Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — Justice Kills Clergyman. [ARTICLE]

Justice Kills Clergyman.

Brookside, Ala., dispatch: The Rev. J. W. Bradford, Methodist minister at this place, was shot by R. D. Coffman, justice of the peace, at 5 o’clock p. m., and died two hours later. Coffman was standing in Bradford's doorway and fired two shots, both taking effect in the head. There were no witnesses to the tragedy. The Rev. Bradford had been returned here as the Methodist minister for another year. / Coffman was once a member of the Rev. Mr. Bradford’s church, but bad been expelled, \