THE TIFTON GAZETTE , Tifton, Georgia, 9-17-19)2
See appeal 25 SE -2nd~ 295 = GEORGIA . BOOK AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS.
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BE TIFTON GAZETTE, Tifton, Georgia, 9-17-19)2
See appeal: 25 SB -2nde 295 = GEORGIA .
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BOOK AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS,
THE TIFTON GAZETTE, Tifton, Georgia, 9-17-1942
See appeals 25 SE ~2nde 295 - GRORG BTA - BOOK AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS.
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PAIMER, Joel Luther
Palmer, a 30-year-old white native of Mitchell Co., Ga., who had
lived.in Colquitt Co. for virtually all of his adult life, was a
Private in the U. S, Army who had been granted a pass to visit a
sick relative and then went AWOL when his pass expired. On the
afternoon of July 18, 1912, he had been drinking heavily and he
forced his sister at gunpoint to drive him to Tifton, ‘She was
afraid that he would get into troublg and she asked a 25-year~old
policeman, Mercer Denby, to take him into custody for his own pro-
tection. Denby disarmed Palmer and, as they were walking to the
jail Palmer turned on him, wrested the pistol from his grip and
shot him. fhe 55-year-old Chief of Police, Joe Henderson, heard
the shot and ran to Denby's aid. He and Palmer engaged in a gun
battle from behind parked automobiles in the midst of a large crowd
of shoppers who were in town for the afternoon and Henderson was
killed and Palmer wounded in the arm and leg, Denby died of his
wound in the hospital two months later. Convicted of Henderson's
death and sentenced to die, Palmer was electrocuted at the Georgia
State Prison on May 28, 195 193.
PALMER, Joel Luther
Palmer, a 30-year-old white native of Mitchell Co., Ga., who had
lived..in Colquitt Co. for virtually all of his adult life, was a
Private in the U. S, Army who had been granted a pass to visit a
sick relative and then went AWOL when his pass expired. On the
afternoon of July 18, 1942, he had been drinking heavily and he
forced his sister at gunpoint to drive him to Tifton. She was
afraid that he would get into troublg and she asked a 25~year-old
policeman, Mercer Denby, to take him into custody for his own pro-
tection. Denby disarmed Palmer andy as they were walking to the
jail Palmer turned on him, wrested the pistol from his grip and
shot him, he 55-year-old Chief of Police, Joe Henderson, heard
the shot and ran to Denby's aid. He and Palmer engaged in a gun
battle from behind parked automobiles in the midst of a large crowd
of shoppers who were in town for the afternoon and Henderson was
killed and Palmer wounded in the arm and leg, Denby died of his
wound in the hospital two months later. Convicted of Henderson's
death and sentenced to die, Palmer was electrocuted at the Georgia
State Prison on May 28, bei 19h)3.
PAIMER, Joel Inther
Palmer, a 30-year-old white native of Mitchell Co., Ga., who had
lived-in Colquitt Co. for virtually all of his adult life, was a
Private in the U. S, Army who had been granted a pass to visit a
sick relative and then went AWOL when his pass expired, On the
afternoon of July 18, 1942, he had been drinking heavily and he
forced his sister at gunpoint to drive him to Tifton, She was
afraid that he would get into troublg and she asked a 25-year-old
policeman, Mercer Denby, to take him into custody for his own pro-
tection, Denby disarmed Palmer and, as they were walking to the
jail Palmer turned on him, wrested the pistol from his grip and
shot him, fhe 55-year-old Chief of Police, Joe Henderson, heard
the shot and ran to Denby's aid, He and Palmer engaged in a gun
battle from behind parked automobiles in the midst of a large crowd
of shoppers who were in town for the afternoon and Henderson was
killed and Palmer wounded in the arm and leg. Denby died of hig
wound in the hospital two months later. Convicted of Henderson's
death and sentenced to die, Palmer was electrocuted at the Georgia
State Prison on May 28, 19% 1913.
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