PACH, Steve
Pace, a black man, was empl
ov
County, Ala. In the fall of 1896, he
aho ther black miner, Jesse ae mons, and
on foot and was not captured until late
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a)
ntenced to hang March
5
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WAa5 na
on C 8 190), his
need
hs in the- Smith: Coal.
got into
in the Jefferson County Jail
S<73- 1904
Mines i
an argument with
killed Simmons. He escaped
fide Tried, convicted and
conviction was not appealed
Yard at Birmingham
on May 13, 190i. Pace admitted his cult ; and faced his death in a
joking manner, describing his escape after Simmons! murder k
"on the lightnin' express with one foot XXRR lightnin!
of the other. "
BIRMINGHAM NWS, Birmingham, Alabama,
PACE, Steve
Pace, a black man, was em ployed in the Smith Coal 1
id A 7 18
County In the fall of 1896, he 60 into an argune
phother black miner, Jesse Sim mimons anc iled Simmons.
on foot and was not captured until late 1903. Tried, convic
R
sentenced to hang on March 8, 190), his conviction was not ap;
and he was hanged in the Jefferson County Jail
on
: uy 13, 290k. ie admitted
2 aeons 5 n
vie the Tipnthaa® @
the other,"
Alabama
J73- 1904
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