FLOnI DA - BOOK. AND MAGA ZINES
mpa,. Florida, Jan. 7, 1898,
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mpa, Florida, Jan, 7, 1898,
FLORI DA - BOOK AND MAGA ZINES
, ‘ SINGLE TON, : erry een TNS Ee EMT TT Tern ls y gp 7. CEP ies
Black, hanged Tampa, Fla., cir, Heme “4 3
"Another shocking crime committed in 1890 was the ‘murder
of Police Officer McCormick by Harry Singleton, a negro,
The officer had arrested the Negro on some petty charge
and was standing at a telephone calling for the wagon to
take him to the station when Singleton snatched the offi-
cer's gun and shot him, Singleton eluded arrest for
several days, but the sheriff got a tip that he was hiding
in a house across thes treet fromthe jail, Searching the
house, suspicion centered on a large trunk, It wastaken
to the jail and opened and the suspicion was confirmed -
Singleton was in the trunk, and he had a gun but did not
dare to use it, He was speedily convicted and was han
in thesame jail yard.!' An article on FLORIDA Dy Do ee
McKay from a Tampa newspaper, Ape 21, 1957, Cols. 1, 2 & 3
provided by Hillsborough Historical museum, Eyes
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| SINCIETON, Harry LP COV
| Black, hanged Tampa, Fla., cir, me AFA
"Another shocking crime committed in 1890 was the ‘murder
of Police Officer McCormick by Harry Singleton, a negro,
The officer had arrested the Negro on some petty charge
and was standing at a telephone calling for the wagon to
take him to the station when Singleton snatched the offi-
cer's gun and shot him, Singleton eluded arrest for
several days, but the sheriff got a tip that he was hiding
in a house across thes treet fromthe jail, Searching the
house, suspicion centered on a large trunk, It wastaken
to the jail and opened and the suspicion was confirmed ~
Singleton was in the trunk, and he had a gun but did not
dare to use it. He was speedily convicted and was hanged
in thesame jail yard." An article on FLORIDA by cai
McKay from a Tampa newspaper, Ape 21, 1957, Cols. 1, 2 & 3
provided by Hillsborough Historical museum, yO s
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d Tampa, coe cir, Mee
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of Police Officer ae
The officer had arrested the Negro on some petty charge
and was standing at a telephone calling for the wagon to
take him to the station vhen Singleton snatched the offi~
cer's gun and shot him, Singleton eluded arrest f
several days, but the sheriff got a tip that he was hiding
in a house across the street fromthe jail, Searching the
spicion centered on a large trunk, I n
opened and the suspicion was con
in the trunk, and he had a gun but did not
He was speedily convicted and | was hanged
An article
FLORIDA
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provided by iinerercugt Historical muset
