Mrs. Leonard J. Floyd with her children in a courtroom in Albertville, Alabama, during the murder trial of 17-year-old James Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick had been charged with the murder of her husband, Boaz police chief Leonard J. Floyd, who had been killed in a shoot-out on May 17; Upton and Fred Goble were also charged in connection with the event, during which three other men (Sheriff E. M. Boyes, Chief Deputy Washington Bennett, and K...
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Photographs Mrs. Leonard J. Floyd with her children in a courtroom in Albertville, Alabama, during the murder trial of 17-year-old James Kilpatrick. Adams, Robert |
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Photographs Floyd, Leonard J., Mrs.; Children; Courtrooms; Albertville (Ala.); Marshall County (Ala.) |
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Kilpatrick had been charged with the murder of her husband, Boaz police chief Leonard J. Floyd, who had been killed in a shoot-out on May 17; Upton and Fred Goble were also charged in connection with the event, during which three other men (Sheriff E. M. Boyes, Chief Deputy Washington Bennett, and Kilpatrick's father, Aubrey) were also killed. This image was published in the Birmingham News on July 24, 1951, with the following caption: "It's hard to forget - Mrs. Leonard J. Floyd, wife of the slain Boaz police chief, is shown with her two children who were orphaned in the blaze of gunfire which ripped out at the Boaz home of Aubrey Kilpatrick last May. They are shown in the Albertville courtroom yesterday, where trial of Jimmy Kilpatrick got underway." |
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BN0000226_03BN0000226Mrs. Leonard J. Floyd with her children in a courtroom in Albertville, Alabama, during the murder trial of 17-year-old James Kilpatrick.Kilpatrick had been charged with the murder of her husband, Boaz police chief Leonard J. Floyd, who had been killed in a shoot-out on May 17; Upton and Fred Goble were also charged in connection with the event, during which three other men (Sheriff E. M. Boyes, Chief Deputy Washington Bennett, and Kilpatrick's father, Aubrey) were also killed. This image was published in the Birmingham News on July 24, 1951, with the following caption: "It's hard to forget - Mrs. Leonard J. Floyd, wife of the slain Boaz police chief, is shown with her two children who were orphaned in the blaze of gunfire which ripped out at the Boaz home of Aubrey Kilpatrick last May. They are shown in the Albertville courtroom yesterday, where trial of Jimmy Kilpatrick got underway."1951-07-231950-1959Adams, RobertBirmingham News51-04392Floyd, Leonard J., Mrs.; Children; Courtrooms; Albertville (Ala.); Marshall County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives1200 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/200966 |
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Mrs. Leonard J. Floyd with her children in a courtroom in Albertville, Alabama, during the murder trial of 17-year-old James Kilpatrick. |
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Mrs. Leonard J. Floyd with her children in a courtroom in Albertville, Alabama, during the murder trial of 17-year-old James Kilpatrick. |
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