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Americus Times Recorder
Americus, Sumter County, Georgia
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In Woodlawn near Birmingham, Ala., on Aug. 28, Ben Johnson killed assailant Will Brady and wounded another after they attacked him over jealousy involving a woman he escorted from church.
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Johnson Kills One of His Assailants
and Shoots Another.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 28.-One negro was killed and another wounded at Woodlawn as a result of jealousy. Ben Johnson, a negro, went to church with a Woodlawn woman. Before the parties left church there were mutterings amongst Johnson's rivals and the information was conveyed to him that he was not wanted in Woodlawn and that he had better not wait to carry his girl home.
Johnson refused to be intimidated and started home with the girl. While on the way several negroes sprang from the roadside and attacking Johnson. one of them, Will Brady, striking him on the head with a hickory stick. The blow felled Johnson to the ground, but he came up shooting. Brady was killed, and another negro, whose name has not been learned, was shot in the neck.
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Primary Location
Woodlawn, Birmingham, Ala.
Event Date
Aug. 28
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will brady killed; another negro shot in the neck; ben johnson struck on the head with a hickory stick.
Event Details
Ben Johnson, a negro, went to church with a Woodlawn woman. Rivals warned him he was not wanted in Woodlawn. Johnson proceeded home with the girl. Several negroes attacked him; Will Brady struck Johnson on the head with a hickory stick, felling him. Johnson shot back, killing Brady and wounding another negro in the neck.