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Hill, a 29-year-old black resident of Pensacola, Fla., received a
30-year-sentence for second degree murder following his killing of

a black woman in Pensacola in September, 1965. He was paroled from
prison on Feb. 16, 1960, after having sefved five years of his sen-
tence and returned to Pensacola. Harly on the morning of Nov. 1,
1960, two white women left a night club and were walking up an alley
to their car when Hill stepped out of the shadows with a pistol and
ordered the women to accompany him. OMe of the women grabbed his
arm and the other ran back into the bar for help, Hill dragged the
woman who had grabbed his arm into the parking lot, beat her and was
in the act of raping her when some sailors, alerted by the other
woman, pulled him to his feet. He fired and killed one of the
sailors, John David Brightwell. The other sailors disarmed him and
had. beaten sm him to the ground by the time patrolmen arrived to
take him into custody. He was hospitalized for several days for

the injuries received in the beating before being taken to jail.
Convicted of the murder of 3rightwell, he was electrocuted at
Raiford Prison on May 12, 1962,

HILL, Johnnie

Hill, a 29-year-old black resident of Pensacola, Fla., received a
30-year-sentence for second degree murdér following his killing of
a black woman in Pensacola in September, 1965. He was paroled from
prison on Feb. 16, 1960, after having sefved five years of his sen-
tence and returned to Pensacola. arly on the morning of Nov. 1,
1960, two white women left a night club and were walking up an alley
to their car when Hill stepped out of the shadows with a pistol and
ordered the women to accompany him. One of the women grabbed his
arm and the other ran back into the bar for help. Hill dragged the
woman who had grabbed his arm into the parking lot, beat her and was
in the act of raping her when some sailors, alerted by the other
woman, pulled him to his feet. He fired and killed one of the
sailors, John David Brightwell. The other sailors disarmed him and
had beaten xm him to the ground by the time patrolmen arrived to
take him into custedy. He was hospitalized for several days for

the injuries received in the beating before being taken to jail.
Convicted of the murder of 3rightwell, he was electrocuted at
Raiford Prison on May 12, 1962.

HILL, Johnnie

HAN1, a 29-year-old black resident of Pensacola, Fla., rece:

sen=
tence and returned to Pensacola,
1960, two white women left a night club and were walking up an alley
to their car when Hill stepped out of the shadows with a pistol and
ordered the women to accompany him, One of the women grabbed his
arm and the other ran back into the bar for help. Hill dragged en
woman who had grabbed his arm into the parking lot, beat her and wa:
in the act of raping her when some sailors, alerted by the other
woman, pullad him to his fests He fired and killed one of the
sailors, John David Brightwell. ‘The other sailors disarmed en and
had beaten sm him to the ground by the tine patrolmen arrived to
oe ae custody.
ies received in the beating before g taken to jail.
Gonvisbed ae the murder of Srightwell, he was electrocuted at
Raiford Prison on May 12, 1962,

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