Baldast to Georgia, June 14, 1905.

Last night in the Hahira District, an unknown assassin shot to death two children of W.L. Carter and wounded a third.

About 9 o'clock last evening evening the three children went into the yard

to investigate into the cause of the continued barking of their dog. When they did not return,

Carter rose to investigate, but before he could leave the room, three reports rang out, and

on reaching the yard, he found that all three children had been shot. The 16-year-old girl was

dead, lying at full length on the ground. The 16-year-old girl was dead, lying at full length on the ground.

The 17-year-old son, in mortal pain, was crawling toward the house. The younger child was not

seriously injured and revived on being taken inside. On recovering consciousness, the little child

stated that shortly after they entered the yard, she saw the flash of a gun and an explosion and saw her sister fall.

Next, her brother was struck down, and when she turned to flee, she felt the sting of a bullet.

She knew no more until she awoke inside the house.

Willie Carter, the 17-year-old boy who was slain,

lived several hours after being wounded, and declared that Jesse Rawlings had shot him.

This morning about three o'clock Carter fired on someone who was loitering in his yard. He says

it was a black man. He thinks the assailants of his children are also black men, but believes they were induced to commit the crime by another party.

When the news of the double tragedy became known, large crowds began to assemble at the house.

Bloodhounds were dispatched for and placed on the track, followed by a large posse.

The coroner's jury fully investigated the matter

and returned a verdict laying the crime on two of the Rawlings' boys. Facts which were brought out

showed that Shucks had been placed under Carter's house for the purpose of firing it, and that when

the children went in the yard to investigate the cause of the dog's barking, they discovered

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