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
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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 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
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 Wanted Since 1947 Is Returned to Lauderdale County
October 26, 1950
Briefly explains that a Black man named Edward McDaniel was picked up by Tennessee police and transferred to Lauderdale County Jail for a crime committed in 1947