Alvin Taylor, MS, 1938 May 20

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According to ltr, dtd.e 12-6=1967, from We We Brown, Cir-=
cuit Judge, Box 98, Pittsboro, Mississippi, 38951, the
last hanging in Calhoun County was a double one on May
20, 1938, and Alvin Tayldr, one of the men hanged, was
convigted of armed robbery, Affirmed: 180 SOUTHERN 70.

"Flash.eePittsboro, Miss..,Two negroes, Alvin

Taylor, for armed fobbery of Robert Tranym,
and Ollie Armstrong, for slaying of Ida “ell
Calhoun, negress, both hanged.’ CRIME DETHC-

TIVE, October, 1938, page 996

TAYLOR, Alvin Cie [1 Gas

According to ltr. dtd. 12-6-1967, from We We Brown, Cir=-
cuit Judge, Box 98, Pittsboro, Mississippi, 38951, the
last hanging in Calhoun County was a double one on May
20, 1938, and Alvin Tayldr, one of the men hanged, was
conviféted of armed robbery. Affirmed: 180 SOUTHERN 70.

"Flash.eePittsboro, Miss.e.Two negroes, Alvin
Taylor, for armed fobbery of Robert Trenym,
and Ollie Armstrong, for slaying Of lds eld
Calhoun, negress, both hanged." CRIME DETEC-
TIVE, October, 1938, page 99«

TAYLOR, Alvin S2ellise
According to ltr, dtds 126-1967, from W. We Brown, Cir=
cuit Judge, Box 98, Pittsboro, Mississippi, 38951, the
last hanging in Calhoun County was a double one on May
20, 1938, and Alvin Tayldr, one of the men hanged, was
convigted of armed robbery, Affirmed: 180 SOUTHERN 70.

"Plash...Pittsboro, Miss...Two negroes, Alvin
ae lor, for armed fobbery of Robert Trenyn,

Oilie Armstrong, for slaying of Ida Se11
gainouny negress, both hanged, CRIME DETEC-
TIVE, October, 1938, page 996

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