Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1915 — SHOOTS BROTHER AS GHOST [ARTICLE]

SHOOTS BROTHER AS GHOST

Living In “Haunted House” In Georgia, Slayer Makes Tragic Mistake." Waycross, Ga. —Mistaking his twen-ty-yea r-old brother, Harley McQuaig. for a ghost, Lee McQuaig shot and almost Instantly killed him, riddling him with a shotgun. i The tragedy occurred at the home of their father; Anderson McQuaig. three miles. northwest of Waycross. The younger McQuaig had been left at home, while his brother came to

Waycross. Harley, who lives at Rustins, seven miles west, called at his father’s home unexpectedly. The younger brother evidently did not hear his hail, for he shot Harley down before he reached the steps. The McQuaig place has for years had the reputation of being haunted, and Lee has been heard to remark that if he ever saw a ghost he would surely fix him. The dead man leaves a wife and young child.