Charles Allen Smith, Son of Jeptha Vinen Smith & Nancy Campbell Dickson. Husband of Martha Adeline West. Father of; W. Robert D., Charles E.J., Carrie E., Larkin West, Lena Dallas, David A., Nancy L. & Maude Smith.
Charles Allen & Martha Adeline West were married on 19 Jan 1860 Randolph County, Alabama. In 1885 the family moved to Heflin.
HEFLIN’S TRAGEDY
Calvin Brown Stabs and Kills Charles A. Smith
Birmingham News
Helflin, eighty miles east of this city, on the Georgia Pacific railroad, was the scene of a terrible tragedy yesterday afternoon.
Charles A. Smith, a prominent merchant of this place, and brother to Ex Governor W. H. Smith, of this city, was fatally stabbed by Calvin Brown, a farmer.
The particulars of the affair, as obtained by a News reporter from Capt. Wolfe, conductor of the Heflin accommodation, this morning, are as follows:
It seems that Smith had attached some property which belonged to a man named Orr, who was a renter on Brown’s place. A controversy which followed regarding the property had brought the matter into the courts. The case was being investigated yesterday but had not been decided. Late in the afternoon Smith and Brown met on the street and quarreled about the matter.
Smith then said to Brown; “I’ll whip you if you don’t go along and attend to your own business.”
Brown replied by telling Smith to go ahead and whip. The men were just about to clinch, when Brown drew a large spring back knife and stabbed his adversary in the side, inflicting a wound from which Smith died in a short time. A larger crowed of citizens gathered around the bleeding and prostrate body of their fellow townsman and threatened to take the murderer then and there and hang him. About that time Bob Smith, son of the murdered man, appeared on the scene and asked who it was that had killed his father. Brown was pointed out to him and young Smith drew his revolver. Brown sought safety in flight, but got two our of three of young Smith’s bullets that were fired at him. He ran about fifty yards and fell. One of the balls had penetrated his back and lodged in his shoulder, and the other had grazed his right arm. A deputation of citizens then caught Brown and tied him. He was turned over to the officers and hurried off to the county jail at Edwardsville to prevent a necktie party.
Great excitement prevailed in Heflin and it was thought that Brown would be taken from the Edwardsville jail and lynched last night, but good order prevailed.
Charles A. Smith was over 60 years old. He was one of the most prominent merchants and citizens of Heflin. He leaves a wife and several children. One of his sons, who is traveling salesman for Comer & Trapp, of Anniston is now seriously ill of heart disease at Helflin, but the news of his father’s death has been kept from him. Several of the dead man’s relatives went over to Heflin last night from this city.
Calvin Brown was a farmer, and lived near Heflin. His record, it is said, has not been good.
The Montgomery Advertiser, Tuesday, 12 Nov 1889
Charles Allen & Martha Adeline West were married on 19 Jan 1860 Randolph County, Alabama. In 1885 the family moved to Heflin.
HEFLIN’S TRAGEDY
Calvin Brown Stabs and Kills Charles A. Smith
Birmingham News
Helflin, eighty miles east of this city, on the Georgia Pacific railroad, was the scene of a terrible tragedy yesterday afternoon.
Charles A. Smith, a prominent merchant of this place, and brother to Ex Governor W. H. Smith, of this city, was fatally stabbed by Calvin Brown, a farmer.
The particulars of the affair, as obtained by a News reporter from Capt. Wolfe, conductor of the Heflin accommodation, this morning, are as follows:
It seems that Smith had attached some property which belonged to a man named Orr, who was a renter on Brown’s place. A controversy which followed regarding the property had brought the matter into the courts. The case was being investigated yesterday but had not been decided. Late in the afternoon Smith and Brown met on the street and quarreled about the matter.
Smith then said to Brown; “I’ll whip you if you don’t go along and attend to your own business.”
Brown replied by telling Smith to go ahead and whip. The men were just about to clinch, when Brown drew a large spring back knife and stabbed his adversary in the side, inflicting a wound from which Smith died in a short time. A larger crowed of citizens gathered around the bleeding and prostrate body of their fellow townsman and threatened to take the murderer then and there and hang him. About that time Bob Smith, son of the murdered man, appeared on the scene and asked who it was that had killed his father. Brown was pointed out to him and young Smith drew his revolver. Brown sought safety in flight, but got two our of three of young Smith’s bullets that were fired at him. He ran about fifty yards and fell. One of the balls had penetrated his back and lodged in his shoulder, and the other had grazed his right arm. A deputation of citizens then caught Brown and tied him. He was turned over to the officers and hurried off to the county jail at Edwardsville to prevent a necktie party.
Great excitement prevailed in Heflin and it was thought that Brown would be taken from the Edwardsville jail and lynched last night, but good order prevailed.
Charles A. Smith was over 60 years old. He was one of the most prominent merchants and citizens of Heflin. He leaves a wife and several children. One of his sons, who is traveling salesman for Comer & Trapp, of Anniston is now seriously ill of heart disease at Helflin, but the news of his father’s death has been kept from him. Several of the dead man’s relatives went over to Heflin last night from this city.
Calvin Brown was a farmer, and lived near Heflin. His record, it is said, has not been good.
The Montgomery Advertiser, Tuesday, 12 Nov 1889
Charles Allen Smith, Son of Jeptha Vinen Smith & Nancy Campbell Dickson. Husband of Martha Adeline West. Father of; W. Robert D., Charles E.J., Carrie E., Larkin West, Lena Dallas, David A., Nancy L. & Maude Smith.
Charles Allen & Martha Adeline West were married on 19 Jan 1860 Randolph County, Alabama. In 1885 the family moved to Heflin.
HEFLIN’S TRAGEDY
Calvin Brown Stabs and Kills Charles A. Smith
Birmingham News
Helflin, eighty miles east of this city, on the Georgia Pacific railroad, was the scene of a terrible tragedy yesterday afternoon.
Charles A. Smith, a prominent merchant of this place, and brother to Ex Governor W. H. Smith, of this city, was fatally stabbed by Calvin Brown, a farmer.
The particulars of the affair, as obtained by a News reporter from Capt. Wolfe, conductor of the Heflin accommodation, this morning, are as follows:
It seems that Smith had attached some property which belonged to a man named Orr, who was a renter on Brown’s place. A controversy which followed regarding the property had brought the matter into the courts. The case was being investigated yesterday but had not been decided. Late in the afternoon Smith and Brown met on the street and quarreled about the matter.
Smith then said to Brown; “I’ll whip you if you don’t go along and attend to your own business.”
Brown replied by telling Smith to go ahead and whip. The men were just about to clinch, when Brown drew a large spring back knife and stabbed his adversary in the side, inflicting a wound from which Smith died in a short time. A larger crowed of citizens gathered around the bleeding and prostrate body of their fellow townsman and threatened to take the murderer then and there and hang him. About that time Bob Smith, son of the murdered man, appeared on the scene and asked who it was that had killed his father. Brown was pointed out to him and young Smith drew his revolver. Brown sought safety in flight, but got two our of three of young Smith’s bullets that were fired at him. He ran about fifty yards and fell. One of the balls had penetrated his back and lodged in his shoulder, and the other had grazed his right arm. A deputation of citizens then caught Brown and tied him. He was turned over to the officers and hurried off to the county jail at Edwardsville to prevent a necktie party.
Great excitement prevailed in Heflin and it was thought that Brown would be taken from the Edwardsville jail and lynched last night, but good order prevailed.
Charles A. Smith was over 60 years old. He was one of the most prominent merchants and citizens of Heflin. He leaves a wife and several children. One of his sons, who is traveling salesman for Comer & Trapp, of Anniston is now seriously ill of heart disease at Helflin, but the news of his father’s death has been kept from him. Several of the dead man’s relatives went over to Heflin last night from this city.
Calvin Brown was a farmer, and lived near Heflin. His record, it is said, has not been good.
The Montgomery Advertiser, Tuesday, 12 Nov 1889
Charles Allen & Martha Adeline West were married on 19 Jan 1860 Randolph County, Alabama. In 1885 the family moved to Heflin.
HEFLIN’S TRAGEDY
Calvin Brown Stabs and Kills Charles A. Smith
Birmingham News
Helflin, eighty miles east of this city, on the Georgia Pacific railroad, was the scene of a terrible tragedy yesterday afternoon.
Charles A. Smith, a prominent merchant of this place, and brother to Ex Governor W. H. Smith, of this city, was fatally stabbed by Calvin Brown, a farmer.
The particulars of the affair, as obtained by a News reporter from Capt. Wolfe, conductor of the Heflin accommodation, this morning, are as follows:
It seems that Smith had attached some property which belonged to a man named Orr, who was a renter on Brown’s place. A controversy which followed regarding the property had brought the matter into the courts. The case was being investigated yesterday but had not been decided. Late in the afternoon Smith and Brown met on the street and quarreled about the matter.
Smith then said to Brown; “I’ll whip you if you don’t go along and attend to your own business.”
Brown replied by telling Smith to go ahead and whip. The men were just about to clinch, when Brown drew a large spring back knife and stabbed his adversary in the side, inflicting a wound from which Smith died in a short time. A larger crowed of citizens gathered around the bleeding and prostrate body of their fellow townsman and threatened to take the murderer then and there and hang him. About that time Bob Smith, son of the murdered man, appeared on the scene and asked who it was that had killed his father. Brown was pointed out to him and young Smith drew his revolver. Brown sought safety in flight, but got two our of three of young Smith’s bullets that were fired at him. He ran about fifty yards and fell. One of the balls had penetrated his back and lodged in his shoulder, and the other had grazed his right arm. A deputation of citizens then caught Brown and tied him. He was turned over to the officers and hurried off to the county jail at Edwardsville to prevent a necktie party.
Great excitement prevailed in Heflin and it was thought that Brown would be taken from the Edwardsville jail and lynched last night, but good order prevailed.
Charles A. Smith was over 60 years old. He was one of the most prominent merchants and citizens of Heflin. He leaves a wife and several children. One of his sons, who is traveling salesman for Comer & Trapp, of Anniston is now seriously ill of heart disease at Helflin, but the news of his father’s death has been kept from him. Several of the dead man’s relatives went over to Heflin last night from this city.
Calvin Brown was a farmer, and lived near Heflin. His record, it is said, has not been good.
The Montgomery Advertiser, Tuesday, 12 Nov 1889
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