Willie Lee Porter, TN, 1941 July 24

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PORTER, Willie Lee j

Porter, a 21-year-old Negro former reformatory. inmate and _
Car]. Leonard Cole robbed the Jackson, Tenney, Coca Cola
plant of $300 on the night of Auge 9, 1940, and killed ~~
the 57-year-old night watchman, U.S. Grant. Vernon, by _

_striking him over the head with an iron bar as he
punched a time clock in the garage. Both men confessed

to the burglary, but each tried to place the blame for __

_\illing Vernon on the other. Both were electrocuted on

_See also: COLE, Carl Leonard :
Source: Jimmy Mizell, The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tenne _

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PORTER, Willie Lee
Porter, a 21-year-old Negro former reformatory inmate_and_|
Cari Leonard Cole robbed the Jackson, Tenn., Soca Cola
plant of $300 on the night of Aug. 9, 1940, and killed
the 57-year-old night watchman, U.S. Grant. Vernon, by
striking him over the head with an iron bar as he
punched a time clock in the garage. Both men confessed
to the burglary, but each tried te place the blame for
_\illing Vernon on the other. Both were electrocuted on
July 28, 1942. cng cee

See also: COLE, Carl Leonard
Source: Jimmy Mizell, The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tenn.

PORTER, Willie Lee

Porter, a 2l=year-old Negro former reformatory inmate and
Carl Leonard Cole robbed the Jackson, Tenn., Coca Cola
plant of $300 on the night of Aug. 9, 190, and killed
the 57-year-old night watchman, U.S, Grant Vernon, by
striking him over the head with an iron bar as he
punched a time clock in the garage. Both men confessed
to the burglary, but each-tried to place the blame for
Killing Vernon on the other. Both were electrocuted on
July 28, 19h1.

See also: COLE, Carl Leonard
Source: Jimmy Mizell, The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tenne

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