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Watson, alias Johnnie Shropshire & 33-year-old Carroll~
~ ton, Ga., Negro and Eddie Bennie fea robbed 35-year-=
old fenoia, Gacy Negro gun repairer Will Canaday of as
$134.00 on Octe 25, 1939, and killed him with one of his_
Own guns before setting his house on fire a nd escaping
ona pass ing train, Watson returned-to Carrollton where
he was arresteé after Hayes had been captured as a result
_ of his bloody shirts being found underneath the rubns of
_Canaday's house. -Both men were convicted of the murder
and they were electrocuted on Jan. 3, 19)1.
~ See also: HAYS, Eddie Bennie ee,
Source: The Newnan Times#Herald, Newnan, Georgia
WATSON, Johnnie -
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Watéon, “alias Johnnie Shropshire, a 33-year-old Carrcll=
ton, Ga., Negro and Eddie Bennie feyes 3 robbed 35-year-
old fenoia, Gae,y Negro gun repairer Will Canaday of ip
$134.00 on Oct. 25, 1939, and killed him with one of his
own guns before setting his house on fire a nd escaping
on a pass ing train, Watson returned-to Carrollton where
he was arresteé after Hayes had been captured as a result
of his bloody shirts being found underneath ths rumns of
_Canaday's house. Both men were convicted of the murder
and they were electrocuted on Jan. 3, 19).
“See: also: HAYS, Eddie Bennie
Source: The Newnan Times#Herald, Newnan, Georgia
Alias Johnnie Shropshire, a 33-year-old Carroll-
Ca,, Negro and Eddie Bonnie figyes, robbed 35-yoar~
enoia, Ca, Negro gun repairer Will Canaday of
$134.00 on Oct. 25, 1939, and killed him with one of his
own guns before setting his house on fire a nd escaping
on a pass ing train, Wa tson returned to Carrollton whe:
he was arrested after Hayes had been captured as a result
of his bloody shirts being found underneath the ruins of
Canaday's house, Both men were convicted of the mrder
and they were electrocuted on Jan. 3, 191.
See: allsot IS, Eddie Bennie
Source: The Newnan Timesifierald, Newnan, Georgia
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