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HOWARD, Tommie
Hanged for murder, Caddo Parish, la., Jane 15, 1937
Death warrant signed for Howard, convicting of shooting
with intent to murder while perpetrating a ve
TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, 11-19-1936 (2h473,
"Shreveport, Tae Le15= 1937- Tommie Howard, 3 ae ne-=
gro, walked to his death today, the first. man in the his-
tory of Caddo Parish for the half-century-old statute of
‘wounding with intent to commit murder while in the
perpetration of a robbery.! As the sheriff placed the
noose around his neck, he said: 'I trust in the Lord,!
the negro, convicted of wounding Dan L. Perkins, a geo-
logist, in the head with a shotgun, acknowledged the crime
giving robbery as a motive. He had previously served 10
years of a life sentence for the murder of a white man in
January 15, 1937
HOWARD, Tommie
Hanged for murder, Caddo Parish, la., Jane 15, 1937
Death warrant signed for Howard, convictisg of shooting
with intent to murder while perpetrating a robbery.
TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, 11-19-1936 (2443. )
"Shreveport, Las, 1-15-1937-Tommie Howard, 38-year-old ne-
gro, walked to his death today, the first man in the his-
tory of Caddo Parish for the half-century-old statute of
'wounding with intent to commit murder while in the
perpetration of a robbery.' As the sheriff placed the
noose around his neck, he said: 'I trust in the Lord,!
The negro, convicted of wounding: Dan L. Perkins, a geo-
logist, in the head with a shotgun, acknowledged the crime
giving robbery as a motive, He had previously served 10
years of a life sentence for the murder of a white man in
January 15, 1937
HOWARD, Tormie
Hanged for murder, Caddo Parish, La,, Jan. 15, 1937
Death warrant signed for Howard, convicting of shooting
with intent to murder while perpetrating a robbery.
TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, a 19- 1936 ( poe)
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