On the night of the 1961 barbecue, Johnson drove to Charlie Ware’s house and proceeded to beat his wife intermittently until Ware came home. Then Johnson beat Ware on the head, arrested and searched him, and drove to Newton, a town so tiny it could not support a restaurant. Parked outside the Baker County jail, with Ware handcuffed beside him on the front seat, Johnson picked up his radio transmitter and said, “This nigger’s coming on me with a knife! I’m gonna have to shoot him.” He fired two .32-caliber bullets into Ware’s neck. “He’s still coming on! I’m gonna have to shoot him again,” said
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