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The Atlanta Constitution,

Thursday, 4th December 1913,

PAGE 9, COLUMN 2.

The jury, which, for the past three days, has been hearing the evidence against Clarence Collins, the white man charged with the murder of a negro employee at the Hurt building, returned a verdict of not guilty, late Wednesday, in Judge Ben Hill's division of the superior court.

Collins was indicted by the grand jury who swore that he had beaten a negro over the head with an iron crow bar.

The jury evidently believed Collins' story on the stand that the negro was struct accidentally.

Thursday, 4th December 1913: Collins Is Freed Of Murder Of Negro, The Atlanta Constitution PDF