NEW YORK HERALD, Juan 17, 1876 (1032 ) says
that his full name was William Alexander Lowery,
aged <l and that he murdered an old miser namédd
Joh Murphy, white, by hacking him to death with
an axe and buring down his house to conceal
the crim, Jury was composed of 11 blacks and
1 white, °
NEW YORK HERALD, Juma 17, 1876 (10:2 ) says
that bis full name was William Alexander Lowery,
aged cl and that he murdered an old miser namédd
Joh Murphy, white, by hacking him to death with
an axe and buring down his house to conceal
the cr&thm, Jury was composed of 11 blacks and
1 white, ~
NaW ORE HERATD, June 17,1876 (10:2 )) says
that fis full name was William Alexander Lowexy,
ged 21 and that he murdered an old miser named
von Murphy, white, by hacking him to death with
an axe and buring down his house to conceal
the cratia, dury was composed of 11 ble
1 white.
3 and
June 16, 1876
LOWRY, Aleck
Black, train porter, hanged Sumter, SC, on June
16; 1876 for March 15, 1876, ax-murder of
OAL Murphy, white, oe the Cpurness of robbery.
Vietim was a shopkeeper at Lynchburg. Lowry
lay in wait for him on four successive nights
and then encountered Murphy as he was coming
out of back door of his shop at closing time.
He bludgeoned him with an ax and dragged the
body back into a shop which he rifled and
torched. aa was urned in by his own mother
and eventua 5 on. Hesseds
News & COURT! aH, Charleston, 8C, 6-17-1876 (1:8)
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June 16, 1876
LOWRY, Aleck
Black, train porter, hanged Sumter, SC, on June
16, 1876 for March 15, 1876, ax-murder of
John Murphy, white, for the purpose of robbery.
Vistim was a shopkeeper at Lynchburg. Lowry
lay in wait for him on four saccessive nights
and then encountered Murphy as he was coming
out of back door of his shop at closing time.
He bludgeoned him with an ax and dragged the
body back into the shop which he rifled and
torched. He was turned in by his own mother
and eventually con
News & COURIEX, Charleston, %C, 6-17-1876 (1:8)
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dune 16, 1876
LOWRY, Aleck
Black, train porter, hanged Sumter, SC, on June
16, 1876 for March 15, 1876, ax-murdor of
Tohn Murphy, white, for the purbose of robbery.
Vistim wes a shopkeeper at Lynchburg. Lowry
lay in wait for him on four successive nichts
and then encountered Murphy as he was coming
out of back door of his shop at closing time.
He bludgeoned him with an ax and drageed the
body back into the shop which he rifled and
toxchod.. He was turagd,in by his own mother
NEEH, Charleston, SC, 6-17-1876 (1:8)
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dune 26, 3676
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