Archived Shadows: True Crime Chronicles from Lowndes County’s Past
RAWLINGS TALKS OF SENTENCE. He Does Not Like Fixing the Day Before Alf Moore’s He Says That It Is a Scheme to Prevent the Negro from Confessing on the Gallows and Clearing the Boys—He Says Wrong Has Been Done and Other Wrongs Are Done to Cover It Up (From Tuesday’s Daily) The sentencing of the […]
Continue ReadingNO HANGING HERE TOMORROW Governor Respites Alf Moore and J.G. Rawlings Again Rawlings’ case is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the negro is said to be a material witness, so he is respited until the 5th day of October. (From Thursday’s Daily) Governor Terrell, acting upon the advice of Attorney General […]
Continue ReadingSHERIFF IS TOLD TO HOLD UP Judge Speer Has Passmore Served With Citation of Appeal Valdosta States Marshal George White Came Down This Morning and Served the Papers Upon the High Sheriff, Thus Staying the Executions of J.G. Rawlings and Alf Moore (From Tuesday’s Daily) It is not definitely decided that J.C. Rawlings and Alf […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingJUNE 8TH IS THE DAY FIXED.Governor Terrell Signs Another Respite for Rawlings. Governor Terrell yesterday issued respites to June 8 for J.G. Rawlings, his two sons, Milton and Jesse, and the Negro, Alf Moore, all under sentence of death Friday at Valdosta for the murder of the Carter children. This date was arrived at after […]
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