Oscar Ford, GA, 1947 October 10

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The Albany Herald, Albany, Ga.

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The Albany Herald, Albany, Ga.

ll) SE -2nde 263, Filed in GA. * BK. & MAG. EX,

The Albany Herald, Albany, Ga,

1h SE ~2nd~ 263, Filed in GA. * BK. & MAG. EX,

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FORD, Qscar Ly _.
Ford, a 2i~year-old Negro « |
Worth Co., Ga. On the night of Octe 19, 196, he waited
Bailey until Mr,
and Mrs, Bailey closed their store and came home for the
night. Mrs. Bailey enteréd the house first and as Mee
Bailey came up on the porch, Ford told him to drop the
tin box in which he carried the day's receipts. He then
Shot Bailey with a shotgun, striking him just below the
heart. _ Bailey had-a-chance to fire oné round from his
pistol before he fell mortally wounded. Ford was eap-—
tured two days later and had been hit in the log by
_ Bailey's shote Convicted, he was electrocuted on Oct.

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FORD, Oscar Le

Ford, a 2i-year-old Negro ex-servicéman’was a’native of
Worth Co., Ga. On the night of Oct, 19, 196, he waited
at the home of Albany grocer Samuel A, Bailey until Mr,
and Mrs, Bailey closed their store and came home for the
night. Mrs. Bailey entered the house first and as Mr,
Bailey came up on the porch, Ford told him to drop the
tin box in which he carried the day's receipts. He then
shot Bailey with a shotgun, striking him just below the
heart. Bailey had-a-chance to fire one round from his
pistol before he fell mortally wounded. Ford was eap=
tured two days later and had been hit in the leg by
Bailey's shote Convicted, he was electrocuted on Octe
10, 19,7. ~ ;

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FORD, Oscar Le

Ford, a 21-year-old Negro ex-servicéman’was a’native of
Worth Co., Gas On the night of Oct. 19, 1916, he waited
at the home of Albany grocer Samuel Ay Bailey until Mr,

Pbstol before he fell mortally wounded. Ford was cap~

tured two days later and had been hit in the leg by

Bailey's shot. Convicted, he was electrocuted on Octe
10, 197.

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