Tragedy in Walker

Title

Tragedy in Walker

Source Type

Newspapers

Publisher

The Weekly Advertiser

Publication Place

Montgomery, Alabama

Publication Date

01/15/1884

Transcript

TRAGEDY IN WALKER. Murder and Lynching on the Name Spot. Birmingham Age, Jan 7.] Mr. L. B. Musgrove, editor of the Jasper Eagle, who was in the city yes- terday, reports a murder followed im- mediately by a lynching, which occurred Friday afternoon in Walker county, near the Fayette line. A boss or con- tractor, a white man named Pope, and a negro, both employes of the western division of the Georgia Pacific railway, had an altercation, and the negro. who was drunk, shot Pope through the heart, killing him instantly. The murderer was immediately secured by the road laborers, most of them negroes, and hanged to the nearest tree. The remote- ness of the scene from mail and tele- graph facilities prevents the prompt publication of fuller details. TRAGEDY IN WALKER. Murder and Lynching on the Name Spot. Birmingham Age, Jan 7.] Mr. L. B. Musgrove, editor of the Jasper Eagle, who was in the city yes- terday, reports a murder followed im- mediately by a lynching, which occurred Friday afternoon in Walker county, near the Fayette line. A boss or con- tractor, a white man named Pope, and a negro, both employes of the western division of the Georgia Pacific railway, had an altercation, and the negro. who was drunk, shot Pope through the heart, killing him instantly. The murderer was immediately secured by the road laborers, most of them negroes, and hanged to the nearest tree. The remote- ness of the scene from mail and tele- graph facilities prevents the prompt publication of fuller details.

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