Mitcham War

We could go on for weeks talking about the Clarke County Mitcham War, but all good things must come to an end. Although Sheriff Waite was not heard from much, he was busy. He investigated the trouble in Thomasville dealing with Hell-at-the-Breech; he was present in Grove Hill when Jack Walker fled the mob and sought protective custody; and he kept the Governor informed of the happenings in the Mitcham Beat area. Also during this time, J.R. Pinkerton was hired, by the McCorquodale family, to find who killed Ernest McCorquadale. Waite kept up with Pinkerton's findings. Since things had gotten so "hot", the Jordans and the Burkes, fled the swamp for Louisiana. When Sheriff Waite figured this out, the posse began to break up and return to their homes. The Mitcham War was over. Hell-at-the-Breech did not take up arms again, but the Mitcham War had one more victim to claim. Dectective J.R. Pinkerton was ambushed while working the fields, of the Burkes property, that he had acquired. Was it the gang, the mob, the war or none of the above? It would be hard to separate the events from war or not war. For some, the war was over, but for others, it would never be over.