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| Source Type: | Newspaper |
| Publisher: | The Times |
| Place of publication: | Tuscaloosa |
| Date of publication: | Apr 13, 1887 12:00 am |
| Source URL: | View Source |
| Transcript: | A deplorable occurrence took place on the plantation of Dr. Wm. Hester, below Northport. Mr. Geo. Neilson, who is in charge of the place, shot a negro employe, nam-ed Wm. Dukes, during a difficulty. From accounts which we hear, several blows were struck, when the negro reached for an ax, and was shot by Neilson before he could possess himself of the weap- on. Dukes died in about three hours. |