Negro Shot and Killed

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Source Type: Newspaper
Publisher: The Weekly Advertiser
Place of publication: Montgomery, AL
Date of publication: 12/12/1902 0:00
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Transcript:

NEGRO SHOT AND KILLED. Attempted to Escape While Being Conveyed to Jail. Tuscaloosa, Dec. 10.–(Special)-News was brought to the city yesterday by two citizens from Reece’s beat of an assault in their neighborhood. It is stated that the victim was a Miss Freeman, while the assailant was a negro, Sam Johnson. He was caught and while on the way to jail was shot and killed while making an attempt to escape.