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Tom Brown Murder Trial, Mississippi (1902-1907?)

Tom Brown Murder Trial, Mississippi (1902-1907?)

Posted: 8 Feb 2014 2:13PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Brown Williams
I am searching for details of a February 1902 murder that took place in Winona, Mississippi. Tom Brown shot and killed Murdee or Mert D. Williams. Brown was convicted and sentenced to hang. But after several appeals and re-trials, he was given a life sentence instead. I believe he was later pardoned. Tom Brown may be my great, great uncle. I am hoping someone may have details from local newspaper articles, folklore or something with personal details that will help me decide if this was my Tom. (The trial was moved to Carroll County.)

Re: Tom Brown Murder Trial, Mississippi (1902-1907?)

Posted: 6 Feb 2015 11:15AM GMT
Classification: Query
Murder and Lynching. A White Man Assisinated by a Negro at Winona, Miss. Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, Feb 20, 1902. The Negro Who Loaned the Assasine a Pistol Lynched by Mob. Winona Miss, Feb 10.--Murdie Williams, son of a Baptist minister, was assasinated on the streets of this place last night by Tom Brown, a negro.
The tragedy is the result of a row at a negro dance which Williams as attending as a spectator. Brown had a dispute with John Arlington, another negro, when Williams interfered and knocked Brown down. Brown borrowed a revolver from Oliver Bibb, another negro, and waited for Williams on the streets, and when he appeared he shot him dead.
Brown escaped, and is being pursued by a large crowd. Oliver Bibb, the negro who loaned Brown the pistol with which he shot Williams, was lynched during the night by a mob of unknown men. The mob went to Bibb's house, called him out, and when he appeared, riddled his body with bullets.

Re: Tom Brown Murder Trial, Mississippi (1902-1907?)

Posted: 7 Feb 2015 2:35PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thank you. This article adds a new twist: I did not know that the trouble first started between Tom Brown and John Arlington.
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