A January 10, 1880 report of the alleged shooting and killing of local mechanic Thomas Faulkner at Crittenden's Crossroads (now Elgin Crossroads) in East Lauderdale County, by African-American John Williams. Nothing further is known of this case.]]> 1880-01-10]]> 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 sister's house where he was carried after being shot and allegedly told Dr. Hough that the shooting was his fault as his being drunk caused him to enter the house.]]> 1909-11-19]]> An August 13, 1890 Florence Herald report that African-American Ike Weems, who had evaded arrest for some time, was arrested Friday, August 8 by Lauderdale County Sheriff George W. Porter for selling liquor without a license, "in the county, some miles from the city." ]]> 1890-08-13]]> A Thursday, June 9, 1892 Florence Herald report that local black resident Sim Casey was escorted to the Bryce Insane Asylum at Tuscaloosa the day before.

Casey was long-known to be mentally unstable by locals however he was considered harmless and his "idiosyncrasies" of believing himself a federal agent tolerated until he attempted to arrest a fellow citizen and then became violent when officials attempted to apprehend him. ]]>
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A Florence Herald and Florence Times article reporting the Saturday night, April 2, 1921 robbery of Florence African-American gas company employee Robert Walker by two unknown white men, who stole $28 from Walker.

In 1910 Robert Walker (ca. 1860-1938), a bachelor, was a foreman at the gas plant in Florence; in 1910 and 1920 Walker was a boarder on Poplar Street and Tennessee Street respectively but by 1930 the still-single Walker had retired from the gas company and was farming rental property on Huntsville Road and by 1935 was farming on Tuscaloosa Street. He died December 7, 1938, at his address of 504 Hudson Street, Florence and was buried in the Hopewell AME Church Cemetery on Waterloo Road.]]>
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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 stealing "a quantity of various items." The article also notes that black restaurateur Ben Martin was arrested for receiving stolen goods.]]> 1919-08-21]]> A Tuesday, December 24, 1889 Sheffield Weekly Enterprise report of an altercation between African-American employees of the Cole Furnace Water Childs and Alfred McDaniels over money Childs owed McDaniels, which resulted in McDaniels striking Childs a "severe blow" over the head with a board, and Childs retaliating by slashing McDaniels twice with a knife.]]> 1889-12-24]]> A June 10, 1908 *Florence Herald* report of black Oakland resident Elzoda [sic] Crittenden being fined $10 by Justice of the Peace CW Lemay "Friday morning, for an assault on Bessie Armstead, also colored," six miles west of Florence with rocks.]]> A November 27, 1880 newspaper article noting that "on last Wednesday" a black man named Mark Williams took a shot at a young man named Newton (which missed him).]]> 1880-11-27]]> A Thursday, September 14, 1899 Florence Herald report of African-American prisoner Jim Hoague's escape from the city jail and Florence Police Chief (1897-1901) Samuel Weakley "SW" Lipscomb's pursuit of Hoague on Lipscomb's bicycle.]]> 1899-09-14]]>