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STEWART, Jimmie ; (
Stewart, a 33-year-old black man, lived at 1), EARSME Carpet St.,
Montgomery, Ala., with his common-law wife, Ella Owens, On the
morning of August 5, 1934, he had been drinking and he and Miss
Owens got into an argument. When Shexleft to go to REEXKKEKEETKthe
house of her mother, Mrs, Hannah Langford, a 12 Glass Street, Stew-
art threatened to go there and kill everyone at the house, That
afternoon he borrowed a pistol and between two and three o'clock
he went to Mrs. langford's house. When she refused to admit him,
he forced his way inside and shot her three times before fleeing,
Mrs, Laneford died from her wounds that night but Stewart was not
captured until March, 1935, At that time. he confessed killing
fe said that he had gone
there to get money from Ella who was Sleeping and that Mrs, Lang-
ford had run at him with an ice pick, This version was disputed by
another daughter of Mrs, Langford who was a witness to the entire
affair and Stewart was convicted and sentenced to die. His convic-
tion was appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court and a list of several
exceptions was filed, but the Court upheld the conviction and he was
STZWART, Jimmie {
Stewart, a 33-year-old black man, lived at 1) ERRSHE Carpet St.,
Montgomery, Ala., with his common-law wife, Ella Owens, On the
morning of August 5, 193, he had been drinking and he and Miss
Owens got into an argument. When shetleft to go to KEEXHKEKESEthe
house of her mother, Mrs, Hannah Langford, a 12 Glass Street, Stew~
art threatened to go there and kill everyone at the house, That
afternoon he borrowed a pistol and between two and three o'clock
he went to Mrs, langford!s house. When she refused to admit him,
he forced his way inside and shot her three times before fleeing,
Mrs, +aneford died from her wounds that night but Stewart was not
captured until March, 1935, At that time, he confessed killing
Mrs. “angford but claimed self-defense, fe said that he had gone
there to get money from Ella who was sleeping and that Mrs, Lang=
ford had run at him with an ice pick. This version was disputed by
another daughter of Mrs, Langford who was a witness to the entire
affair and Stewart was convicted and sentenced to die. His convic-
tion was appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court and a list of several
exceptions was filed, but the Court upheld the conviction and he was
STEWART, Jimmie
His convic=
rene Court and a list of several|
upheld the conviction and he was
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