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Date: October 19, 1950

Decade: 1950s

Creator: Associated Press

Description: 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

Language: English

Subject: Police, Violent Crime

Location Depicted: Florence, AL, Lauderdale Co., AL

Digital Publisher: The Florence Times

Rights Information: Associated Press (printed in Florence Times)

Citation: Associated Press. “Posse Seeking Negro Man In Death Of Boy: Rapes His Mother And Then Shoots Child Through Head.”The Florence Times, October 19, 1950

Source Format: Newspaper

Type: Text

Format: PDF

Tags: Arrest, Crime, Murder, Police, Posse, Rape