namang Smalls as an accomplice, Johnson tried first and
convicted and sentenced to die, but he was reprieved so
that he could testify at the trial of Smalls who was also
convicted and sentenced to die,
BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Ala., 3~2)~1906
namang Smalls as an accomplice. Johnson tried first and
convicted and sentenced to die, but he was reprieved so
that he could testify at the trial of Smalls who was also
convicted. and sentenced to die.
BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Ala., 3-2-1906
naming Smalls as an accomplic
Johnson tried first and
convicted and sentenced to die, but he was reprieved so
fy at the trial of Snalls who was also
convicted, and seatanted to die
that he could te
HAM NEWS,
Birmingham, Ala
» 3-2-1906
JOHNSON, Rufus and SMALLS, George LARSE CARD
Johnson & Smalls, both black, hanged at Mount Holly, Nedey
on 3/2/1906. Johnson made a confession before leaving
cell but Smalls continued to maintain imocence, They
were convicted of having raped and murdered Miss Florence
Allingson in a barn near Moorestown on 1/18/1906, She
lived in a small cottage on Strawbridge farm, her only
companion being a little girl named Bessie Walker who she
had adopted. On the afternoon of 1/18/1906 her body was
found in the barn by an oil dealer who was informed by
Bessie Walker that two colored men had been in house,
There was evidence of adesperate struggle in the barn, He;
head had been crushed by a blow from a club and a strap hac
been orn from a horse blanket and bound tightly around hey
neck. Johnson taken into custody in Baltimore and confesse
JOHNSON, Rufus and SMALLS, George LARGE CARD
Johnson & Smalls, both black, hanged at Mount Holly, NeJey
on 3/2/1906. Johnson made a confession before leaving
cell but Smalls continued to maintain imocence, They
were convicted of having raped and murdered Miss Florence
Allingson in a barn near Moorestown on 1/18/1906. She
lived in a small cottage on Strawbridge farm, her only
companion being a little girl named Bessie Walker who she
had adopted. On the afternoon of 1/18/1906 her body was
found in the barn by an oil dealer who was informed by
Bessie Walker that two colored men had been in house,
There was evidence of adesperate struggle in the barn, Hej
head had been crushed by a blow from a club and a strap had
been orn from a horse blanket and bound tightly around her
neck. Johnson taken into custody in Baltimore and confesse
Moorestown on 1/18/1906,
a small cottage on Strawbridge farm, her oni;
head had been crushed by
been
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