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| Source Type: | Newspaper |
| Author: | n.a. |
| Publisher: | The Birmingham News |
| Place of publication: | Birmingham, AL |
| Date of publication: | 4/20/1904 |
| Transcript: | Mobile, Ala., April 20. – A special to the Item from Bay Minette, Baldwin county, Alabama, says that Dock Cole, a prominent merchant and assistant postmaster at Liver 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 left for the scene of the crime this morning. |
| Citation: | “Negroes Murder An Alabama Man; Dock Cole, Prominent Merchant and Assistant Postmaster, Slain; Robbery Was The Motive; Posse Arrests Two Colored Men. One Confesses the Crime. A Lynching Is Feared. Sheriff Starts for the Scene Today.; Little River Much Excited.” The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), April 20, 1904. |