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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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In Dalton, Ga., on June 13, four white youths shot and killed 11-year-old Tommy Dwight at a fish fry, claiming they only meant to scare the group. They were jailed, with murder warrants pending, as per Sheriff Donald McArthur.
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Boy In Shoot To
Scare Group
DALTON, Ga., June 22.-Four
white youths were held in jail
today in connection with the fatal
shooting of an 11-year-old Negro
boy.
Sheriff Donald McArthur said
warrants charging murder would
be taken out against Kermit Prit.
chett, Jr., 18; Herschell Elkins,
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18; Billy Joe Rolen, 17; and Leroy Gentry, 23, all of Dalton.
The Negro, Tommy Dwight, was shot to death June 13 while he was at a fish fry at the home of his uncle, McArthur said.
The sheriff said the white youths admitted firing at the Negroes, but they said they were only trying to scare them and did not know anyone had been hit until the next morning.
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Dalton, Ga.
Event Date
June 13
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Four white youths from Dalton, Ga., were arrested for the fatal shooting of 11-year-old Negro boy Tommy Dwight at a fish fry on June 13. They admitted firing shots to scare the group but claimed they did not know anyone was hit until the next day. Warrants for murder were to be issued against them.