The Attempted Murder of Mattie Davis: "Shooting to Kill: A Daring Attempt to Assassinate a Negro Woman." "Arrested on Serious Charge, but Released." Undated Photo of Rev. John L. Legg.
Two 1907 newspaper articles reporting the attempted murder of black West Florence resident Mrs. Mattie Davis on Saturday night, November 16, 1907 and the subsequent arrest of African-American Giles County, Tennessee native and Florence Baptist pastor, house-painter and contractor Rev. John L. Legg (...
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