Kimberly and Catherine: Do you have a connection to the following Cribb family members? or the wives of the Cribb family? William Samuel Cribb in 1902 m Lucretia Pafford b 1864 GA Parents of William Samuel Cribb were John Austin Cribb and Carolina Wilson. This is the only infroamtion that I have. Thank you, Glenda Sue ____________________________ > X-Message: #7 > Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:30:43 -0500 > From: "Kimberly L Clark" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] M. L. Cribb committs murder > > Did I miss an email here? I haven't read the one regarding M L Cribb that > Mel was referring to. > > In Coffee County in Dec. of 1902, Lee Cribb, my children's 2nd great > grandfather, at age 26 killed the Coffee Co. Sheriff and an innocent > bystander who was loading his wagon. This was done in a drunken rage at his > wife for having him jailed and then leaving him because of his abuse. Lee > was convicted and sentenced to hang 1903. His tombstone reads the date of > 1903 for his death. Lee is actually Leon W Cribb, son of Eli Warren Cribb > and Dicey Nelson, Descendants of Jonathan Cribb, b. 1777 in NC. M L Cribb in > Turner Co, GA is Miles L Cribb and committed murder in his wife's family is > a son of Ezekiel Cribb and a descendant of Jeremiah Cribb b abt 1796 of the > Jones Co, GA Cribb lines. I suspect a family relationship between Jeremiah > and Jonathan perhaps as father and son, but have never found proof. > > In a way, I am glad that this has been placed into a media that can be > accessed for posterity, but unfortunately there are still many family > members mortified by what has happened in the past. Lee was hung over 100 > years ago and the deaths by M L nearly that. > > Anyone wishing information on the Cribb lines in NC, SC, GA, AL or FL, > please contact me. I have worked for many years on the surname and have > quite a bit of information on the family lines, some link to my children, > some do not. > > Kimberly Clark > Kansas City, MO > ______________________________ > X-Message: #8 > Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:29:38 -0400 > From: "Catherine Fussell Wells" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] M. L. Cribb committs murder > > From Obituaries & Death Notices from the Douglas Breeze compiled by > Catherine Fussell Wells > > November 21, 1903 > > The funeral of Emmitt White will be preached at the Nicholls Baptist church > > the first Sunday in December. It will be remembered that on that day one > year ago he was killed by Lee Cribb. > > December 19, 1903 > The Fate of Lee Cribb. > > His Lawyers Have Done all that Men Could do for a Client. The End. > > The Commission of physicians appointed last week to determine the condition > of Lee Cribb has reported that he was sane, just what was thought they would > and should do. Unless some other movement is made the murderer of two people > has, before this reached the reader, been hanged, in compliance with the law > 's demand. > > That he has met what he deserved is known to all. The murder of Emmet White > and Marshall Holton was cold blooded, without an excuse, and we are > surprised hat his execution has so long been delayed. > > That his relatives desired to shield him as long as possible is natural, and > that the lawyers in the case have done everything in their power to save his > life as long as hope lasted, is no more than every man in a place like the > one Cribb and his relatives occupied would expect. > > While justice has been evaded for a long time in this man's case the tax > payers of the county have grinned and groaned under the heavy burden imposed > upon them, and form the lights before them the complaints along that lines > have been just. > > Had there been any doubts as to the guilt of this man every man in Coffee > county would have gladly endured his part of the tax-burden that justice > might have been metted out, but in a plain case of aggravated murder, where > there was no lack of proof, no cause for the deed, it did not appear that > more than a fair trial and its > > expences should have been heaped upon the people. > > > The Breeze does not believe that Gov. Terrell or Cribbs attorneys have been > influenced or guided in this matter by anything except the law, as ti > stands, and not by political trickery. > > Friday Morning. > > Sheriff Southerland, Deputy Graham and other guards with Cribb arrived in > Douglas at 2 o'clock a.m., having come around by the way of Tifton, Cordele > and Fitzgerald, and were detained by a wreck on the A. & B. all day > Thursday. The entire party were worn out for sleep and rest, but Cribb was > the most cheerful man in the crowd. When his breakfast was carried to him at > 7 o'clock Friday morning he was sleeping soundly. His wife and child called > to see him at 8:20, and was admitted to his cell to remain with him to the > last moment. > > In answer to an inquiry form the Breeze as to any statement he desired to > make the condemned man said he would make a statement before his execution > to be taken in short hand which could be used. He desired Mr. John McLean to > be present when it was made. We could not secure the statement but have > about the substance however below: > > Mr. Cribb made a statement Friday morning in which he exonerated every one > but himself. He said whiskey and bad associations had brought him to his > doom. He thanked the officers of the jails for their kindness to him during > his confinement and had nothing but thanks for his counsel, who made a good > fight to save his life. > > The doomed man ascended the scaffold at 1:30 and at 1:38 the drop fell. He > fell about seven feet, his neck was broken instantly, but the heart beats > continued (for a few minutes afterward when life was pronounced extinct. > Copy hard to read) > > Hope this is what everyone was looking for. > > Catherine > Genealogy -- it's my business! ______________________________ > X-Message: #9 > Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:36:42 -0500 > From: "Kimberly L Clark" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] M. L. Cribb committs murder > > Catherine, Thank you for the additional information on Lee Cribb. My > daughter will once again be mortified as will her grandparents but I do > appreciate learning all that was family lore is exactly that. It has been > told that Lee was never hung. > > Kim