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Show Dr.NVi:i( 1 1 a, hern indul-ing in a cltooting exi'itement. Tlie parties to tho itfliur weir II. Burton, an old resident, and A, MeLaughlin, lately j ol" t?avanah, (.ieorgia. Curton had j reeently wjld out hi hixit and shw i -usiness to MeLaughlin. The latter, According to ids testimony at the eor-oncr'a eor-oncr'a inquest, had u-peeted Burton, who reinaiiKl in the store, of selling goods and appropriating the ea-di to his own use. McLaughlin oweil Burton Bur-ton a note of $1,500. When it he-came he-came due, the suhject of stealing gixls wa-j introduced, and McLaughlin McLaugh-lin told Burton it" he would deduct $1,000 from the note, the matter would he luished up. Burton oilered to pay $o00 and remain as salesman. This was refused, when Burton drew n revolver, firing four shots at McLaughlin, Mc-Laughlin, and finally receiving a ball through his own head, from the efleeU of which he died. The jury brought in a verdict of justifiable homicide. |