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Collection: The Law, Crime and Punishment
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The Murder of Tobe Irvine and the Subsequent Trial and Sentencing of John Mayfield and Alex Jones and Mayfield's Execution by Hanging
A series of newspaper articles and other documents chronicling the November, 1878 murder of of black Florence resident Tobe Irvine in Key's billiard saloon by fellow-black residents John Mayfield and Alex Jones, the subsequent trial and sentencing of…
The Murder of James Herschel Phillips by Nathan "Cush" Bowlin/Bolin in May of 1948.
A Collection of newspaper articles and other documents regarding the May 3, 1948 murder of Rogersville taxicab driver James Herschel Phillips by African-American farmer Nathan "Cush" Bowlin/Bolin.
Bowlin, a married farmer of Rogersville with at…
The Mob in Kentucky
A Thursday, February 19, 1920 Florence Herald editorial decrying mob law and lynching in the wake of the recent attempt of a white mob in Kentucky to storm the courtroom where a Black citizen was on trial for his life, which resulted in soldiers in…
The Killing of Sheffield, Alabama Resident Autrey Broaden on January 5, 1927.
A Series of documents chronicling the shooting of Autry Broaden by Officer MJ Mitchell on January 5, 1927.
According to noted Yale Professor of Music and Sheffield, Alabama native Willie Ruff on pages 22-23 of his autobiography A Call to Assembly,…
The Killing of Robert "Bob" Vaughn by Cad Brown at Oakland and Brown's Subsequent Trial and Sentencing
A series of Florence newspaper articles reporting the December 1889 killing by white resident of Oakland Robert "Bob" Vaughn by African-American Cad Brown at a Negro supper and dance held at a house in Oakland and Brown's subsequent Florence trial…
The Killing of Nine Year-Old Frank Houston by Twelve Year-Old Annie Powers
A Series of Florence Herald and Florence Times articles detailing the killing on "Saturday morning last" of nine year-old African-American Frank Houston, son of John Houston, by twelve year-old Annie Powers, a white girl, at Stewart's Spring, as a…
The June 18, 1966 Shootings of Rev. Robert Gregory and Dewey Armstrong at Morning Side MB Church
A Series of newspaper articles chronicling the Saturday, June 18, 1966 shooting of Rev. Robert Gregory, pastor of Morning Side Missionary Baptist Church, 526 Blair Street, East Florence, and parishioner Dewey Armstead.
The shootings occurred…
The Indictment and Conviction of Florence Bootblack Jordan Black for the 1919 Murder of his Wife
A series of newspaper articles and other documents pertaining to the Wednesday, November 12, 1919 murder of his wife, George Anna.
Black was a disabled bootblack with either one leg or no legs (the papers differ as to which) whose stand was at 104…
The Fatal Shooting of Henry Austin by Willis Williams
Two reports of the November, 1880 fatal shooting of black resident Henry Austin by fellow black resident Willis Williams on the Dr. Neal Rowell place, near the Bend of the River in Lauderdale County.
The Capture, Arrest, Trial and Sentencing of Matt Jenkins for Grand Larceny in 1890
Three Florence Herald articles from February and March, 1890 reporting on the escape, capture and extradition back to Florence from Memphis of African-American Matt Jenkins, charged with grand larceny.
Jenkins refused to return to Florence from…
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