FUNERAL NOTICES - Atlanta Constitution - Aug 27, 1942
CLAY, Mr. Alton H. - The friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Alton H. Clay, Miss Norma Patricia Clay, Captain and Mrs. J.G. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. B.M. Clay, Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Dillingham and Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Williams are invited to attend the funeral of Mr. Alton H. Clay Thursday, August 27, 1942, at 2:30 o'clock at the chapel of Harry G. Poole. Reader William Zuber will officiate. Interment, Sylvester cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mr. S.P. Webb, Mr. G.C. Pittman, Mr. H.D. Dillingham, Mr. Lee Carlton, Mr. J.E. Hunt, Mr. G.E. Lites Jr.
NEWS ARTICLE - Atlanta Constitution - Aug 27, 1942
Coroner's Jruy Orders Release of P.H. Sanders
'Justifiable Homicide' Ruled in Fatal Shooting of Son-in-Law.
A coroner's jury yesterday afternoon ordered the release of P.H. Sanders, 58, of 879 North Highland avenue, in the fatal shooting Tuesday night of his son-in-law, Alton H. Clay.
The jury reached a verdict of "justifiable homicide" after hearing testimony Clay had threatened to "wipe out" his father-in-law, according to Mrs. Paul Donehoo, Fulton county coroner.
The testimony also showed Clay had made similar threats against his wife, his four-year-old daughter and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Donehoo said.
Said Furniture Missing.
When Mrs. Clay came home Tuesday afternoon, she found her furniture gone, Mrs. Donehoo said the hearing brought out. Mrs. Clay asked her husband where it was, and he replied he had sold it.
The wife went to her father's home to spend the night, Mrs. Donehoo continued, and her husband said he would be over later "and wipe out the whole bunch."
Clay arrived at the Sanders home at about 10:30 o'clock, the statement said. Sanders opened the front door and shot Clay through the heart with a pistol.
Was Under Bond.
Clay was out under $500 bond on a four-count grand jury indictment from DeKalb county, records at the office of DeKalb Solicitor Roy Leathers show.
He was tried last June 11 on charges of larceny after trust brought by the Bank of Atlanta and the hearing resulted in a mistrial. The second trial date had not been set.
Survivors, in addition to his wife and daughter, are three sisters, Mrs. J.G. Webb, Mrs. H.E. Dillingham and Mrs. J.T. Williams, Memphis, Tenn., and a brother, B.M. Clay, Atlanta.
Funeral rites will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the chapel of Harry G. Poole. William Zuber, of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, will officiate, and burial will be in the Sylvester cemetery.
CLAY, Mr. Alton H. - The friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Alton H. Clay, Miss Norma Patricia Clay, Captain and Mrs. J.G. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. B.M. Clay, Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Dillingham and Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Williams are invited to attend the funeral of Mr. Alton H. Clay Thursday, August 27, 1942, at 2:30 o'clock at the chapel of Harry G. Poole. Reader William Zuber will officiate. Interment, Sylvester cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mr. S.P. Webb, Mr. G.C. Pittman, Mr. H.D. Dillingham, Mr. Lee Carlton, Mr. J.E. Hunt, Mr. G.E. Lites Jr.
NEWS ARTICLE - Atlanta Constitution - Aug 27, 1942
Coroner's Jruy Orders Release of P.H. Sanders
'Justifiable Homicide' Ruled in Fatal Shooting of Son-in-Law.
A coroner's jury yesterday afternoon ordered the release of P.H. Sanders, 58, of 879 North Highland avenue, in the fatal shooting Tuesday night of his son-in-law, Alton H. Clay.
The jury reached a verdict of "justifiable homicide" after hearing testimony Clay had threatened to "wipe out" his father-in-law, according to Mrs. Paul Donehoo, Fulton county coroner.
The testimony also showed Clay had made similar threats against his wife, his four-year-old daughter and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Donehoo said.
Said Furniture Missing.
When Mrs. Clay came home Tuesday afternoon, she found her furniture gone, Mrs. Donehoo said the hearing brought out. Mrs. Clay asked her husband where it was, and he replied he had sold it.
The wife went to her father's home to spend the night, Mrs. Donehoo continued, and her husband said he would be over later "and wipe out the whole bunch."
Clay arrived at the Sanders home at about 10:30 o'clock, the statement said. Sanders opened the front door and shot Clay through the heart with a pistol.
Was Under Bond.
Clay was out under $500 bond on a four-count grand jury indictment from DeKalb county, records at the office of DeKalb Solicitor Roy Leathers show.
He was tried last June 11 on charges of larceny after trust brought by the Bank of Atlanta and the hearing resulted in a mistrial. The second trial date had not been set.
Survivors, in addition to his wife and daughter, are three sisters, Mrs. J.G. Webb, Mrs. H.E. Dillingham and Mrs. J.T. Williams, Memphis, Tenn., and a brother, B.M. Clay, Atlanta.
Funeral rites will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the chapel of Harry G. Poole. William Zuber, of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, will officiate, and burial will be in the Sylvester cemetery.
FUNERAL NOTICES - Atlanta Constitution - Aug 27, 1942
CLAY, Mr. Alton H. - The friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Alton H. Clay, Miss Norma Patricia Clay, Captain and Mrs. J.G. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. B.M. Clay, Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Dillingham and Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Williams are invited to attend the funeral of Mr. Alton H. Clay Thursday, August 27, 1942, at 2:30 o'clock at the chapel of Harry G. Poole. Reader William Zuber will officiate. Interment, Sylvester cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mr. S.P. Webb, Mr. G.C. Pittman, Mr. H.D. Dillingham, Mr. Lee Carlton, Mr. J.E. Hunt, Mr. G.E. Lites Jr.
NEWS ARTICLE - Atlanta Constitution - Aug 27, 1942
Coroner's Jruy Orders Release of P.H. Sanders
'Justifiable Homicide' Ruled in Fatal Shooting of Son-in-Law.
A coroner's jury yesterday afternoon ordered the release of P.H. Sanders, 58, of 879 North Highland avenue, in the fatal shooting Tuesday night of his son-in-law, Alton H. Clay.
The jury reached a verdict of "justifiable homicide" after hearing testimony Clay had threatened to "wipe out" his father-in-law, according to Mrs. Paul Donehoo, Fulton county coroner.
The testimony also showed Clay had made similar threats against his wife, his four-year-old daughter and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Donehoo said.
Said Furniture Missing.
When Mrs. Clay came home Tuesday afternoon, she found her furniture gone, Mrs. Donehoo said the hearing brought out. Mrs. Clay asked her husband where it was, and he replied he had sold it.
The wife went to her father's home to spend the night, Mrs. Donehoo continued, and her husband said he would be over later "and wipe out the whole bunch."
Clay arrived at the Sanders home at about 10:30 o'clock, the statement said. Sanders opened the front door and shot Clay through the heart with a pistol.
Was Under Bond.
Clay was out under $500 bond on a four-count grand jury indictment from DeKalb county, records at the office of DeKalb Solicitor Roy Leathers show.
He was tried last June 11 on charges of larceny after trust brought by the Bank of Atlanta and the hearing resulted in a mistrial. The second trial date had not been set.
Survivors, in addition to his wife and daughter, are three sisters, Mrs. J.G. Webb, Mrs. H.E. Dillingham and Mrs. J.T. Williams, Memphis, Tenn., and a brother, B.M. Clay, Atlanta.
Funeral rites will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the chapel of Harry G. Poole. William Zuber, of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, will officiate, and burial will be in the Sylvester cemetery.
CLAY, Mr. Alton H. - The friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Alton H. Clay, Miss Norma Patricia Clay, Captain and Mrs. J.G. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. B.M. Clay, Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Dillingham and Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Williams are invited to attend the funeral of Mr. Alton H. Clay Thursday, August 27, 1942, at 2:30 o'clock at the chapel of Harry G. Poole. Reader William Zuber will officiate. Interment, Sylvester cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mr. S.P. Webb, Mr. G.C. Pittman, Mr. H.D. Dillingham, Mr. Lee Carlton, Mr. J.E. Hunt, Mr. G.E. Lites Jr.
NEWS ARTICLE - Atlanta Constitution - Aug 27, 1942
Coroner's Jruy Orders Release of P.H. Sanders
'Justifiable Homicide' Ruled in Fatal Shooting of Son-in-Law.
A coroner's jury yesterday afternoon ordered the release of P.H. Sanders, 58, of 879 North Highland avenue, in the fatal shooting Tuesday night of his son-in-law, Alton H. Clay.
The jury reached a verdict of "justifiable homicide" after hearing testimony Clay had threatened to "wipe out" his father-in-law, according to Mrs. Paul Donehoo, Fulton county coroner.
The testimony also showed Clay had made similar threats against his wife, his four-year-old daughter and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Donehoo said.
Said Furniture Missing.
When Mrs. Clay came home Tuesday afternoon, she found her furniture gone, Mrs. Donehoo said the hearing brought out. Mrs. Clay asked her husband where it was, and he replied he had sold it.
The wife went to her father's home to spend the night, Mrs. Donehoo continued, and her husband said he would be over later "and wipe out the whole bunch."
Clay arrived at the Sanders home at about 10:30 o'clock, the statement said. Sanders opened the front door and shot Clay through the heart with a pistol.
Was Under Bond.
Clay was out under $500 bond on a four-count grand jury indictment from DeKalb county, records at the office of DeKalb Solicitor Roy Leathers show.
He was tried last June 11 on charges of larceny after trust brought by the Bank of Atlanta and the hearing resulted in a mistrial. The second trial date had not been set.
Survivors, in addition to his wife and daughter, are three sisters, Mrs. J.G. Webb, Mrs. H.E. Dillingham and Mrs. J.T. Williams, Memphis, Tenn., and a brother, B.M. Clay, Atlanta.
Funeral rites will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the chapel of Harry G. Poole. William Zuber, of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, will officiate, and burial will be in the Sylvester cemetery.
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