News in Brief
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Title
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News in Brief
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Times and News
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Publication Place
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Eufaula, Alabama
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Publication Date
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01/15/1884
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Transcript
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In Walker murder was fol lowed immediately by lynching a boss contractor. a white man named Pope and a negro. both employes of the western division of the Georgia Pacifie Railway, had an altercation and the negro, 'who was drunk, shot Pope thro the heart, killing him instantly. The murderer was immediately secured by the road laborers, most of them negroes. and hang ed to the nearest tree. The re- moteness of the scene from mail and telepraph facilities prevents the prompt publication of fuller details S. In Walker murder was fol lowed immediately by lynching a boss contractor. a white man named Pope and a negro. both employes of the western division of the Georgia Pacifie Railway, had an altercation and the negro, 'who was drunk, shot Pope thro the heart, killing him instantly. The murderer was immediately secured by the road laborers, most of them negroes. and hang ed to the nearest tree. The re- moteness of the scene from mail and telepraph facilities prevents the prompt publication of fuller details S.
News in Brief