Panola Weekly Star, May 31, 1884

Panola Weekly Star, May 31, 1884

Two of the colored leaders of the Greenback party were in trouble at Batesville early Wednesday morning. As Alfred Fields, of Sardis, stepped into the post-office, J. M. Young, circuit clerk, remarked – “Fields, you’ve been talking too much about me,” and instantly fired a pistol, the powder temporarily blinding Fields and scorching his face slightly; Young again fired on Fields but neither shot took effect. Young was arraigned before the mayor on a charge of attempting to kill and murder, but waiving trial, gave a bond of $1000 for his appearance at the next term of circuit court. Fields was examined but released.

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