1922 ended with a “Shooting Scrape” per the Douglas County
Sentinel for December 1, 1922.
The paper
stated:
We have just received meager reports of a shooting scrape
occurring in the Lithia Springs community Tuesday night in which Walter Causey
is reported to have been shot by Chap Carroll, the difficulty or
misunderstanding arising from livestock of the former trespassing on and being
put up by the latter. Mr. Causey we learn was taken to Atlanta hospital suffering from painful wounds and Mr. Carroll gave himself up to the officers pending further developments.
Today, the same sort of altercation would not arise from
livestock ending up on someone’s property, but due to road rage or some sort of
slight where one person feels they have been disrespected in some way.
I searched through the issues for the remainder of December
and didn’t see an update regarding Causey’s condition or if Carroll was ever
charged with anything.
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