Archived Shadows: True Crime Chronicles from Lowndes County’s Past
AT COURTHOUSE AND JAIL. There is a Dearth of News With the County Officers Now. Quite a Number of Prisoners in the County Jail Waiting for Trial Work to Begin Soon on Scaffold for Rawlings—-Vagrants are Still Being Arrested.(From Wednesday’s Daily.) The county officials are having very little to do these days beyond the dreary […]
Continue ReadingWhat Rawlings Says Now. The Times received a note from J.G. Rawlings this morning, stating that he had never said he did not expect to be hanged. He says that he believes he will be the only one in the bunch to hang. He says, further, that there will be no petition to the pardon […]
Continue ReadingJail is a “Dirty Dungeon” Dr. Broughton Criticizes Lowndes County Prison Conditions Dr. L.G. Broughton, an Atlanta preacher, visited the Lowndes County Jail last week to meet J.G. Rawlings and his sons. Rawlings had written to Dr. Broughton, requesting a visit and prayers. Upon returning to Atlanta, Dr. Broughton shared his experience during his sermon […]
Continue ReadingRESPITES FOR RAWLINGS Date of Execution is set for the 3rd Day Atlanta, Ga, July 14, 1906 The execution of J.G. Rawlings and Alf Moore has been postponed until August 3, The cases of the Rawlings boys are set for a hearing in the Supreme Court on the 16th instant. The purpose of respiting old […]
Continue ReadingSheriff Replies to Cooper An Interview From Rawlings’ Attorney Riles Official Sheriff Passmore responds to criticisms from Attorney John R. Cooper regarding his treatment of the Rawlings prisoners and shares his perspective on the claims made. Sheriff Passmore’s Statement: To the Citizens of Lowndes County: My attention has been drawn to an article in the […]
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