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Collection: The Law, Crime and Punishment
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Brother Shoots Brother in Fatal Sunday Tragedy
A Friday, October 3, 1919 Florence Times report of the Sunday, September 28 shooting at St. John's Church on Middle Reserve Road at Colbert's Reserve in West Lauderdale County in which Forrest Rowell was fatally shot by his brother Rush Rowell,…
The 1907 Murder of Lossie Woods by Jesse Williams
A series of articles and documents chronicling the Saturday, March, 16, 1907 murder of 17-18 year-old African American Lossie Woods by 23 year-old white Jesse Williams.
Woods, an employee of the fertilizer factory in Florence with a reputation for…
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…
Negro Convict Captured
A Friday, July 17, 1942 Florence Herald report that escaped convict Alex Kitchen, who in March in a Lauderdale County court was sentenced to prison for five years for grand larceny, and had escaped from state prison approximately two months ago, had…
African-American Frank Thompson Appointed a Special Policeman of the Stewart Springs Neighborhood of West Florence in March of 1896.
A Thursday, March 5, 1896 Florence Herald and Saturday, March 7, Florence Times report that African-American Frank Thompson had recently been appointed by the Florence City Council as a "special policeman" of the African-American Stewart Springs…
Circuit Court, 2nd Week
An October 22, 1873 Florence Times-Journal report of cases from the 2nd week of the Circuit Court, which notes, among other items, that African-American Jack Perkins had been acquitted of burglary charges.
AH Tate Shoots Simon Bennett after a Round of Gambling
A Friday, November 5, 1948 Florence Times and Friday, November 12, 1948 Florence Herald report of the Thursday night, November 4th shooting of 32 year-old African-American Florence resident Simon Bennett by cab driver AH Tate, after a round of…
Negro Wounded in Florence Shooting Tiff
A Friday, August 16, 1957 Sheffield Tri-Cities Daily report of the shooting of 29 year-old Florence African-American resident Solomon Summerhill.
Summerhill was taken to ECM Hospital where he was said to be in satisfactory condition, while…
Negro Youth Hospitalized After Shooting
A couple of June 22nd and 24th 1956 Sheffield Tri-Cities Daily articles reporting the shooting of 21 year-old African-American and Florence resident Joseph Nelson Brannon between approximately 1 and 1:45 am in front of Jack's Chicken Shack, 108 South…
Negro Shot
A Friday, April 3, 1931 Florence Herald report of the shooting of African-American Roy Burge with a .45 caliber Winchester rifle by African-American George Vaniger, when Burge allegedly tried to break into Vaniger's house on the corner of Seminary…
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