Below are excerpts form The Martin Mail as published on Friday August 1, 1913

 Walter Morgan, Faithful Officer, Murdered

 While in the discharge of his duty Walter Morgan in company with Jesse Crutchfield, mortally wounded Tuesday morning.

 Walter G. Morgan, one of the best night officers that Martin ever had, was shot and killed last Tuesday morning at about 1 o’clock by an unknown man, who made good his escape. The story as told by Jesse Crutchfield, who is the night yardman in the N. & C. yards, is about as follows:

I was in the yard attending to some business and about midnight saw three men cross the N. & C. railroad going over toward the stock pen. On going to the station I met Night Officer Morgan, and he asked me did I see the men, and on telling him that I did, he asked me what I was doing then and if I could go with him and see where the men went to. We walked down the N. & C. track, and went over to the stock pen, but did not see anyone. We returned to the passenger station platform and walked down to the point on the north of the graveled platform. Standing there I saw a subject walk around from behind a box car that was standing on the switch, and said to Morgan here is a man now,

and turned my night lantern full on his face. We were very close together. The man shot four times with two of the bullets striking Mr. Morgan, one in the left and the other in the right. Officer Morgan did return fire in the direction of the man. 

 August 22 1913

The Alleged slayer of Walter G. Morgan was identified as James Henderson.

 Henderson was captured at the depot in Dresden on the Dixie Flyer Saturday night by Sheriff Brasfield