JURY IS CALLED TO BEGIN PROBE TUESDAY, 9A.M.
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Title
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JURY IS CALLED TO BEGIN PROBE TUESDAY, 9A.M.
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Tuscaloosa News
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Publication Place
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Tuscaloosa, AL
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Publication Date
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08/14/1933
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Transcript
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the violence which occurred early Sunday morning. They called attention to the fact that the deaths of Pippen and Harden comprised the first lynching in this county since 1884 when a negro was taken from the city jail and hanged. In that case, 40 years ago, the negro was identified as one who attempted to ravish a while girl. He was hanged to a tree on Greensboro Avenue at Ninth Street.
