Major Mills, TN, 1905 July 18

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Blacke Hanged Memphis 3 Temessee, on July’ 18, 19054
murdered his father~in-law, Alexander Gill, in Gill's
home in Memphis on Jane 3, 19054 Mills had quarreled
with his wife and she left him, going to her father's
home for protections Mills followed and when her father
who was over 80~years-old took the daughter's part, Mills
pulled a weapon and began a vicious assault on the mkmt
old mane While his wife stood by begging him not to |
Shoot, he emptied six shots from revolver in Gill's body y
killing hime Mills fled but was later captured and brough’
to triale The jury returned a verdict of guilty in a few
minutes @

BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, July 18, 1905

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Blacks Hanged Memphis, Tennessee, on July'18, 19056
murdered his father~in-law, Alexander Gill, in Gill's
home in Memphis on Jane 3, 1905. Mills had quarreled
with his wife and she left him, going to her father's
home for protections Mills followed and when her father
who was over 80~years=old took the daughter's part, Mills
pulled a weapon and began a vicious assault on the mies
old mane While his wife stood by begging him not to
shoot, he emptied six shots from revolver in Gill's body y
killing hime Mills fled but was later captured and brough
to triale The jury returned a verdict of guilty in a few
minutes

BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, July 18, 1905

MILIS, Bajor hg Cres

BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, July 18, 1905

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