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Source Type: | Newspaper |
Publisher: | The Choctaw Advocate |
Place of publication: | Butler, Alabama |
Date of publication: | 6/6/1928 0:00 |
Transcript: | The bodies of two negroes, Dave and Jerry Brown, both shot to death, were found lying beside a road a mile from Elrod. Ernest Elledge, Jr., of Elrod, was arrested and brought to Tusca- loosa by deputy sheriffs, who said he admitted slaying the negroes, claim- ing he acted in self defense. The bodies of two negroes, Dave and Jerry Brown, both shot to death, were found lying beside a road a mile from Elrod. Ernest Elledge, Jr., of Elrod, was arrested and brought to Tusca- loosa by deputy sheriffs, who said he admitted slaying the negroes, claim- ing he acted in self defense. |