Police officers inside a grocery store on 35th Avenue North in Birmingham, Alabama, where the owner, John Derzis, was murdered.
This image has been cropped to remove the victim. It was published in the Birmingham News on March 22, 1939, with the following caption: "Grocery Brutally Slain - The picture above tell the story of the brutal murder last night of John Derzis, 54, operator of a combination small grocery store a...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/180309 |
| Summary: | This image has been cropped to remove the victim. It was published in the Birmingham News on March 22, 1939, with the following caption: "Grocery Brutally Slain - The picture above tell the story of the brutal murder last night of John Derzis, 54, operator of a combination small grocery store and living quarters in North Birmingham. . . . Lower left shows Officer Carns inspecting the scene while Officer Coggins (behind the counter) is standing near the spot where the body was discovered." |
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