A Mistrial
- Title
- A Mistrial
- Source Type
- Newspapers
- Publisher
- The Alexander City Outlook
- Publication Place
- Alexander City, AL
- Publication Date
- 05/17/1895
- Transcript
- A Mistrial. following from the Wetumpka Democrat shows what was done this week with the murderers of Rufus Swindall: Alonzo Edwards, Will Jowers, and Luther Ingram, the three beardless were convicted and sentenced to (illegible word here) in the Penitentiary for the murder of Rufus Swindall, and their (illegible word here) Josephus Jowers, John Mor-gan and John Edwards, who were with in the killing of Rufus Swinall (illegible word here) on trial and found guilty, but jury could not agree on the penalty, consequently a mistrial. The (illegible word here) as follows: 1 for ten years, 9 (illegible word here) time imprisonment, and 2 for (illegible word here). The one for ten years finally (illegible word here) to hang, and then the jury stood (illegible word here) hanging and 8 for life time imprisonment, but they never could agree, (illegible word here) it seems that Josephus Jowers (illegible word here) the gallows than the others (illegible word here) will be tried again in June.
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