SHERIFF FIRED FIRST KILLED NEGRO

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Source Type: Newspaper
Publisher: Daily Enterprise-Leader
Place of publication: New Iberia, LA
Date of publication: 10/29/1908 0:00
Transcript:

SHERIEF FIRED FIRST KILLED NEGRO Threats Had Been Made Against Him and He Took No Chances. By Associated Press Tuskaloosa, Ala., Oct. 29.-Burton Hyche a deputy sheriff today shot and killed Nathan Jackson, a negro school teacher. Hyche arrested some negroes last week for fighting and received word that he would be fixed the next time seen. Jackson met Hyche in a public road and started towards him when the deputy killed him. He took no chances and got in the first shot.