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| Source Type: | Newspaper |
| Publisher: | The Progressive Age |
| Place of publication: | Scottsboro, Alabama |
| Date of publication: | 4/5/1928 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. |