Photographs taken when Johnny Ray Smith was arrested in Panama City, Florida, in 1949.

In 1949, Johnny Ray Smith broke out of a Florida jail, along with two seventeen-year old boys. In the course of attempting to evade authorities, they kidnapped a man in order to use his car. They were captured a few days later and were charged under the Federal Kidnapping Act. They were sentenced by...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/17723