(Ae nee es
Jackson,.a black 27-year-old Worth Co., Ga., farm laborer, was forded
to move when the harvesting season on the farm where he had been em~
ployed was overe He and his wife, NSEK Willie Mae, moved to the
home of his half-sister, Sarah Armstrong, who owned her own land and
was considered to be in good financial condition, Jackson, his wife,
his brother, Woodrow , his sister, Nora Mae, and her husband, Horace
Howa rd, conspired to kill and rob Mrs, Armstrong. On July 29, 1932,
Jackson shot her with a shotgun and when this failed to kill her,
Howard finished her off with an axe, As Jackson was considered the
ringleader in the conspiracy, he was sentenced to death while Howard
received a life sentence and Woodrow Jackson and the two women who
took no actual hand in the murder were sentenced to sherter prison
terms. Rochelle Jackson was electrocuted at the Georgia “tate Pri-
son on Sept, 8, 1933.
THE SYLVESTER LOCAL, Sylvester, Ga., 9/7/1933 and 9/1/1933.
Photograph in issue of 9/7
170 SE 26 = GA. BOOK AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS.
JACKSON , nee V/ ys / / q oS
Jackson,.a black 27-year-old Worth Co., Ga., farm laborer, was forded|
to move when the harvesting season on the farm where he had been em~
ployed was over. He and his wife, NBER Willie Mae, moved to the
home of his half-sister, Sarah Armstrong, who owned her own land and
was considered to be in good financial condition. Jackson, his wife,
his brother, Woodrow , his sister, Nora Mae, and her husband, Horace
Howa rd, conspired to kill and rob Mrs, Armstrong. On July 29, 1932,
Jackson shot her with a shotgun and when this failed to kill her,
Howard finished her off with an axe. As Jackson was considered the
ringleader in the conspiracy, he was sentenced to death while Howard
received a life sentence and Woodrow Jackson and the two women who
tock no actual hand in the mrder were sentenced to sherter prison
terms. Rochelle Jackson was electrocuted at the Georgia “tate Pri-
son on Sept. 8, 1933.
THE SYLVESTER LOCAL, Sylvester, Gas, 9/7/1933 and 9/1/1933.
Photograph in issue of 9/7
170 SE 26 = GA. BOOK AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS.
JACKSON , Rochelle Y x / 1435
Jackson, a black 27-year-old Worth Co., Ga., farm laborer, was forded|
to move when the harvesting season on the farm where he had been en-
ployed was over. He and his wife, NBER Willie Mae, moved to the
home of his half-sister, Sarah Armstrong, who owned her own land and
was considered to be in good financial condition, Jackson, his wife,|
his brother, Woodrow , his sister, Nora Mae, and her husband, Horace
Howa rd, conspired to kill and rob Mrs, Armstrong. On July 29, 1932,|
Jackson shot her with a shotgun and when this failed to kill her,
Howard SECTS Gi GE GG) 1 Jackson was considered the
in the » he was sentenced to death while Howard
received a life sentence and Woodrow Jackson and the two women who
tock no actual hand in the mrder were sentenced to sherter Prison
terms, Rochelle Jackson was electrocuted at the Georgia “tate
son on Sept. 8, 1933.
THE SYLVESTER LOCAL, Sylvester, Ga., 9/7/1933 and 9/11/1933.
Photograph in issue of 9/7
170 SE 26 = GA. BOOK AND MAGAZINE EXCERPTS.
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