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Collection: The Law, Crime and Punishment
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The Attempted Murder of Mattie Davis:
"Shooting to Kill: A Daring Attempt to Assassinate a Negro Woman."
"Arrested on Serious Charge, but Released."
Undated Photo of Rev. John L. Legg.
Two 1907 newspaper articles reporting the attempted murder of black West Florence resident Mrs. Mattie Davis on Saturday night, November 16, 1907 and the subsequent arrest of African-American Giles County, Tennessee native and Florence Baptist…
The Assassination of Lewis Waits:
"Lewis Waits Shot in His Own Door"
"A Cowardly Assassination"
"County Treasurers' Report, May 29, 1908"
Three newspaper articles dealing with the April, 1906 assassination of African-American Florence resident Lewis Waits (ca. 1858-1908) as he stood in the doorway of his Handy Hill home. A coroner's inquest held by JD Weeden determined that Waits was…
"Wholesale House Broken Into"
An August 21, 1919 Florence Herald article reporting that after an investigation into the robbery of HP Lucas' wholesale grocery "last week" black Florence resident Walter Mitchell was arrested and then confessed to breaking into the store and…
Sam Anderson Dead of his Wounds and his Murderer, Eulas Ridley, Still at Large.
A Thursday, November 13, 1919 Florence Herald Article reporting that black resident Sam Anderson, who was shot in the head by fellow-black Eulas Ridley died of his wounds the previous week and that Ridley and an unnamed black named Grimes…
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…
"Justice's Court"
An August 30, 1890 Florence Herald report of cases before Florence Justices of the Peace Henry D. Smith and Col. Jackson, including Roxana Seawright, convicted of "using abusive and insulting language," and fined $9.85 by Esq. Smith. Normally blacks…
"Capture Liquor"
A November, 1929 Florence Herald report of the confiscation by Florence police of four gallons of corn liquor in a 10-gallon keg discovered in a home on Magnolia Street allegedly occupied by African-American resident Janie Mae Anderson.
"Fuqua Negro Arrested"
A December, 1927 Florence Times report of the arrest of Rogersville resident Aaron Fuqua for the murder of fellow-black resident Hunsey Watkins.
"Shot to Death"
A November, 1909 Florence Times account of the fatal shooting of black Florence barber Arthur Turner by white resident SE Stafford after the apparently intoxicated Turner broke into Stafford's house at 3:30 am. Three hours later Turner died at his…
"News Items of Interest"
A July, 1911 *Florence Times* report of Nelius Chandler's arrest in Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama, by Lauderdale County Sheriff Cal Young on charges of grand larceny.
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