A fatal tragedy occurred at Concord, Ga., last Thursday night, in which two men were fatally shot.  About 7 o'clock Sheriff Gynn and a posse went to the house of Taylor Delk, a notorious desperado, to arrest him on a warrant for robbery and assault to murder.  As the sheriff arrived at the door he was fired on through a window with a Winchester, the ball passed through his left side.  About fifty shots were fired. Sheriff Gynn was lying on the front porch begging for some one to come and get him.  When Mr. John F. Madden attempted to drag him off he was fired on, the ball passing through both thighs, breaking both legs.  Delk, his son and an escaped convict and a partner of Delk's named Tom Langford were the occupants of the house.  All three ran out the back door, shooting and cursing.  The posse fired back, but failed to bring down any of them.  A posse with dogs went in pursuit, with favorable chances for capture.  Governor Atkinson was wired for more dogs and asked to offer a reward. Sheriff Gynn was, at last report, in a dying condition.  Mr. Madden was resting easy.
From The Hamilton Appeal - Marion County, AL - April 10, 1896
Transcribed and submitted by Veneta McKinney

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