Murder – Wade Yancy
A young colored man named Wade Yancy was Killed by Sam Grier at the colored Baptist church on what is called Pepperton about noon on Sunday.  The weapon used was a pistol, and the ball went directly through the heart, producing death instantly.

We learn that a trivial dispute arose between a sister of Grier and Yancy, when Grier walked up and shot Yancy down without a word.  An attempt was made to arrest the murdered by a posse of colored men and one of them, John Hardy, was shot in the shoulder.  Grier was overpowered, however , and brought to town and turned  over to Sheriff Beauchamp who placed him in jail

Middle Ga Argus – Week of May 6, 1890

Submitted by Don Bankston