brawl, After dragging the body out into a field he rem
ported to neighbors that she was missing and asked them
to help him hunt for her. He pleaded self defense, "
ATLANTA JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga., 6-l-1937
brawl, After dragging the body out into a field he re-
ported to neighbors that she was missing and asked them
to help him hunt for her. He pleaded self defense, "
ATLANTA JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga., 6--1937
brawl. After dragging the body out into a field he re-
ported to neighbors that she was missing and asked them
to help him hunt for her, He pleaded self defense, "
ATLANTA JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga., 6-l\-1937
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wLSON, Joseph
36-year-old black man, hanged Sussex Co. Workhouse, Geor-
getown, Dela.s, June hi, ‘« 1937 for mrdering his
common-law wife, announced a few mimtes before he died:
'l want you to tell everyvody who drinks whiskey that
it'll be the cause of their downfall,! His wife had been
murdered with an axe after a drunken brawl. Nelson could
neither read nor write. No relatives could be located to
claim his body and he was buried at the expense of the
county.
Hanged at Sussex County Jail on June Lest, oa murder
of Carrie Lethal near Laurel on March 28, At trial,
j i drunken
son testified he killed her with an axe during a
NELSON, Joseph
36-year-old black man, hanged Sussex Co. Workhouse, Geor-
getown, Dela., June }, ‘ 1937 for murdering his
common-law wafe, announced a few minutes before he died:
‘I want you to tell everyvody who drinks whiskey that
it'll be the cause of their downfall,' His wife had been
murdered with an axe after a drunken brawl. Nelson could
neither read nor write. No relatives could be located to
claim his body and he was buried at the expense of the
county.
Hanged at Sussex County Jail on June , 1937, for murder
of Carrie Lethal near Laurel on March 28, At trial,
i i drunken
son testified he killed her with an axe during a
» Joseph
36-year-old black man, hanged Sussex Co. Workhouse, Geor-
getown, Delas, June hi, 1937 for mrdering his
common-law wafe, announced a few minutes before he die
want you to tell everyvedy who drinks whiskey that
it'll be the cause of their downfall,! His wife had been
murdered with an axe after a drunken brawl, Nelson could
neither read nor write, No relatives could be located to
claim his body and he was buried at the expense of the
county.
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Hanged at Sussex County Jail on June h, 1937, for ar |
of Carrie Lethal near Laurel on March 26. At trial, Nel:
son testified he killed her with an axe during @
