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| Source Type: | Newspaper |
| Author: | n.a. |
| Publisher: | The Weekly Sentinel |
| Place of publication: | Knoxville, TN |
| Date of publication: | 4/23/1904 |
| Transcript: | Mobile, Ala., April 20. – A special from Bay Minette , Baldwin county, Ala., to the Item, says that Dock Cole, a prominent merchant and assistant postmaster at Little River, in the northern part of Baldwin county, was foully murdered last night by negroes. Robbery was the motive. A posse organized today arrested two negroes, Robert Tate and Rube Sims. |
| Citation: | “Negroes Murder An Assistant Postmaster.” The Weekly Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), April 23, 1904. |