he was identified as the man who had pawned Pate's watch and chain in
a Memphis pawn shop, He was returned to Holly Springs where, on May
18 he made a full confession which was corroboraged by the circumstan-
ces,amm At hts trial, he claimed that the confession had been forced
from him by intimidation and a fellow inmate of the jail also testi-
fied th that effect, The Sheriff and others denied that any force
had been used and, while they admitted that Brown was not warned that
the confession would be used in evidence against him, they said that
they had held out ho inducement to him to confessxor threatened him
in any manner, The confession was admitted and Brown was convicted
and sentenced to die. His case was appealed to the Mississippi
Supreme Court largely on the grounds that. the confession should not
have been admitted and that body affirmed the decision of the lower
Court. Brown was hanged at Holly Springs on April 16, 1926,
The confession, a copy of which was provided by Lucy Carpenter, Clerk
of the Marshall County Court,
107 SOUTHERN K 373
he was identified as the man who had pawned Pate's watch and chain in
a Memphis pawn shop, He was returned to Holly Springs where, on May
18 he made a full confession which was corroboraged by the circumstan-
ceseamm At hes trial, he claimed that the confession had been forced
from him by intimidation and a fellow inmate of the jail also testi-
fied th that effect. The Sheriff and others denied that any force
had been used and, while they admitted that Brown was not warned that
the confession would be used in evidence against him, they said that
they had held out ho inducement to him to confessxor threatened him
in any manner, The confession was admitted and Brown was convicted
and sentenced to die. His case was appealed to the Mississippi
Supreme Court largely on the grounds that the confession should not
have been admitted and that body affirmed the decision of the lower
Court. Brown was hanged at Holly Springs on April 16, 1926.
The confession, a copy of which was provided y Lucy Carpenter, Clerk
of the Marshall County Court.
107 SOUTHERN k 373
he was identified as the man who had pawned Pate's watch and chain in
a Memphis pawn shop, He was returned to Holly Springs where, on May
18 he made a full which was the c
ces.ami At his trial, he claimed that the confession had been forced
from him by intimidation and a fellow inmate of the jail also testi-
fied th that effect, The Sheriff and others denied that any force
had been used and, while they admitted that Brown was not warned that
the confession would be used in evidence against him, they said that
they had held out ho inducement to him to confesskor threatened him
in any manner, The confession was admitted and Brown was convicted
and sentenced to die, His case was appealed to the Mississippi
Supreme Court largely on the grounds that the confession should not
have been admitted and that body affirmed the decision of the lower
Court, Brown was hanged at Holly Springs on April 16, 1926,
The confession, a copy of which was provided by Lucy Carpenter, Clerk
of the Marshall County Court,
107 SOUTHERN & 373
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BROWN, Aubry
Brown, a young black man, was told by a woman in Memphis, Tenn., that
We We Pate, a 55-year-old white man, who ran a country store in Mar-
shall Co., Miss., near Collierville, Tenne, kept large sums of money
in his store and that he lived in a room behind the business, On
Feb, 17, 1925, Brown went to the store in the afternoon and, as there
were several customers, he left. The next day, he did some chores
for a farmer and around six o'clock that evening he returned to
Pate's store. When Pate came to the front from his living quarters,
Brown told him that he wished to purchase some cakes and when he
turned his back to get them, Brown struck him over the head with a
heavy iron pin, knockifg-him to the floor, Brown then went behind
the counter and hit him several more times with the pin before he
grabbed and axe which he used to kill him, He then turned off the
lights in the store, locked the door and went into the Living quar-
ters which he ransacked, Unable to find. any money there, he siuex
took Pate’s wallet and watch and chain from his pocket and left
through a rear window, He spent the night at the ome of an unktie
and aunt who lived nearby and had his annt wash is bloody clothes,
The next morn he left and returned to Memphis, Pate's body was
found that noteiys and Brown was arrested in Memphis on May 12 when
BROWN, Aubry
Brown, a young black man, was told by a woman in Memphis, Tenn., that
We W. Pate, a 55-year-old white man, who ran a country store in Mar-
shall Co., Miss., near Collierville, Tenn., kept large sums of money
in his store and that he lived in a room behind the business, On
Feb, 17, 1925, Brown went to the store in the afternoon and, as there
were several customers, he left. The next day, he did some chores
for a farmer and around six o'clock that evening he returned to
Pate's store. When Pate came to the front from his living quarters,
Brown told him that he wished to purchase some cakes and when he
turned his back to get them, Brown struck him over the head with a
heavy iron pin, knockifg-him to the floor, Brown then went behind
the counter and hit him several more times with the pin before he
grabbed and axe which he used to kill him, He then turned off the
lights in the store, locked the door and went into the living quar-
ters which he ransacked. Unable to find, any money there, he kien
took Pate's wallet and watch and chain from his pocket and left
through a rear window, He spent the night at the home of an untite
and aunt who lived nearby and had his annt wash is bloody clothes.
The next morn he left and returned to Memphis, Pate's body was
found that morning and Brown was arrested in Memphis on May 12 when
BROW, Aubry
Brown, a young black man, was told by a woman in Memphis, Tenn., that
. Pate, a 55-year-old white man, who ran a country store in Mar-
shall Cos, Miss,, near Collierville, Tenn., kept large sums of money
in his store and that he lived in a room behind the business. On
Feb, 17, 1925, Brown went to the store in the afternoon and, as there
were several customers, he left, The next day, he did some chores
for a farmer and around six o'clock that evening he returned to
Pate's store. When Pate came to the front from his living quarters,
Brown told him that he wished to purchase some cakes and when he
turned his back to get them, Brown struck him over the head with a
heavy iron pin, knocking-him to the floor, Brown then went behind
the counter and hit him several more times with the pin before he
grabbed and axe which he used to kill him, He then turned off the
lights in the store, locked the door and went into the living quar-
ters which he ransacked, Unable to find. any money there, he xi=n
took Pate's wallet ca watch and chain from his pocket and left
He spent the night at the home of an untie
and ha:
's body was
his on May 12 when
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