Eriday on conviction of the murder of William P,. Hughes of
an old Georgia family here, several moths ago. He was re-
cently given a respite to June 28." CLARION-LEIGER, Jack-
son, Mississippi, April 28, 1920 (1:2.)
Death certificate not on file
Eriday on conviction of the murder of William P. Hughes of
an old Georgia family here, several moths ago. He was re-
cently given a respite to June 28." CLARION-LEIGER, Jack-
son, Mississippi, April 28, 1920 (1:2)
Death certificate not on file
Eriday on conviction of the mrder of William P, Hughes of
an old Georgia family here, several moths ago. He was re=
cently given a respite to June 28," GES dJack=
son, Mississippi, April 26, 1920 (1:2)
Death certificate not on file
Nabelantey
SHELTON. Fred
Hanged, Cartersville, Ga., April 30, 1920. (The last
legal hanging in Bartow County)
Letter from W. H, Bradley, Clerk of Bartow County Sup-
erior Court, Cartersville, Gaey Septe 13, 1977
"Cartersville, Gaes Apre 27, 1920.-Fred Shelton, negro,
under sentence for death for mrder, escaped with three
other prisoners from the jail here todaye The men broke
the locks from three sets of locks with a crow bar said to
have been furnished by a trusty. The three men who got
away with Shelton were two white prisoners and a negro, al)
awaiting trial on small, minor charges. None had been
caught tonight. Shelton had been sentenced to be hanged
SHELTON, Fred
Hanged, Cartersville, Gas, April 30, 1920. (The last
legal hanging in Bartow County)
Letter from W. H, Bradley, Clerk of Bartow County Sup-
erior Court, Cartersville, Gae, Septe 13, 1977
"Cartersville, Gases Apre 27, 1920e<Fred Shelton, negro,
under sentence for death for mrder, escaped with three
other prisoners from the jail here today. The men broke
the locks from three sets of locks with a crow bar said to
have been furnished by a trusty. The three men who got
away with Shelton were two white prisoners and a negro, alJ
awaiting trial on small, minor charges. None had been
caught tonight. Shelton had been sentenced to be hanged
SHELTON, Fred
Hanged, Cartersville, Ga
legal hanging in Bartow
April 30, 1920, (The last
unty)
Letter from W, H, Bradley, Clerk of Bartow County Sup-
erior Court, Cartersville, Ga., Sept. 13, 1977
"Cartersville, Gas, Apre 27, 1920,-Fred Shelton, negro,
r sentence for death for i
awaiting trial on small, minor chakges.
caught tonight, Shelton had been sentenced to be hanged
ararvy Sts Apt 3 98 (he tat
eel facing Bn Beton Sats)
