| Case(s) | |
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| Source Type: | Newspaper |
| Author: | n.a. |
| Publisher: | The Pine Belt News |
| Place of publication: | Brewton, AL |
| Date of publication: | 4/21/1904 |
| Transcript: | Mobile, April 20. – A special from Bayminette says that Dock Cole a prominent merchant and assistant postmaster at Livle River, in the northern part of Baldwin county, was foully murdered last night by negroes. Robbery was the motive. A posse organized and two negroes, Robert Tate and Rube Sims, were arrested. Tate confessed and a lynching is feared Sheriff Armstrong has left for the scene of the crime this morning. |
| Citation: | The Pine Belt News (Brewton, AL), April 21, 1904. |