Who Killed Washington Long?

Eye witness describes how Harry Granbery shot Washington Long. 

Columbia Herald Vol Ll - NO 36. Page 1 

An Eye witness described to the jury how Washington Long was shot and killed by Harry Granbery on the night of June, 6 (1908), in a deplorable tragedy that shocked the entire Mt Pleasant (click link) community. 

The witnesses described minutely how Granbery had entered Peter's Pool Room and without warning shot and almost instantly killed Washington Long. 

The news of this tragedy generated at least three other articles in the Columbia Herald (click link). The issue that went to print on Friday June 12 1908 (page 6) describes why this shooting caused one of the biggest trials, at the time, in Maury County, Tennessee. 

The article states,

Awful Tragedy 

At Mt Pleasant 

No tragedy in recent years in Maury County has caused so much comment and excitement or has been so generally deplored as the killing of young Washington Long by Harry Granbery at Mt. Pleasant Saturday night. Both families are prominent, influential, and wealthy, and the fact that the unwritten law will be set up as a defense for the killing lends additional interest to the altogether unfortunate affair. 

Long was said to be playing pool and he was in the act of making a pool shot when Granbery entered the room, drew an automatic Colt's pistol and began firing. Six shots all told are said to have taken, three of which went through the young mans head. Granbery went at once to police headquarters to give himself up to Officer Pack, he was quoted saying 

"He has spoiled my pleasure for life having caused myself and wife to be separated. I shot him nine times and guess I killed him. If he is not dead he ought to be. I did what any other man would have done." 

The article continues to state that there was a warrant out for Harry Granbery, murder in the first degree. 

[1]"Awful Tragedy at Mt Pleasant," Columbia Herald Tennessee, 31 August 1908; online archives (: viewed online 2010); Columbia Herald Archives.

[1] "Witness Describe How Harry Granbery Shot Washington Long," Columbia Herald, 1908; Vol L1 No 36 (: viewed online 2010).