Title Jones, A C
Birth Date 1895-03-26
Age at Death 29 years 3 months 2 days
City of Death Linwood
County of Death Walker
Date of Death 1921-06-28
Year of Death 1921
Father's Name Derrell Jones
Mother's Name Omie Posey
First Name A C
Last Name Jones
Race or Ethnic Origin Caucasian
Certificate Number 16061
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Nina Jones
Format Document
Cite as Death Certificates, Vital Records, Public Health, RG 26-5-95, Georgia Archives
Digital Collection Georgia Death Certificates
Filename 004176888_00410.jpg
Andrew C. Jones
born 1893 in Tennessee, father born Tenn & Mother born in Alabama
1920 spinner at a cotton mill Trion Cty, Ga - living on A29 A Street
1920 census record-Trion with Andrew C. Jones, wife Nina and Etrulia at age 1
Died June 28, 1921 concussion of brain and fracture of skull ?
Death Certificate names Nina as wife.
Buried at the LaFayette Cemetery, Walker County
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Warren County, Ga -The Messenger Newspaper: LaFayette, Georgia
July 01, 1921
Page 10
A C Jones FOUND DEAD NEARN TUNNEL T.A.G. Ry
TUESDAY MORNING - PRELIMINARY TRAIL HELD WEDNESDAY -CORMER AND D. THOMPSON bound over and now in jail charged with the murder of Jones.
Tuesday morning at 06:30 o’clock A.C. Jones was found lying in a ditch by the side of the public road about a 100 yards from the end of the T.A.G. railroad tunnel on the east side of Pigeon Mountain.
Physicians were summoned and found that in addition to minor bruises -his skull was seriously fractured. He was brought to his home in Linwood, where he died Tuesday afternoon at 01:30 o’clock.
Will Cromer and Joel Thompson had been out all of Monday night where put arrest.
At the preliminary trail before Coroner Wednesday morning it was brought out that Thompson, Cromer & Jones had been out all of Monday night and had been drinking rather heavily. Cromer & Thompson claim that Jones was in the car alone on the back seat coming down the mountain and when they missed him out of the car they returned and found him lying in the ditch. They left him and returned to LaFayette.
Cromer and Thompson were bound over by the Coroner’s jury without bond for further investigation by the Grand Jury. Isom Lee was also recommended to be held under a $100.00 bond as a witness in the case.
Jones leaves a wife and one child. (Nina & Trudi)
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October 28,1921 Criminal Cases on page 6-Will Cromer cases # 65 & 74 from August term- Monday 11-7-1921
November 4, 1921 - Monday page 6 criminal case is to be held on Monday Nov 7th for charges 65 & 74 August term 1921.
Wednesday, November 8, 1921 - Joel Thompson charges # 48-49-50, criminal charges, August term 1912.
November 11, 1921 Page 1 - State vs. Will Cromer, Judge Wright. Cromer charged with having liquor in his possession at the time Whitey Jones (A.C.) met his death at the tunnel of the T.A.G. railway last summer. Isom Lee and Joel Thompson were the only witnesses in the case. They were alleged to have been with Cromer at the time of the above affair.
The Jury returned with a verdict of NOT GUILTY.
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Many of Judge Wright cases were reviewed by the Court of Appeals of the state of Georgia. This case was not found there.
Contributor: Deborah Polk (49739099) • [email protected]
Birth Date 1895-03-26
Age at Death 29 years 3 months 2 days
City of Death Linwood
County of Death Walker
Date of Death 1921-06-28
Year of Death 1921
Father's Name Derrell Jones
Mother's Name Omie Posey
First Name A C
Last Name Jones
Race or Ethnic Origin Caucasian
Certificate Number 16061
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Nina Jones
Format Document
Cite as Death Certificates, Vital Records, Public Health, RG 26-5-95, Georgia Archives
Digital Collection Georgia Death Certificates
Filename 004176888_00410.jpg
Andrew C. Jones
born 1893 in Tennessee, father born Tenn & Mother born in Alabama
1920 spinner at a cotton mill Trion Cty, Ga - living on A29 A Street
1920 census record-Trion with Andrew C. Jones, wife Nina and Etrulia at age 1
Died June 28, 1921 concussion of brain and fracture of skull ?
Death Certificate names Nina as wife.
Buried at the LaFayette Cemetery, Walker County
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Warren County, Ga -The Messenger Newspaper: LaFayette, Georgia
July 01, 1921
Page 10
A C Jones FOUND DEAD NEARN TUNNEL T.A.G. Ry
TUESDAY MORNING - PRELIMINARY TRAIL HELD WEDNESDAY -CORMER AND D. THOMPSON bound over and now in jail charged with the murder of Jones.
Tuesday morning at 06:30 o’clock A.C. Jones was found lying in a ditch by the side of the public road about a 100 yards from the end of the T.A.G. railroad tunnel on the east side of Pigeon Mountain.
Physicians were summoned and found that in addition to minor bruises -his skull was seriously fractured. He was brought to his home in Linwood, where he died Tuesday afternoon at 01:30 o’clock.
Will Cromer and Joel Thompson had been out all of Monday night where put arrest.
At the preliminary trail before Coroner Wednesday morning it was brought out that Thompson, Cromer & Jones had been out all of Monday night and had been drinking rather heavily. Cromer & Thompson claim that Jones was in the car alone on the back seat coming down the mountain and when they missed him out of the car they returned and found him lying in the ditch. They left him and returned to LaFayette.
Cromer and Thompson were bound over by the Coroner’s jury without bond for further investigation by the Grand Jury. Isom Lee was also recommended to be held under a $100.00 bond as a witness in the case.
Jones leaves a wife and one child. (Nina & Trudi)
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October 28,1921 Criminal Cases on page 6-Will Cromer cases # 65 & 74 from August term- Monday 11-7-1921
November 4, 1921 - Monday page 6 criminal case is to be held on Monday Nov 7th for charges 65 & 74 August term 1921.
Wednesday, November 8, 1921 - Joel Thompson charges # 48-49-50, criminal charges, August term 1912.
November 11, 1921 Page 1 - State vs. Will Cromer, Judge Wright. Cromer charged with having liquor in his possession at the time Whitey Jones (A.C.) met his death at the tunnel of the T.A.G. railway last summer. Isom Lee and Joel Thompson were the only witnesses in the case. They were alleged to have been with Cromer at the time of the above affair.
The Jury returned with a verdict of NOT GUILTY.
------------------------------------------------------
Many of Judge Wright cases were reviewed by the Court of Appeals of the state of Georgia. This case was not found there.
Contributor: Deborah Polk (49739099) • [email protected]
Title Jones, A C
Birth Date 1895-03-26
Age at Death 29 years 3 months 2 days
City of Death Linwood
County of Death Walker
Date of Death 1921-06-28
Year of Death 1921
Father's Name Derrell Jones
Mother's Name Omie Posey
First Name A C
Last Name Jones
Race or Ethnic Origin Caucasian
Certificate Number 16061
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Nina Jones
Format Document
Cite as Death Certificates, Vital Records, Public Health, RG 26-5-95, Georgia Archives
Digital Collection Georgia Death Certificates
Filename 004176888_00410.jpg
Andrew C. Jones
born 1893 in Tennessee, father born Tenn & Mother born in Alabama
1920 spinner at a cotton mill Trion Cty, Ga - living on A29 A Street
1920 census record-Trion with Andrew C. Jones, wife Nina and Etrulia at age 1
Died June 28, 1921 concussion of brain and fracture of skull ?
Death Certificate names Nina as wife.
Buried at the LaFayette Cemetery, Walker County
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Warren County, Ga -The Messenger Newspaper: LaFayette, Georgia
July 01, 1921
Page 10
A C Jones FOUND DEAD NEARN TUNNEL T.A.G. Ry
TUESDAY MORNING - PRELIMINARY TRAIL HELD WEDNESDAY -CORMER AND D. THOMPSON bound over and now in jail charged with the murder of Jones.
Tuesday morning at 06:30 o’clock A.C. Jones was found lying in a ditch by the side of the public road about a 100 yards from the end of the T.A.G. railroad tunnel on the east side of Pigeon Mountain.
Physicians were summoned and found that in addition to minor bruises -his skull was seriously fractured. He was brought to his home in Linwood, where he died Tuesday afternoon at 01:30 o’clock.
Will Cromer and Joel Thompson had been out all of Monday night where put arrest.
At the preliminary trail before Coroner Wednesday morning it was brought out that Thompson, Cromer & Jones had been out all of Monday night and had been drinking rather heavily. Cromer & Thompson claim that Jones was in the car alone on the back seat coming down the mountain and when they missed him out of the car they returned and found him lying in the ditch. They left him and returned to LaFayette.
Cromer and Thompson were bound over by the Coroner’s jury without bond for further investigation by the Grand Jury. Isom Lee was also recommended to be held under a $100.00 bond as a witness in the case.
Jones leaves a wife and one child. (Nina & Trudi)
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October 28,1921 Criminal Cases on page 6-Will Cromer cases # 65 & 74 from August term- Monday 11-7-1921
November 4, 1921 - Monday page 6 criminal case is to be held on Monday Nov 7th for charges 65 & 74 August term 1921.
Wednesday, November 8, 1921 - Joel Thompson charges # 48-49-50, criminal charges, August term 1912.
November 11, 1921 Page 1 - State vs. Will Cromer, Judge Wright. Cromer charged with having liquor in his possession at the time Whitey Jones (A.C.) met his death at the tunnel of the T.A.G. railway last summer. Isom Lee and Joel Thompson were the only witnesses in the case. They were alleged to have been with Cromer at the time of the above affair.
The Jury returned with a verdict of NOT GUILTY.
------------------------------------------------------
Many of Judge Wright cases were reviewed by the Court of Appeals of the state of Georgia. This case was not found there.
Contributor: Deborah Polk (49739099) • [email protected]
Birth Date 1895-03-26
Age at Death 29 years 3 months 2 days
City of Death Linwood
County of Death Walker
Date of Death 1921-06-28
Year of Death 1921
Father's Name Derrell Jones
Mother's Name Omie Posey
First Name A C
Last Name Jones
Race or Ethnic Origin Caucasian
Certificate Number 16061
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Nina Jones
Format Document
Cite as Death Certificates, Vital Records, Public Health, RG 26-5-95, Georgia Archives
Digital Collection Georgia Death Certificates
Filename 004176888_00410.jpg
Andrew C. Jones
born 1893 in Tennessee, father born Tenn & Mother born in Alabama
1920 spinner at a cotton mill Trion Cty, Ga - living on A29 A Street
1920 census record-Trion with Andrew C. Jones, wife Nina and Etrulia at age 1
Died June 28, 1921 concussion of brain and fracture of skull ?
Death Certificate names Nina as wife.
Buried at the LaFayette Cemetery, Walker County
-----------------------------------------------
Warren County, Ga -The Messenger Newspaper: LaFayette, Georgia
July 01, 1921
Page 10
A C Jones FOUND DEAD NEARN TUNNEL T.A.G. Ry
TUESDAY MORNING - PRELIMINARY TRAIL HELD WEDNESDAY -CORMER AND D. THOMPSON bound over and now in jail charged with the murder of Jones.
Tuesday morning at 06:30 o’clock A.C. Jones was found lying in a ditch by the side of the public road about a 100 yards from the end of the T.A.G. railroad tunnel on the east side of Pigeon Mountain.
Physicians were summoned and found that in addition to minor bruises -his skull was seriously fractured. He was brought to his home in Linwood, where he died Tuesday afternoon at 01:30 o’clock.
Will Cromer and Joel Thompson had been out all of Monday night where put arrest.
At the preliminary trail before Coroner Wednesday morning it was brought out that Thompson, Cromer & Jones had been out all of Monday night and had been drinking rather heavily. Cromer & Thompson claim that Jones was in the car alone on the back seat coming down the mountain and when they missed him out of the car they returned and found him lying in the ditch. They left him and returned to LaFayette.
Cromer and Thompson were bound over by the Coroner’s jury without bond for further investigation by the Grand Jury. Isom Lee was also recommended to be held under a $100.00 bond as a witness in the case.
Jones leaves a wife and one child. (Nina & Trudi)
--------------------------------------------------
October 28,1921 Criminal Cases on page 6-Will Cromer cases # 65 & 74 from August term- Monday 11-7-1921
November 4, 1921 - Monday page 6 criminal case is to be held on Monday Nov 7th for charges 65 & 74 August term 1921.
Wednesday, November 8, 1921 - Joel Thompson charges # 48-49-50, criminal charges, August term 1912.
November 11, 1921 Page 1 - State vs. Will Cromer, Judge Wright. Cromer charged with having liquor in his possession at the time Whitey Jones (A.C.) met his death at the tunnel of the T.A.G. railway last summer. Isom Lee and Joel Thompson were the only witnesses in the case. They were alleged to have been with Cromer at the time of the above affair.
The Jury returned with a verdict of NOT GUILTY.
------------------------------------------------------
Many of Judge Wright cases were reviewed by the Court of Appeals of the state of Georgia. This case was not found there.
Contributor: Deborah Polk (49739099) • [email protected]
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