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.
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Negro Apartment Superintendent Kills Stepdaughter
February 7, 1951
Describes that a Black man named James Goode admitted to attempting to assault his stepdaughter, killing her, and burning her body
Posse Shoots Down Accused, Sex Offender: Negro And Farm Wife He Raped In Same Hospital; Boy, 4, Dead
October 20, 1950
Describes that a group of angered men attacked Cooper Drake, the Black man accused of raping a woman named Kathleen Holley and killing her son