Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1901 — Kills a Negro Porter. [ARTICLE]

Kills a Negro Porter.

J. C. Merriwether, a baggagemaster on the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad, shot and killed William Freeman, a negro porter, on a passenger train near Valdosta, Ga. Bad feeling had existed between the two men for some time. Yesterday they accidentally met on the Shoe Fly train. The negro sprang on Merriwether, who is a small man. A struggle ensued and Freeman was shot through the head, dying instantly.