Killed by the Deputy

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Source Type: Newspaper
Publisher: The Journal and Tribune
Place of publication: Knoxville, Tennessee
Date of publication: Aug 14, 1895 12:00 am
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Transcript:

Killed by the Deputy.

Birmingham; Ala., August- 13.-

At Brookwood mines, Deputy Sheriff Nelson went to serve a warrant for assault to murder on Will McKay, a young miner last night, McKay reached for his pistol and Nelson fired, filling McKay with slugs. McKay died this morning. It seems that McKay’s mother who was a widow had been keeping company with a man who was objectionable to McKay.