Teague Cunningham, 1922 June 16

| From Anniston he was taken to the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham >
where he was held until his trial when he was returned to Talladega,
tried, convicted and sentenced tobe hanged, The conviction was
affirmed by the Alabama Supreme Court on Appeal and the Governor de-
clined to intervene. On June 16, 1922, he was hanged at Talladega

and he was pronounced dead eleven minutes after the trap fell,

BIRMINGHAM AGE HERALD, Birmingham, Alabama, 2-13 and 2-1))-1921;
June 15 and @GGB@Q8¢% June 17, 1921,

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From Anniston he was taken to the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham |
where he was held until his trial when he was returned to Talladega,
tried, convicted and sentenced tobe hanged, The conviction was
affirmed by the Alabama Supreme Court on Appeal and the Governor de-
clined to intervene. On June 16, 1922, he was hanged at Talladega
and he was pronounced dead eleven minutes after the trap fell,

BIRMINGHAM AGE HERALD, Birmingham, Alabama, 2-13 and 2-1-1921;
June 15 and @M@BR@R¢% June 17, 1921,

93 Southern 6

From Anniston he was taken to the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham
where he was held until his trial when he was returned to Talladega,
tried, convicted and sentenced tobe hanged, The conviction was
affirmed by the Alabama Supreme Court on Appeal and the Governor de=
clined to intervene, On June 16, 1922, he was hanged at Talladega
and he was pronounced dead eleven minutes after the trap fell,

BIRMINGHAM AGE HERALD, Birmingham, Alabama, 2-13 and 2-1-1921;
June 15 and GM@@@Z89% June 17, 1921,

93 Southern )l6

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Cunningham, a black man, was a resident of Talladega, Alae, had never
before been in trouble and was generally considered a quiet and
peaceable man, However, on Feb, 12, 1921, he had been drinking when
he entered a Talladega store and stole a $5.00 sweater. A clerk
immediately reported the theft to Policeman Eugene Hobbs and shortly
afterwards Hobbs stopped Cunningham in an alley to question him,
Cunningham drew a straight razor and slashed Hobbs repeatedly in the
throat, inflicting fatal wounds, Cunningham then ran from the alley
and Hobbs staggered out, calling to passersby to stop Cunningham. H e
was subsequently captured in another alley where he had taken refuge
and was taken to Hobbs who lay dying on the ground and identified
Cunningham as the man who had cut him, Cunningham maintained that he
had only held Hobbs while another black man did the cutting but xhe
subsequently admitted that he alone was involved. A mob formed and
the Sheriff hastily drove Cunningham out of town and, in a circuitous
manner, took him to Odean, twenty miles distant, where he planned to
flag a freight train and take him to the Annison jail, The crowd
anticipated this mo¥d-and caught the train at Sylacuaga. ‘hen it was
flagged at Odean, they attempted to leave the train but the Sheriff
held them at bay with his revolver while his deputies took the priso=-
ner into the woods and they subsequently walked to Anniston with him,

Cunningham, a black man, was a resident of Talladega, Alae, had never
before been in trouble and was generally considered a quiet and
peaceable man, However, on Feb, 12, 1921, he had been drinking when
he entered a Talladega store and stole a $5.00 sweater. A clerk
immediately reported the theft to Policeman Eugene Hobbs and shortly
afterwards Hobbs stopped Cunningham in an alley to question him,
Cunningham drew a straight razor and slashed Hobbs repeatedly in the
throat, inflicting fatal wounds, Cunningham then ran from the alley
and Hobbs staggered out, calling to passersby to stop Cunningham. H e
was subsequently captured in another alley where he had taken refuge
and was taken to Hobbs who lay dying on the ground and identified
Cunningham as the man who had cut him, Cunningham maintained that he
had only held Hobbs while another black man did the cutting but she
subsequently admitted that he alone was involved, A mob formed and
the Sheriff hastily drove Cunningham out of town and, in a circuitous
manner, took him to Odean, twenty miles distant, where he planned to
flag a freight train and take him to the Annison jail, The crowd
anticipated this mo#d-and caught the train at Sylacuaga. ‘when it was
flagged at Odean, they attempted to leave the train but the Sheriff
held them at bay with his revolver while his deputies took the priso-
ner into the woods and they subsequently walked to Anniston with him,

Cunningham, a black man, was a resident of Talladega, Alas, had never
before been in trouble and was generally considered a quiet and
peaceable man, However, on Feb, 12, 1921, he had been drinking when
he entered a Talladega store and stole a $5.00 sweater. A clerk
immediately reported the theft to Policeman Eugene Hobbs and shortly
afterwards Hobbs stopped Cunningham in an alley go question him,
Cunningham drew a straight razor and slashed Hobbs repeatedly in the
throat, inflicting fatal wounds, Cunningham then ran from the alley
and Hobbs staggered out, calling to passersby to stop Cunningham, H e
was subsequently captured in another alley where he had taken refuge

and was taken to Hobbs who lay dying on the ground and identified
Cunningham as the man who had cut him, Cunningham maintained that he
had only held Hobbs while another black man did the cutting but the

subsequently admitted that he alone was involved. A mob formed and
the Sheriff hastily drove Cunningham out of town and, in a circuitous
manner, took him to Odean, twenty miles distant, where he planned to
flag a freight train and take him to the Annison jail, The crowd
anticipated this mo¥d-and caught the train at Sylacuaga. ‘hen it was
flagged at Odean, they attempted to leave the train but the Sheriff
held them at bay with his revolver while his deputies took the priso-
ner into the woods and they subsequently walked to Anniston with him,

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