Hammond Mortally Wounded

A difficulty occurred between two young men of Griffin, on last Friday night by the names of Hammond and Lytle, in which Hammond  was mortally wounded with a pistol from the effects of which he died.   The difficulty grew out of an old feud.   Lytle was confined in jail, but we learn has since been released, it having been (____?______) that his skull was broken.  Hammond was employed in Keeley's branch store.

Jackson News - Week of July 26, 1882

Submitted by Don Bankston