Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1898 — Officers Shoot a Soldier. [ARTICLE]

Officers Shoot a Soldier.

At Knoxville, Tenn., Zeb Patton, a private of the Third North Carolina, colored, was shot and instantly killed by a squad of officers of that regiment, f’atton, with other soldiers of Company C, became engaged in a difficulty. A guard was turned out under Lieut. Powell and attempted to disarm Patton, when he fired at them. Then the officers took deliberate aim and fired at Patton. His body was riddled with bullets.