February 2, 1892

Submitted by Don Bankston