Deserters Sought, Particularly George Crawley Who Wounded F.B. Dixon, a U.S. Marshal, Jan. 11, 1919

From the Hickory Daily Record, Jan. 11, 1919

Four Squads to Chase Down Deserters

By the Associated Press

Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 11—Thirty two soldiers from Camp Gordon left today for the mountains of north Georgia to aid in capturing George Crawley, alleged deserter from the camp and probably wounding F.B. Dixon, a United States marshal who attempted to arrest him.

The shooting took place in Union County, near where the states of North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina meet in the mountains. Reporters received here state that the deserters are making moonshine liquor.

It was thought a general roundup of deserters would take place.