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DISPATCH, Richmend,

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19-1892

DAVIS, Bill

"Bill Davis, black, —hanged-on-Septs—9,-1892, at Tazewell —
Court House, Vase, Spoke from the gallows, Had killed _
_a black policeman in Pochanantas, Va., in 1891, while

resisting arrest for wife beating."

COLUMBIA STATE, Columbia, S, C., Sept. 10, 1892

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DAVIS, Bill

"Bill Davis,—black, hanged-on Sept. 951 1892, “at Tazewell”
Court House, Vaey Spoke from the gallows. Had killed _
a black policeman in Pochanantas, Va., in 1891, while

resisting_arrest—for-wife beatings"

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DAVIS, Bill

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Court House, Vase, Spoke from Shee Had killed

a black policeman in Pochanantas, Very in 1891, while
resisting arrest for wife beatings" ———— 2

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