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Brown, alias Adolph Brown, a 25-year-old Jefferson Cosy Ala., black
man, had served a prison term for attempted rape. Around 9 o'clock
one night in 1938, he met a young whittwoman on the street and,
holding a pistol at her side forced her to accompany him into a
wooded area several blocks away where he pushed her to the ground
and raped her, Afterwards, as they were walking back towards the
street, he took her purse, removed three dollars, and returned Lt
to her, He then told her to walk on to the street alone and that
iS she made any attempt to runktowards a house or give an Rixmsyy

alarm, he would kill her, The woman reported the assault and when
Srown was taken into custody, she positively identifie im. He
Sought to establish an alibi with the testimony of his Wife, but he

prisonment. Both sentences meXK Were appealed to the Alabama Supreme

Court which affirmed both and he was electrocuted at Kilby Prison on
November 25, 1938, Brown never confessed and maintained his inno-

BROWN, Jimmie

Brown, alias Adolph Brown, a 25-year-old Jefferson Co, » Ala., black
man, had served a prison term for attempted rape. Around 9 o'clock
one night in 1938, he met a young whitcwoman on the street and,
holding a pistol at her side forced her to accompany him into a
wooded area several blocks away where he pushed her to the ground
and raped her, Afterwards, as they were walking back towards the

prisonment. Both sentences wii Were appealed to the Alabama Supreme
Court which affirmed both and he was electrocuted at Kilby Prison on
November 25, 1938. Brown never confessed and maintained his inno-
cence until his death,

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