Murder of an Aged Peacemaker in Alabama

[By Associated Press]

STOCKTON, Ala., Dec. 27 - Babe Taylor, ager 17, got into a difficulty with Burns Hall, a neighbor, and inflcted a cut which may prove fatal. W. B. Catrett, an old and respected citizen, went up to separate the combatants when Taylor turned on him, cutting his throat from ear to ear. Catrett expired in a few minutes.

Transcribed from the Lexington Herald, dated December 28, 1904.

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