Joel Ranyard Horne [69]

   Ancestral File Number: 17VG-WR LDS.

  General Notes:

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Dodge County Newspaper Clippings (Typed as is by David Talbot have printed copy) Volume II 1893-1907 Thursday, July 16, 1903

Dodge county newspaper clippings vol.1893 - 1907 pg.842 - 843 by Tad Evans
Thursday,July 23,1903

Joel was poisoned two part listing. Part 1. Death of Joel Horne. We have received news of the death of Mr. Joel Horn, of near Dubois, which occurred on Friday afternoon under very unusual circumstance. Mr. Horn was visiting at the home of Mr. Tucker, a near neighbor. While there he ate some watermelon after which he became slightly sick. To relieve his sickness Mr. Tucker offered him some brandy, of which he drank a small quantity, and in company with his wife, immediately started for home. Before going very far he informed Mrs. Horn that he was very sick and began convulsions. Mrs Horn called for assistance and Messrs, Cothran and Tucker promptly responded. When they reached Mr. Horn he was then in the throes of death and died in a very short time. His death occurred in his Buggy. Mr. Horne is said to have been an upright, Christian gentleman.

Part 2. Thursday, July 23, 1903 Richard Tucker meets death in strange manner. Supposed to have been Poisoned by his wife and farm hand. Both now in Eastman Jail. Stomach of dead man has been sent to State Chemist in Atlanta to be examined for Strychnine Poison. A terrible sequel to the death of Mr. Joel Horn, an account of which was published in this paper last week, developed Tuesday night in the sudden death of Mr. Richard Tucker, who died under similar unusual circumstance. It will be remembered that Mr. Horn died from the effects of a drink of brandy and a small piece of watermelon given him at the Tucker home, but no official investigation was made of the cause of his death. Tuesday night, however, Mr. Tucker died very suddenly after having a capsule of what was supposed to be quinine, and this led the neighbors to believe that their deaths resulted in foul play. Accordingly, Sheriff J. C. Rogers was notified. He left early Wednesday morning for the Tucker home, and returned to Eastman about noon, bring with him Bob Cawthorn, A white man, about 35 years old, who has been living with Mr. Tucker since January as a farm hand, and placed him in jail upon suspicion that he poisoned the dead man. Sheriff Rogers, accompanied by Doctors J. B. Clark and J. D. Herrman returned to the Tucker home Wednesday afternoon, when the stomach of Mr. Tucker was taken out by Doctors Clark and Herrman, and Mrs. Tucker was arrested by Sheriff Rogers upon suspicion that she was implicated with Cawthorn in the commission of the crime. Dr. Clark went to Atlanta Wednesday night, carrying with him the stomach of the dead man. He will have the contents of the stomach analyzed by the state chemist, and it is confidently expected that the results will show that Mr. Tucker's death was produced by strychnine poison. The evidence against Cawthorn and Mrs. Tucker is all circumstantial, bit very strong. Mrs. Tucker says that on the afternoon preceding her husband's she and her husband were away from home. In their absence Cawthorn had her little daughter to fill some capsules with quinine, the filled capsules being placed in the box with empty ones. After supper Cawthorn pretended to be very sick with colic, and made up a fire in the stove to heat some water. She and her husband assisted him all they could, applying hot cloths to his abdomen, administering tea, etc. Cawthorn claimed to be considerably better and laid down on the porch by the window, which was open. He then told Mr. Tucker, who had been complaining that he felt badly for several days, that he (Tucker) had better take a capsule of quinine. Tucker said he didn't think he needed it, but Cawthorn insisted and handed him a capsule, which Tucker took with a swallow of water. About thirty minutes later he was seized with terrible pains and asked who filled those capsules. He was told that his little daughter filled them. He then asked if there was anything on the place they could be filled with except quinine. His wife replied no. However, she says there was a package of strychnine in the house that was bought last year, but that it was no good. Sheriff Rogers now has that package of strychnine. Mrs Tucker says she believes that Cawthorn poisoned her husband, thinking that he could get the crop. She denies that any improper relations existed between herself and Mr. Cawthorn. Cawthorn denies giving Tucker the capsules and says Mrs. Tucker administered it. He acknowledges buying a quarters worth of strychnine from Dr. Kimberly, but says that Tucker sent for it to poison dogs with and that he delivered it to Tucker, but does not know whether it was ever used. Cawthorn further acknowledges that Mrs. Tucker was very friendly with him and that he kissed her every time he left the house when her husband was away. the supposition is that Cawthorn and Mrs. Tucker were very intimate and that Tucker was put out of the way on this account. It is also thought that the brandy given Mr. Horne by Tucker had been poisoned for the purpose of killing Tucker. Cawthorn came to this county last September from Butts County and worked awhile with Mr. W. H. Smith, from whom it is said that he stole a pistol, and for which the grand jury found a bill of indictment against him. It is said that he came of a splendid family, but has always been considered the black sheep of the flock. He is a man of unusual intelligence and has a manner of recklessness and adventure. Mrs. Tucker is 31 years old and is fairly good looking. She is a daughter of Ephran Harrison, deceased, who is well known to the citizens of Dodge, having moved here from Fulton County 20 Years ago. She says she has no relatives in this county except two half sisters and a step-mother. Thers is nothing in her appearance to indicate a vicious or brutal temperament, and her reputation has been splendid up to this time, so far as we have been able to learn. She has three children. He husband, Mr. Richard Tucker was a native of butts County, but married Mrs. Tucker, who is his second wife, in this county. He was a prosperous farmer and is said to have been an honest,upright man, a splendid neighbor and of a very pleasant, courteous disposition. His body was buried at the Empire Cemetery Wednesday afternoon. He was 44 years old. The Tucker home is situated two miles northeast of Dubois and twelve miles from Eastman. A preliminary trial will be held as soon as the state chemist announces the result of his analysis of the contents of the stomach, and we may be able to give our readers a more definite account of the affair next week.

  Burial Notes:

Horne Cemetery, this cemetery is located in the middle of a power line strip. It is called the Horne cemetery because it was located on one of Jesse Dixon Horne's farms. The people buried there are his immediate family, grandchildren and such. In order to get there you have to cross private property.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Cemetery. Horne Cemetery, Dubois, Dodge County, Georgia
This cemetery is located in the middle of a power line strip. It is called the Horne cemetery because it was located on one of Jesse Dixon Horne's farms. The people buried there are his Immediate family, grandchildren and such. In order to get there you have to cross private property.

• Picture: Head Stone of Joel Horne. Horne Cemetery, Dubois, Dodge County, Georgia
This cemetery is located in the middle of a power line strip. It is called the Horne cemetery because it was located on one of Jesse Dixon Horne's farms. The people buried there are his Immediate family, grandchildren and such. In order to get there you have to cross private private property.

• Picture: Head Stone of Joel Horne. Horne Cemetery, Dubois, Dodge County, Georgia
This cemetery is located in the middle of a power line strip. It is called the Horne cemetery because it was located on one of Jesse Dixon Horne's farms. The people buried there are his Immediate family, grandchildren and such. In order to get there you have to cross private property.

• Picture: Joel Ranyard Horne.

• Picture: Joel Ranyard Horne.

• Census: Georgia 1870 Pulaski Not Stated Image 5, August 2, 1870. Dwelling 888 Family 888
Jesse Horne (33), Martha (28), Joel (9), Jessie (7), Martha (6), Nancy (3), Mary (4mo.) Matilda (Runnel) Ferrell, (65), Elizabeth (8) Relation unknown
Post Office: Hawkinsville
Roll: M593_170
Page: 452
Image: 425
Year: 1870

• Census: Georgia 1880 Dodge All Townships District 42 Image 5, June 3, 1880. Dwelling 49 Family 50
Jesse D. Horne (Head) (47), Martha (Wife) (38), Joel (19), Jesse (17), Martha (16), Nancy (13), Mary (11), Susan (9), Scrappy (6), James (4), Sallie (1)

Image Source:
Year: 1880;
Census Place: District 384, Dodge, Georgia;
Roll: T9_143;
Family History Film: 1254143;
Page: 469A;
Enumeration District: 42; I
mage: 0719.

• Census: Georgia 1900 Dodge All Townships Eddins District 31 Image 25, June 25, 1900. Georgia 1900 Dodge All Townships Eddins District 31 Image 25
25 June 1900
Dwelling 211 Family 214
Joel Horne (38), Mary (Wife) (33), Olice (14), Malissie (13), Mary (12), Ernest (9), Emma (7), Mamie (3), Horace (2), Mary (1)

Year: 1900;
Census Place: Eddins, Dodge, Georgia; Roll: T623 192;
Page: 13A;
Enumeration District: 31.

Joel married Mary Emma Jump [80] [MRIN: 50], daughter of Hiram John Thomas Jump [3697] and Mary Jane Handley [3708], on November 27, 1884 in , Dodge, Georgia, USA.¹ (Mary Emma Jump [80] was born on February 20, 1867 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski, Georgia, USA, died on December 29, 1914 in Dubois, Dodge, Georgia, USA and was buried on December 30, 1914 in Dubois, Dodge, Georgia, USA.)

  Marriage Notes:

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