Ned Towns - Murdered

MURDER AT FLOVILLA

Flovilla, Ga., December 1 - Ned Towns of this place was murdered here Saturday afternoon by Tiny Hampton, both colored.    Coroner McElroy held an inquest Sunday and Monday and after examining two witnesses, the jury decided the murderer was Tiny Hampton and the murdered man's wife was an accessory.  Hampton escaped but the woman was arrested Tuesday and carried to jail.

Jackson Argus - Week of December 3, 1896

Submitted by Don Bankston