hss abdomen while the other disarmed him, Two highway patrolmen
arrived shortly afterwards and carried Brown to the State Prison at
Reidsville for safekeeping, Returned to Screven County on May 22, he
was convicted anc sentenced to die and, as there was no appeal, he was
electrocuted at the State Prison on June 17, 1917, less than six weeks
after the double rape,
COLUMBIA STATE, Columbia, 5, Cs, 5-7-1917
ATLANTA JOURNAL, June 17, 19,7 (Atlanta, Ga.)
hs abdomen while the other disarmed him, Two highway patrolmen
arrived shortly afterwards and carried Brown to the State Prison at
Reidsville for safekeeping, Returned to Screven County on May 22, he
was convicted anc sentenced to die and, as there was no appeal, he was
electrocuted at the State Prison on June 17, 19:7, less than six weeks
after the double rape. :
COLUMBIA STATE, Columbia, S, C., 5-7-19):7
ATLANTA JOURNAL, June 17, 197 (Atlanta, Ga.)
hgs abdomen while the other disarmed him, Two highway patrolmen
arrived shortly afterwards and carried Brown to the State Prison at
Reidsville for safekeeping, Returned te Screven County 22, he
was convicted and sentenced to die and, as there was no appeal, he was
electrocuted at the State Prison on June 17, 197, less than six weeks
after the double rape,
‘A STATE, Colum!
JOURNAL, June 17, 19h7
ambiay S, Cs, 5=7=19):7
i? (Atlanta, Ga.)
PeROWN, James. PSEC LT ee eee iia ci
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Brown, a 25-year-old black man, was a resident of Statesboro, Ga., who
was sentenced to the Bulloch County Prison Camp following a forgery
conviction, Around noon on May 6, 19:7, he escaped in a stolen truck
and drove into BKKKWEHXRAWHKKX a Screven County farm yard, When the
young white housewife emerged from her house, he forced her into the
automobile and drove approximately three miles to a deserted lane where
he raped her, Forcing her to lie on the floorboard, he returned to the
main road and when he passed a car going in the opposite direction in
which another white woman and her three-year-old son were riding, he
turned around and gave chase, forcing them from the road, He then
abandoned the pickup with his first HREKE victim and forced the second
woman to drive to another country road where he raped her. He then
made her and the child get into the trunk of the car which he Locked,
When the car stalled and he was unable to use it for his getaway, he
walked to a nearby farm house and stole another vehicle, which ran
out of gas after a few miles, The 18-year-old son of the family which
ogned the car, had set out in pursuit, accompanied by a fiend and when
they saw Brown, who was armed with a pistol which he had used to force
the’ two women to comply with his demands, standing by the side of the
road trying to flag a ride, they stopped on the pretense of giving him
one, When he stepped into their car, one of them placed a pistol at
BROWN, James See ee? g SD /GYD
Brown, a 25-year-old black man, was a resident of Statesboro, Ga., who
was sentenced to the Bulloch County Prison Camp following a forgery
conviction, Around noon on May 6, 197, he escaped in a stolen truck
and drove into SKKEXEHXR@MHKXX a Screven County farm yard, When the
young white housewife emerged from her house, he forced her into the
automobile and drove approximately three miles to a deserted lane where
he raped her. Forcing her to lie on the floorboard, he returned to the
main road and when he passed a car going in the opposite direction in
which another white woman and her three-year-old son were riding, he
turned around and gave chase, forcing them from the road, He then
abandoned the pickup with his first HWE victim and forced the second
woman to drive to another country road where he raped her, He then
made her and the child get into the trunk of the car which he Locked,
When the car stalled and he was unable to use it for his getaway, he
walked to a nearby farm house and stole another vehicle, which ran
out of gas after a few miles, The 18-year-old son of the family which
oaned the car, had set out in pursuit, accompanied by a fiend and when
they saw Brown, who was armed with a pistol which he had used to force
the two women to comply with his densa standing by the side of the
road trying to flag a ride, they stopped on the pretense of giving him
one, When he stepped into their car, one of them placed a pistol at
BROWN, James
UEZIUGT EA.
Brown, a 25-year-old black man, was a resident of Statesboro, Ga., who
was sentenced to the Bulloch County Prison Camp following a forgery
conviction, Around noon on May 6, 197, he escaped in a stolen truck
and drove into KKENXEMNEYX a Screven County farm yard.
young white housewife emerged from her house, he forced her into the
automobile and drove approximately three miles to a deserted lane where
he raped her, Forcing her to lie on the floorboard, he returned to the
main road and when he passed a car going in the opposite direction in
which another white woman and her three-year-old son were riding, he
turned around and gave chase, forcing them from the road, He then
abandoned the pickup with his first HRMKM victim and forced the second
yoman to drive to another country road where he raped her, He then
made her and the child get into the trunk of the car which he locked,
‘hen the car stalled and he was unable to use it for his getaway, he
walked to a nearby farm house and stole another vehicle, which ran
out of eas after a few miles, The 18-year-old son of the family which
oaned the car, had set out in pursuit, accompanied by a friend and when
3 armed wit! i i dus force
Pao sar orem, ung ngs armas, vith oe pieted, nding by ‘the side sf the
road trying to flag a ride, they stopped on the pretense of giving him
dne, ‘then he stepped into their car, one of them placed a pistol at
