October 21, 1955
Describes that Leroy Goodloe and Gene Goodloe, both Black men from Cherokee county, were arrested for theft
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Law Finally Catches Up With Knotty: Lauderdale Negro Is Sentenced
February 24, 1955
Describes that Pearl Beckwith, a Black man from Lauderdale County, had been arrested in Arkansas for burglary after he had fled Lauderdale County Police for months
Slaying of White Man Charged: Negro’s Murder Case Due To Go To Jury Today; Death Asked. Defense To Plead ‘Insanity’: State Finishes Case Monday
March 29, 1955
Describes that Delano Jones, a 21-year-old Black man, was charged with the first-degree murder of a white man and that the death penalty was requested.
Murder Trial Ends As: Negro Sentenced To Life In Prison For Slaying Of Merchant.Delano Jones Spared From Chair By Insanity Pleas In Shooting Of L.W. Kilgore
March 30, 1955
Describes that Delano Jones, a 21-year-old Black man, made an insanity plea and received life in prison for the murder of L.W. Kilgore, a white man
Lauderdale Negro Woman Pardoned
April 15, 1955
Briefly notes that Viola Hornsby, a Black woman from Lauderdale County, had been granted a pardon after being sentenced to thirty years for murder
Negro Arrested For Transporting ‘White Lightening’
April 22, 1955
Briefly notes that Vincent N Perkins, a Black man from Colbert County, was arrested for transporting illegal whisky
Negro, After Wild Night, Is Arrested
January 15, 1955
Describes that Lee A. Payne, a Black man from Sheffield, was arrested for driving under the influence
Muscle Shoals Police Arrest Negro In Chase
January 18, 1955
Describes that James M. Pruitt, a Black man from Sheffield, was arrested on charges of reckless driving and fleeing the police
Negro Charged In Shooting
January 29, 1955
Describes that Risker Dee Watkins, a Black farmer from Rogersville, was arrested after shooting Jackie Lee Thompson, a Black farmer from Lauderdale County, who had threatened to shoot Watkins.
In Tuscumbia: Negro Group Petitions Removal Of Principal
February 1, 1955
Describes that Black residents in Tuscumbia had requested the removal of Professor P.H. Wesley as principal of Trenholm High School for the unethical arrest of a faculty member named Mrs. Delores Swoopes Jones
Negro Held On Charges Of Burglary
January 3, 1955
Describes that a Black man named Alex Young was arrested for burglary and wasbeing held in Lauderdale County Jail
Whites Held In Slaughter Of Three Negro Children
January 11, 1950
Briefly describes the arrest of two of the three men held responsible for the murder of three Black children.
Young Negro Fatally Hurt In Jail; Investigation On
February 21, 1950
Describes that two police officers likely murdered a young Black man after he was placed in jail.
Sheriff, Deputy Convicted In Ku Klux Flogging Case
March 19, 1950
Describes that, in Dade County, Sheriff John W. Lynch and Deputy William Hartline were to serve one year in prison and pay a fine after handing seven Black men to a Ku Klux Klan mob to be abused and killed.
Negro Accused of Killing Sheriff is Denied Body
February 8, 1951
Describes that a Black man named William Franklin Webb was accused of killing asheriff and was denied bail. Also, cites an incident where Webb was approached by a lynch mob
Lynching Said No Longer Barometer of Race Conflict
February 4, 1951
Explains the belief that lower numbers of Black Americans were being lynched incomparison to white Americans and that violence against the Black community was likely totake form in different ways, such as bombings and flogging
Negro Slayer Is Ordered Admitted Hospital For Insane
January 10, 1951
Describes that Alfred J. Mitchell, a Black man in Florence, killed his father at close range and was to be observed at the State Hospital for Insane in Tuscaloosa
Negro Is Shot to Death by His Own Son”Alfred J. Mitchell Killed Instantly Wednesday Night
November 23, 1950
Describes that a Black man named Alfred J. Mitchell was killed by his son and thatthe son was being held in Lauderdale County Jail after his confessing to the murder
Posse Seeking Negro Man In Death Of Boy: Rapes His Mother And Then Shoots Child Through Head
October 19, 1950
Describes that a large posse organized to hunt down the rapist of Kathleen Holley, and the man was later identified by police as Cooper Drake
Negro Arrested For Sears And Home Robberies: Case Is Solved By City And County In Few Hours
December 17, 1950
Describes that a Black man named Clarence Summerhill was arrested for a string of burglaries across Lauderdale County
Scottsboro Rape Case Defendant Is In Trouble Again
December 19, 1950
Describes that Haywood Patterson, one of the “Scottsboro Boys”, was arrested for stabbinga man named Willie Mitchell after he had escaped from prison in Alabama for the crimeof rape, which he did not commit
Florence Police Solve Robbery Case Quickly
December 24, 1950
Briefly describes that a Black woman named Corine Noel was arrested for purse theft
Frank Murphy Held On Murder Charge
March 14, 1946
Briefly explains that a Black man named Frank Murphy was being charged with first degree murder after the death of a Black man named Nelson Scruggs.
To Pray for ‘Justice to Prevail’: 10,000 Negroes Expected Tonight at Montgomery Meet; New Arrests Made
February 23, 1956
Describes the bus boycotts taking place in Montgomery, arrests being made, and petitions of prayers on behalf of those participating in the bus boycotts.